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Hello.
We're Telling the Bees.
We play darkly crafted folkedelia.
Ooh, something like Primeval meets Tunng. On a dark night. After a heavy meal of mushrooms.
Or something.
Buy CD from CD Baby
Download album from Woven Wheat Whispers
Our debut album, 'Untie the Wind' is out now!
It has already been described as: 'a significant event in English folk' by Folkwords
It's got original songs and tunes with heathenish leanings and a political bent. It's got mandolins and fiddles and cellos and double basses and English bagpipes.
Yup, that's right. English bagpipes.
We think you'll like it.
Follow the link above to buy it from CD Baby, or you can order it through our website.
Here's what people have been saying about us:
'One of the highlights of the Oxford Folk Festival' BBC Oxford
'Telling the Bees play a seriously tight set which goes down a storm' Colin May, Nightshift
'Lyrical, vibey...mesmerizing' Tim Healey, Oxford Folk Festival
'Wove such a gorgeous layer of sound that they brought the crowd to a full-blown psychedelic state' The Compass
Of Untie the Wind:
'A significant event in English folk' Tim Carroll, Folkwords
'Telling the Bees is more than whispering to the hives; this is a band that conjures hauntingly beautiful music - simple as that. The lyrics are pure poetry gliding over an intrigue of subtle impressive music that calls you to listen' Tim Carroll, Folkwords
'A great CD with some beautiful music. Get yourself a copy!' Genevieve Tudor, BBC Radio Shropshire Folk Programme
'recalls both early Fairport as well as Kris Drever...Andy Letcher's voice is softly resonant and adds a poetic edge to the flowery, occasionally psychedelic instrumentation. Of course the whole thing sounds like it's landed from some time around 1968, but, really, that only ups its appeal' Nightshift
We're still taking festival and gig bookings for 2008 so if you're new to us and haven't yet dipped your proboscis in the dark pools of our darkly crafted psych-folk nectar then do get in touch.
Here's what we look like in action (photos by Kate Raworth )
Here's some photos from our rural recording retreat at Bobbin Mill:
Three slide shows is probably excessive but here's some photos from our Exmoor recording session:
You can see more photos here
