Blue Men (feat. Robert Macfarlane)

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The third single from You Are Wolf's upcoming album, hare // hunter // moth // ghost (out November 3rd 2023), Blue Men is a collaboration with eminent nature writer Robert Macfarlane.

Given the theme of transformation, Robert wrote some original lyrics for You Are Wolf about the Blue Men of the Minch. These folkloric ‘storm-kelpies’ lurk in the waters between the Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland, looking for boats to sink; in Rob’s lyric, which he called ‘a short scene in an opera’, they sing to the sailors and entice them under the sea.

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As an exclusive B-side for Bandcamp buyers (and as with the other two singles, Reynardine and winter solstice), Kerry has written, read and recorded a brand new short story with music. 'The Coffin Path' is a very dark tale of three sisters tasked with carrying their father's coffin over the North York Moors. It was written around the old Yorkshire traditional song 'A Lyke Wake Dirge', which Kerry arranged in a new version for Anna Snow, Sarah Dacey and themselves to sing.

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released October 4, 2023

BLUE MEN:

Music by: Kerry Andrew
Lyrics by: Robert Macfarlane

Kerry Andrew: vocals, keyboard, electronics
Sam Hall: double bass, backing vocals
Ben See: backing vocals
Hannah Dilkes: trombone

Produced by: Kerry Andrew and MaJiKer
Mastered by: Ian Carter at From Here Records
Photo by: Andrew Furlow

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THE COFFIN PATH:

Story written, read, engineered and produced by Kerry Andrew
Music by Kerry Andrew
A Lyke Wake Dirge sung by Anna Snow, Sarah Dacey and Kerry Andrew

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GUARDIAN FOLK ALBUM OF THE MONTH 2023

‘English avant-folk at its finest’ Observer

'Imagine Bjork working her magic on the English folk scene' UNCUT

YOU ARE WOLF is the alt-folk project of award-winning British composer, vocalist and author Kerry Andrew. They present folk songs and lore with unusual arrangements drawing on electronica, drone, contemporary classical and alt-rock. ... more

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