Whalebone Polly — Taproot and Sill
Release date: 15 September 2009
After a two year break to focus on their successful solo projects, Kate Stables and Rachael Dadd return as Whalebone Polly release their E.P. Taproot and Sill on 13 September 2009 on Dreamboat Records on limited edition 10" brown vinyl.
- Turnip Turned (MP3)
- Good Good Light
- And Sometimes the Sea
- Window
Running time: 17 minutes
Taproot and Sill is a 4 track E.P. recorded in Paris over 2 days. The lush finger-picked guitar and banjo arrangements, with dustings of brass and percussion (all played by Kate and Rachael), gives a warm feeling of Arthur Russell meets the Mcgarrigle sisters. Their stripped back sound and spacious arrangements intertwine with beautiful vocal harmonies.
Bonus features
The first 200 limited edition 10" brown vinyls will be fastened with a homemade embroidered badge. Twenty special copies will come in a hand made textile case made by Rachael and Kate. Ten of these will be on sale on the Whalebone Polly tour and ten will be randomly shipped to people who pre-order through the Dreamboat website. All copies come with a download code for MP3s of the E.P. and two bonus tracks including a remix by the Rollercoaster Project.
- Pigeons in Kate's Kitchen
- Good Good Light (Rollercoaster Project remix)
Additonal running time: 10 minutes
Reviews
As folk music becomes more popular, it’s getting harder to source original and uncompensated material. Whalebone Polly are not only true to their ears, they’re true to the ground; Taproot & Sill is folk in its purest form, with no sly electricity and no chance of the dreaded term antifolk being applied. It’s a relief to find something this accomplished and beautiful mooring the turbulent shores of the South West. — 5 stars, Tiffany Daniels — Wears The Trousers
Another fabulous record, thematically complete its own right… A follower of Rachael Dadd and Kate Stables might begin to take the beauty of their voices — individually and in unison — for granted, until the sheer whistleable, singable nature of their songs tempts him to try and add his own flat monotone to the mix. Rachael and Kate are writing better-crafted songs, sung more beautifully, than any comparable solo or double acts, and it remains a mystery to me why they aren’t more celebrated. — A Jumped Up Pantry Boy