- Audio CD (3 Mar 2008)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: No Fi
- ASIN: B0013N4J1E
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 180,964 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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For as long as people have been singing, the nuances and themes in traditional music have been subject to change as songs migrate across the land and sea. So it's especially fitting that an Anglo-American couple have evolved a striking interpretation in which, as they say in their sparse liner notes, "We changed some of the words and wrote some of the tunes".
There's a mesmerising quality in Cath Tyler's voice throughout. As Cath Oss she was a member of the Steve Albini-produced American folk-punksters, Cordelia's Dad. This, and her investigations of the jarring but uplifting harmonies of America's Sacred Harp vocal tradition (described as a cross between Gregorian chanting and bluegrass), lends this record a certain harshness that you don't often hear these days.
The cold-water wash of unadorned voices and instruments is both invigorating and oddly risky. At a time when so many vocalists are dressed up in soft-focus productions, the natural abrasiveness implicit in these tales of woe, devilry and all manner of enforced and unwanted departures makes for a bracing listening experience.
Almost monotone in their delivery, songs such as the sombre Death of Queen Jane, Farewell My Friends, and the moving 1000 Years possess a powerful tension that never fails to maintain attention. Phil Tyler's accomplished banjo work offers instrumental distraction on the cascading Yellowhammer and brilliantly counter-intuitive colour to False True Love.
The growling fuzz guitar introduced to Morning is less of a surprise when you discover the duo supported psych-drone merchant Ben Chasney (better known as Six Organs of Admittance). As is the snarling modernity of this device bizarrely doesn't sound too dissimilar to dissonant overtones of an overdriven hurdy-gurdy.
The success of Dumb Supper as a whole lies in its straightforward approach to telling tales without much in the way of extraneous embellishment or redundant, inappropriate shows of flashy technique. The simplicity of this approach is to imbue the music with a timeless feel that is astonishingly potent, raw and edgy. --Sid Smith
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Debut album from Cath & Phil Tyler
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Without doubt the best folk album I've heard in years. 13 songs all apparently ancient folk tunes adapted and interpreted by Cath & Phil Tyler, and played with guts and passion on guitar, banjo and fiddle. Amazing harmonies too! I saw them live recently and they were totally powerful and gripping; fortunately this album does them complete justice.
I'm told its their first album - lets hope its the first of many!
I'm told its their first album - lets hope its the first of many!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a cracking album! Saw them live and they're better live than on the album, because you can see the effort that goes into their performances. Real emotion in every song. Guaranteed!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Wow, i love this. last track definitely up there with the best of the Coen Bros 'O Brother' soundtrack. some other stuff more english sounding (think cath is american, phil is english?). think all the songs are old trad tunes, all great adaptations. PROPER folk! some amazing banjo and fiddle too - can't wait to see em play at Green Man!
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