Poor Creature today share a new single ‘Bury Me Not’ taken from their imminent debut album ‘All Smiles Tonight’ which is released on Friday (11th July, 2025), via River Lea Records. It’s also our Song of the Day.
On the track, the band say, “This song is about a young sailor whose dying wish (not to be buried at sea) is ignored. Written in 1839, and originally titled The Ocean Buried, our rendition comes from a mingling of different versions, including the cowboy version, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie”.
In his review of the album, read it here, Thomas Blake wrote:
The very distinctive sound that runs through much of this album (dry but powerful drums, insistent, looping structures) came about partly as a result of the band’s penchant for vintage equipment, particularly Clinton’s Hohner Organetta, which gave the original spine to many of these songs. For its opening seconds, Bury Me Not sounds like a traditional folk song, albeit one of the lyrically dark variety, with Clinton putting in a typically airy vocal performance. Then, the hollow, minimal percussion kicks in, accompanied by background wails and creaks. Once again, the song’s ending is strange and unexpected. These two opening songs – Bury Me Not and Adieu Lovely Eireann – contain within them much of the album’s thematic meat. The band are constantly engaging with ideas of parting (perhaps the final parting) and of loss. Maybe this too came out of the fraught emotional states of Covid lockdown.
All Smiles Tonight (July 11th, 2025) River Lea
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Forthcoming Poor Creature Tour Dates:
July 12th – Spin dizzy instore, Dublin
July 14th – Rough Trade East Instore, London
Aug 31st – Supersonic Festival, Birmingham
Sep 12th – The Duncairn, Belfast
Sep 16th – The Attic, Leeds
Sep 17th – The Portland Arms, Cambridge
Sep 18th – The Larder House, Southbourne – Wandering Bear Presents
Sep 19th – Strange Brew, Bristol
Sep 20th – Subterranean Festival, London Royal Festival Hall, London
Sep 21st – YES, Manchester
Nov 27th – The Button Factory, Dublin