Description: Sweet Billy Pilgrim - 'Wapentak' LP About this item: 'Wapentak' is the fifth and latest release from Sweet Billy Pilgrim. Pressed on high quality heavy weight vinyl and available exclusively from ourselves on vinyl on our Deco Audio Records Label. “this is an entrancing record” 4/5 stars, Daily Mail Product Details - Lyrics on inner sleeve - New / sealed - 180 gm audiophile vinyl - Deco Audio Records release, catalogue number DECORD001 Track listing: A1: Asking for a friend A2: Ash on the blacktop A3: Junkyard Dogs A4: Lombardy Poplar B1: Why the Long Face B2: The Briar Bell B3: A shelter of reeds B4: These sudden stars More information: Mercury Music Award nominated Sweet Billy Pilgrim have recently gone from being a noisy six-piece band to just being Tim and Jana; something that initially felt frightening, but that soon became an opportunity to focus more simply on two voices and the words that they sing. Their new album is called Wapentak. Historically, the word has become synonymous with a kind of local assembly, but initially this Norse-derived noun described a Saxon lord looking for an army. He would travel his ‘hundred’ and recruit via the wapentak (‘weapon-take’) by touching raised spear-heads with those prepared to fight with him. Tim explains: "As humans, I think we instinctively look for common ground when we interact, and - most of the time - if we invest a little time and effort in our fellow humans, we find it. Hopefully, we don’t have to ride around with a spear now to find like-minds; It might be a book we’ve read, a film we’ve seen, a band we love, a shared task or trauma, similar dress sense or just a love of cake. I once spent a fascinating evening talking to someone whose obsessions were motorbikes and tropical fish. Objectively, I have no interest in either of those things, but in his passion and curiosity was a familiar pattern that I recognised, and this became the bridge that carried me over our differences towards a feeling best described as comfort. I look outwards now, and I see people intent on bringing those differences into stark focus and blurring the background; making the world around us shapeless and indistinct so that what might separate us, denied any context, is all we can see. People who want to build walls, both real and metaphorical. People who ignore intentions and look for fault. People who feel small, but feel better when they make someone else feel smaller. People who put some outdated, tribal notion of sovereignty above kindness. People who are afraid, but call it something - and blame it on someone - else. People who forget that we’re all immigrants and a thousand years from now - if we’re still around - we’ll all be the same colour, living in a world where putting up borders would make as much sense as Noah building a swimming pool instead of an ark as the heavens opened." Wapentak is about what we share, and about what we miss when we build walls and forget what it is to be kind. It’s the sound of band dialling down the complexity and noise a little and returning to a simple idea: that singing songs together can make everything beautiful, even just for a moment; and that through telling stories we can find each other again. About us: Why buy from us? -We are quick! Even our standard free postage option for smaller items is First Class (within the UK). -Unless clearly stated in the listing or due to exceptional circumstances, the item is in stock at our premises ready for immediate dispatch. -We aim to ship within one of our working days, we always work Tuesday to Saturday, and often even Monday to Saturday (please note large couriered items are shipped from us between Tuesday to Friday). -We take great care to pack items well, to ensure they get to you safely. -We know our products, we’re not a large faceless box shifter, we are a real hifi specialists retailer with knowledge and enthusiasm for the products we stock. -We always try to offer the best after sales support possible, we even have our own full time in house engineer. Deco Audio is an independent specialist hifi retailer, we specialise in vinyl, valves and loudspeakers, but can cater for almost all audiophiles. If you have any questions about this auction please do not hesitate to contact us (we’re open 9.30-5.30 Tuesday to Saturday).
Price: 23.45 GBP
Location: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
End Time: 2025-01-07T15:18:24.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.41 GBP
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Features: 180 - 220 gram
Custom Bundle: No
Format: Record
Record Size: LP (12-Inch)
Duration: LP
Modified Item: No
Release Title: Wapentak
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Material: Vinyl
Speed: 33RPM
Non-Domestic Product: No
Record Label: Deco Records
Artist: Sweet Billy Pilgrim
Genre: Rock
Sub-Genre: Alternative
Type: Album