Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues is the debut studio album by Scottish indie folk band Meursault, released in 2008 to a generally positive reception from the music press and online community critics.[4][5] The band initially self-released the album in 2008, before a second run was released on the Edinburgh-based independent label, Song, by Toad Records, in 2009.
Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 2008 | |||
Recorded | Edinburgh | |||
Genre | Folktronica[1] | |||
Label | Song, by Toad Records | |||
Meursault chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Is this music? | (favourable)[1] |
The Skinny | [2] |
The Scotsman | (favourable)[3] |
Track listing
editNo. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Salt (Part One)" | 6:23 |
2. | "Statues Of Strangers" | 2:11 |
3. | "The Furnace" | 3:46 |
4. | "Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues" | 3:52 |
5. | "Salt (Part Two)" | 3:18 |
6. | "The Dirt And The Roots" | 3:46 |
7. | "A Few Kind Words" | 3:09 |
8. | "A Small Stretch Of Land" | 4:58 |
9. | "Ampersand After Ampersand" | 1:07 |
10. | "Lament For A Teenage Millionaire" | 3:35 |
11. | "Oh, Neighbourhood!" | 3:15 |
Personnel
editMeursault
edit- Chris Bryant
- Fraser Calder
- Calum MacLeod
- Neil Pennycook
Cultural references
edit- Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit has often performed A Small Stretch Of Land; taken from Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues and written by Neil Pennycook, during his live appearances. He also said that inspired Poke and that it was a "perfect" song to him that he'd wish he'd written.
- The BBC selected The Furnace for heavy daytime rotation on Radio 1 as part of their promotion of the corporation's coverage of Glastonbury 2010.
- Scottish arts and culture magazine The Skinny placed Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues sixteenth in its list of the best Scottish albums of the 2000-2010 decade.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Jupp, Ed (18 November 2008). "Meursault – Pissing on Bonfires / Kissing with Tongues". Is this music?. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ The Skinny review
- ^ The Scotsman review
- ^ Hamilton, Billy (2 December 2008). "Meursault - Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues". The Skinny.
- ^ Tyers, Simon (3 December 2008). "Meursault – Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues". The Line Of Best Fit.
- ^ Bruce, Gordon (26 November 2008). "Scottish Albums Of The Decade #16: Meursault - Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues". The Skinny.