Brian Bilston is a writer and poet, dubbed both "the Banksy of the poetry world" and "the Poet Laureate of Twitter". Neither title does him justice, if you ask me.
The Catenary Wires (who I always want to call The Catenary Wives) are a band made up of Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey, formerly / contemporaneously of Heavenly, Talulah Gosh, Marine Research, Tender Trap and Swansea Sound. Which you would imagine would keep them busy enough, except that Amelia was also awarded a CBE in 2014 for her work in consumer economics.
Anyway, Brian, Amelia and Rob have teamed up for a new album, Sounds Made By Humans, to be released in May. It features a number of Brian's poems set to music... with top notch titles including 31 Rules for Midlife Rebellion (I'm sure we'll get back to that one), As I Grow Old I Will March Not Shuffle, Customers Who Bought This Record Also Bought... and this.
On the basis of this and past Catenary Wires output, I'm looking forward to this - thanks Rol. I'm already sold on '31 Rules...' by title alone too - and a post from you!
ReplyDeleteAmelia also provided guest vocals on George Best by The Wedding Present. Saw The Catenary Wires live a few years back, supporting Gedge et al. Pleased to report they were very good.
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