The latest offering from Telling the Bees sees them performing with an expanded line-up and what is a record full of constant, impressive surprises. Its striking cover art is once more the work of Rima Staines, whose eerie, timeless, pagan flourishes give some hint as to the musical content.
Orla Wren is Tui. North East bred, Tui broke away early from the unnecessary trappings of the modern world ( little things, like bank accounts and living in buildings ), becoming that most unlikely ofindividuals ; a be-dreadlocked, lap-top wielding, soundscape creating Neo-Gypsy.
Stop motion animation by Rima Staines for the Orla Wren track ‘The Fish and the Doll’ from the album ‘The One Two Bird And The Half Horse’ released in 2009 on the FLAU label. Vocals by Russudan Meipariani.
