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Bread n Butter Boy

by Circus of Bones

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Bread n Butter Boy 06:30
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2.
A Never Has Been 05:05
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Blood Red Fox 04:58
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Why ('dya Let Your Hair Grow So Long?) 05:42
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Hold Me Down 04:10
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Una and the Lion 04:39
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about

Recorded under various restrictions including lockdown, budget and technical ability, songwriters Paul Thompson and Eddie Mann were forced to think outside their over-priced, rented London boxes.

Utilising what they did have, sharp songs, a good dollop of passion and a whole lot of time, they knew what they wanted sonically but not necessarily the traditional means to achieve it. Cue experimentation with a variety of instruments and recording techniques (some made up some YouTubed) and we have an eclectic collection of songs that, through their shortcomings, they hope, offer something fresh.

The album is driven by a faulty punk heart with an on hand defibrillator set to moderate funk. With every optimistic floating pop hook there is a sinker slowly dragging the listener below the surface into a dark little world, introducing them to a roster of pitiful characters. These no hopers have come to terms with their bad fortune and not only embrace it but flaunt it.

Celebrating the beauty and art behind the acceptance of failure in a world that champions success may seem alienating on paper but in practice draws out the ‘bread and butter boy’ in all of us.

credits

released March 8, 2021

Paul Thompson
vocals, guitars, bass, percussion

Eddie Mann
vocals, guitars, bass, percussion, synths, clarinet, harmonica

Harry Denton
drums (Why'dya Let Your Hair Grow So Long?)

Mixing and mastering
Eddie Mann

Art
Paul Thompson, Eddie Mann

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Circus of Bones London, UK

Circus of Bones are a three piece British/New Zealand post-punk band based in London. They offer a Frankenstein of punk and funk powered by a beating blues heart and lead by a sharp, poetic lip.​
Formed in 2017 as a 1920s gypsy-punk swing band they soon found their own sound and since been sniffing for scraps on the London circuit, including a number of festivals around the south of England. ... more

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