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Everything in Readiness
Oct 23, 202645 mintak:til
- Folk
- Experimental
- English folk
- Traditional folk
- Avant-folk
Reworks English folk with lush strings, drones, tape edits, and distortion. Pairs vivid singing and political urgency with adventurous, sometimes shapeless archival collage.
1
Jer the Rigger
5:45
2
The Foxhunter's Reel
2:20
3
Tally Ho! Hark Away!
2:48
4
Ní ar Chnoc nó ar Ísleacht ("Mists are the best times for sowing")
1:25
5
Jowl, Jowl and Listen Lads
3:37
6
On Rye Marshes (A Crow Replied to Bells)
1:36
7
Who Killed Cock Robin? A Summoning (Kind Morning in our Fists)
3:22
8
Who Killed Cock Robin? / Gilbert's Jig
5:13
9
Bold Captain Avery
8:36
10
The Worms Crept Out (A Leuven Carillon)
1:05
11
A Hundred Stretches Hence / I Wish There Was No Prisons
9:01
Critic reviews
- Pitchfork: 7.8/10(opens in new tab)by Alastair ShuttleworthNov 2, 2026
By pulling together songs and sounds across centuries, Shovel Dance Collective aren’t collecting documents of pre-industrial simplicity; they’re establishing new connections