<img align=left src="http://www.bid.clara.net/swell/dr-spid-l.jpg"></img>The new <a href="http://www.scarletswell.co.uk/">Scarlet's Well</a> album is called "The Dream Spider Of The Laughing Horse", and is released this May on <a href="http://www.siesta.es/">Siesta Records</a>.
It's a glittering gem of a record, and features more cinematic fop-pop from legendary songwriter Bid, at turns wry, arcane, evocative and ornate.
Bid describes the album as "A happy pig walking through the forest, looking different through the varied foliage and dappled light."
As no singles are to be released from "Dream Spider…", I thought it would be a nice idea to make some of the songs available in advance, one by one, as mp3s. People can treat them as singles of a sort. Bid has now granted me permission to do this, and each song will be available to download for a limited period.
Needless to add, if you like what you hear, do tell others. And please <b>buy the album</b> when it comes out.
So, here is the first such release <a href="http://www.fosca.com/Scarlets-Well-How-The-Cypress.mp3">(click here for link)</a>.
This is a rather gorgeous slice of androgynous English Psychedelia, called <b>"How The Cypress Made Apollo"</b>. Written by Bid, vocals by Florence and Bid, and, I feel, the most dreamy and sensual song in the Scarlet's Well repertoire.
<i>Green leaf for his tongue
Petal make his lungs
Breathe deep, scents in the air
Live, live, live
Mute swan weave his hair
Starling make it fair
Curls kiss his golden brow
Live, live, live
Through woods far away
Forget-me-knots will play
Leap high, up to the sun
Live, live, live</i>
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