Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat – If The Sky Falls, We Shall Catch Larks digiCD 2015

Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat – If The Sky Falls, We Shall Catch Larks digiCD 2015

Dark folk from Gent (Belgium), inspired by religious and shamanistic music and rituals.
The name comes from a medieval witch ritual.


This is a really weird one, and I'm not just talking about the rather colourful name - Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat is the project of one Stef Heeren, a Belgian fellow who describes his music as 'apocalyptic folk'. Well I can certainly hear what he means, there are clearly links to Celtic folk here, and the mood is certainly one of doom-laden apocalypse - but everytime I give this a listen I end up thinking of the Levellers. I think it's that blend of jaunty sing-along folk and stomping rock that does it, and although Heeren's vision is one of doom and gloom rather the usual upbeat jigs you'd expect from a folk-rock act, it's still held back somewhat by the genre I think. Still if you like folk-rock I can't imagine you would find something more carefully constructed than this - the production is astounding throughout and Heeren has managed to gather in instrumental support from a whole bunch of friends (including a choir!). This is music to herald in your final days on this lonely planet... and it does it with a cello and a wry smile.

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