The Lyring is the opening track from Feil, the latest offering from Colchester based six-piece experimental folk group Fishclaw. In his review of Feil, also one of our Featured Albums of the Month, Thomas Blake describes the track:
Opener The Lyring marries up a drone with some beautiful viola (Jos Dow) and a nervous drum pattern like something out of Aphex Twin’s dreams. The piece has an immersive sweep to it, a discernible structure. It rises and falls a couple of times like a long, slow, non-human heartbeat. This is something of a trademark for the band, and it becomes even more apt given the EP’s close relationship with woodlands – there is a slow growth to this music, a movement at the edge of human consciousness, that is strangely tree-like.
For the accompanying video, written, shot and directed by photographer and film-maker Jason Arber we move from the woodland setting of 3,6,7 to the urban brutalist architecture of the city, again exploring the death of nature.
Written, Shot & Directed by Arber
The Watcher – Drimminn
The Fallen – Demi Leigh
The Fallen – Tegan James, Rosalyn Arber, Nigel Ryan
VFX – Phantom Limb
Mask – Rina Cheung
To hear and see more of Fishclaw, follow the links here: : https://linktr.ee/Fishclaw
Find out more about The Ash Project: https://holkham.squarespace.com/ash
They are also currently beta-testing the accompanying AR App, to find out more, please email: fishclaw@outlook.com