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Spare The Rod 10"

by Bent Folk

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    Limited edition 10" lathe released on Ilk Ither records.

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"Spare the Rod is a fully realized vision from experimental folk outfit Bent Folk, 2 distortion-heavy sprawlers relying on highly technical guitar work as well as the band’s knack for improvisation. On Side One is a Bent Folk original, and on Side Two is a ripping cover of Eddie Hazel and Funkadelic’s “play like yo’ mama died” Maggot Brain, praised among many critics as the best guitar solo to have ever been laid to tape…quite the task for an avant-garde folk band to undertake! Fans of Dylan Carlson (Earth, drcarlsonalbion) will find solace in Bent Folk’s similar aural visions of desert landscape and scorching desolation." (David Hampton. SlyVinyl)

'Spare The Rod' recorded by Finn Johansson at Helen's house and his home studio in Karori. 'Maggot Brain' recorded in the practice space on a shitty laptop mic. All fucked up sounds intentional. Limited edition 10" lathe released on Ilk Ither records.

Dick Whyte - Guitar/Vocals
Helen O'Rourke - Drums
Rupert Hunter - Guitar/Organ

Music by the Bent Folk. Lyrics by Dick Whyte. 'Maggot Brain' based very loosely on the Funkadelic track of the same name (written by Eddie Hazel and George Clinton).

Lyrics:

Trust in the birds and the meaning of song
Into the trees won't be long, won't be long

Hope forms a bond with the earth deep inside
Over the hills we will ride, we will ride

Love like the grass, browned by the sun
Into the sky I will come, I will come

Fear drinks the water, surrounded by dirt
Under the ground there is hurt, there is hurt

Grieving the moon, undressed by the tide
Wither the stars I will hide, I will hide

Lust speaks in tongues, waiting to say
With or without you will play, you will play

Buried by clouds, bruised by the sky
Sparing the rod we will lie, we will lie

Jealous of winter, snow on the hill
Given a way there is will, there is will


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released December 1, 2014

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Bent Folk Wellington, New Zealand

The Bent Folk are Dick Whyte, Helen O'Rourke & Rupert Hunter.

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