{"id":8685,"date":"2012-06-18T01:31:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T23:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=8685"},"modified":"2012-06-18T20:01:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T18:01:41","slug":"tape-hiss-and-sparkle-paperhawk-album-launch-with-mesmer-at-obviouzly-armchair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/tape-hiss-and-sparkle-paperhawk-album-launch-with-mesmer-at-obviouzly-armchair\/","title":{"rendered":"Tape Hiss and Sparkle ‘Paperhawk’ album launch with Mesmer at Obviouzly Armchair"},"content":{"rendered":"
Friday
\n15 June
\n2012<\/div>\n

After feeling sick and miserable most of the week, I can think of no better way to have eased into the weekend than Tape Hiss and Sparkle’s album launch last Friday. Not only was the music lovely (both TH&S and supporting act Mesmer’s) but the event started and ended nice and early, something for which my flu-ridden self was most grateful.<\/p>\n

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Mesmer, featuring Coal<\/a>‘s guitarist Vera Vukovic, set the mood with a haunting and (sorry for the pun but it’s true) mesmerising collection of medieval\/celtic\/folky songs, including (I’m told by Jess, a LoTR fan and highland dancer) a Tolkein poem and a Lord of the Dance<\/em>\u00a0number, as well as a lovely cover of Rammstein’s Seeman.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Their harmonies started off a little shakily but they soon hit their stride; as for their instruments, between the two of them they seamlessly worked through an impressive array including keyboard, guitar, lute, recorder, acoustic bass and a (djembe?) drum. Even their songbook had a suitably Baroque cover.<\/p>\n

I really enjoy music in the medieval\/Renaissance-vein<\/a> so am glad to see there are local artists creating it – I’ll have to keep a look-out for more…<\/p>\n\n\t\t