Sloth Apocrypha, by Sloth Metropolis

Sloth Apocrypha

by Sloth Metropolis

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jennapixi This album is folking lush! The FX pedal, folkiness and lofi recordings give a sound reminiscent of 70's Steeleye Span, fabulous. The beauty (lyricism, artistry & composition) of this album makes me weep with joy Favorite track: Old World (Band Demo, 2014).

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1.	Fight Scene (Eddy & Calum Demo, 2012) 05:40	buy track
2.	Tarasque (Calum Demo, 2012) 01:37	buy track
3.	Newsagent (Spoken Outtakes, 2014) 04:59	buy track
4.	Chase Scene (Unused Recording for BBC's 'Stonemouth', 2014) 04:42	buy track
5.	Stonemouth Theme (Unused Recording for BBC's 'Stonemouth', 2014) 04:15	buy track
6.	Morrison's Jig (BBC's 'Stonemouth' Soundtrack, 2014) 01:58	buy track
7.	Old World (Band Demo, 2014) 03:53	buy track
8.	Forest (Green Door 'Sonic Youths' Recording, 2014) 04:58	buy track
9.	First Contact (Green Door 'Sonic Youths' Recording, 2014) 04:27	buy track
10.	The Sacrifice (Band Demo, 2015) 05:18	buy track
11.	The Song of Wandering Aengus (Origins CD Bonus Track, 2016) 03:09	buy track
12.	Next Page (Calum Demo, 2017) 04:06	buy track
13.	Human of the Metropolis (Calum Demo, 2017) 05:15	buy track
14.	Science Fiction Double Feature (Rehearsal for Belladrum 2019) 03:57	buy track

about

A collection of demos, outtakes, unreleased rarities and alternate realities, showing how the tunes and tales of the Sloth Cycle are endlessly altered in the retelling, through rearrangement, recombination, improvisation, the chasing of tangents and alternatives. Lost lyrics, a buried soundtrack to an Iain Banks story, an earlier version of Origins centered around a bloody plot of 17th century colonialism and conflict, a read over the alchemist's lesser known works, and a couple of covers for good measure - welcome back, to Sloth Metropolis...

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released October 19, 2022

Alastair Milton - keyboards, spoken word (track 3)
Calum Calderwood - electric violin, guitar, vocals, mastering, mixing (tracks 1-5, 7, 10, 12-14)
Calum MacLellan percussion, backing vocals (track 14)
Eddy Lee - guitar (track 1)
Jules Leano-Gay - saxophone
Lewis MacKenzie - bass (tracks 4-11)
Maria Chiappa - percussion, backing vocals (track 14)
Nadia Palma - percussion, backing vocals (track 14)
Peter Fleming - bass (track 14)
Randolph Edwards - percussion, backing vocals (track 14)
Steve McNamara - drums, spoken word (track 3), mixing (track 6)

Tracks 8-9 recorded and mixed at Green Door Studio by by Stuart Evans and Emily MacLaren
Track 11 recorded and mixed by Vilo Spice

All music by Sloth Metropolis except track 11, words by W.B. Yeats, music by Donovan, and track 14, music and lyrics by Richard O'Brien.

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Sloth Metropolis Glasgow, UK

SLOTH METROPOLIS is a musical mythology & ongoing sloth-themed rock opera told in prog, psych, folk and paper mache.

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