Last Harbour are a Manchester-based band playing rustic, cinematically atmospheric songs that rattle and loom, at once epic and intimate, harsh and beautiful, with a strong emotional content. The seven-piece band effectively operate as a collective of like-minded musicians, all of whom are involved in other artistic work including illustration, photography, writing, filmmaking and recording. Singer Kevin Craig’s distinctive papercuts illustrate much of the
band’s own artwork.
The band have returned with their most ambitious record yet, which veers from elegantly orchestrated soundscapes to full-blown electric dramas, encompassing birth, marriage and death along the way. Working with producer Richard Formby (Spacemen 3, Herman Dune, Dakota Suite),
Last Harbour have turned their backs on the digital revolution, instead using antique equipment to record in glorious analogue onto 2†tape, creating a warm and atmospheric record.
'Dead Fires & The Lonely Spark' is released on 3rd March 2008, and will be distributed by Forte in the UK, and should be available from all good independent music and digital download outlets. Alternatively, please visit www.lastharbour.co.uk for more information on how to purchase this and the back catalogue.
Released : March 3rd 2008
Label : Little Red Rabbit
Cat no : LRR005
Distributed by : Forte
Also available for 2008, 'My Knowen Foe' EP. Available from UK branches of Fopp and directly from Last Harbour at their website.
Last Harbour have toured and played with; Willard Grant Conspiracy, Dirty Three, Josh T Pearson, Michael Gira (Swans), Devendra Banhart, Black Heart Procession, Mark Mulcahy, & more. If you are interested in booking the band, please email [email protected]
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