Like you I only discovered them in the last 12 months, and immediately was gutted and bewildered that had missed over 20 yrs of them. A real national treasure. Check out the Mare’s Nest live video, monumental.
They never lost their edge either if the more recent ‘shed’ recordings are anything to go by. Tim Smith eh? What a tragedy that happened to him and His.
Lots to listen to….and I found Knifeworld via their family tree (See if you can grab a listen to latest LP there is a heartbreaking and quite beautiful song that is kind of living eulogy to Tim Smith – ‘Send Him Seaworthy’) and Monsoon Bassoon both headed by Kavus Torabi whom I discovered via Chrome Hoof, which is where my journey backwards began. All just excellent stuff. This video is epic, just f^*#%# epic!
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