Formed as a lockdown project by vocalist/artist Tiger Nicholson and guitarist James Donovan (formerly of HMLTD), Bishopskin is now a nine-piece supergroup that does not have any boundaries or limits of expression in their music. They just go for it and embrace all the references and ideas in their songs, be that a blend of English pastoral folk, blues, punk, 19th Century Romanticism or mediaeval hymns.
Their new one is special as well. On the eclectic “Stella Splendens” the band mixes 14th Century Latin hymn with modern Ukrainian folk-pop (similar to Go_A, ONUKA or DakhaBrakha). With clarinettist/vocalist Tati Gutteridge taking lead vocal duties on the track, it is an exciting piece of underground avant-garde folk.
The single was recorded at North London’s Hermitage studios, engineered/produced by Matt Cooke and mixed by Jake Cartwright (Jockstrap). It would be a part of Bishopskin’s upcoming debut album Babble, which is set for release on October 12 via not-for-profit label Isolar Records.
Listen below and get the song here.
Acute Pop 