In a Sea of Shame
The Curst Sons
Download the single here or listen below.
In a Sea of Shame
Originally conceived as a protest at the guilt-free entitlement of the current UK government, the depressing resurrection of Donald Trump triggered a change of emphasis in the lyrics.
We know it’s not likely that a pathological narcissist would ever feel any shame or drown in a metaphorical sea of it, but it does feel good to sing it.
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In a Sea of Shame, is the second single - following January’s SHINE a SMILE - taken from a set of new songs recorded in the latter half of 2023.
These tracks will form The Curst Sons latest album New Signs and Old Visions, which will be available on Vinyl, CD and Download from Fri 9th August 2024
Since, 1998 The Curst Sons have released six studio albums, one 10” vinyl EP, a live digital EP, and this year two digital singles.
Their inspiration is the pre-Rock n’ Roll world of Blues, Gospel and Old Time music, mixed with Euriopean eclectsism to give powerful original songs and gutsy live shows.
The Curst Sons are…
Tim Dunkerley
Willi Kerr
Scott Smith
Dave Simner
The Curst Sons are based in Brighton, UK.
All tracks written and performed by The Curst Sons. Engineered by Phil Jones - Long Way Home Productions.
Produced by Phil Jones and The Curst Sons. All rights reserved 2024.
25 years of The Curst Sons
If your idea of blues music is a desultory trudge through 12-bar standards in the back room of a pub on Sunday afternoon then The Curst Sons will put your mind right.
Over a quarter of a century, this unique troupe from the Southlands (of the UK) have honed their combination of blues, bluegrass, hillbilly, folk and dark Americana into something that summons up the unquiet ghosts of Leadbelly, Howling Wolf and Bo Diddley. Powered by the compulsive chthonic throb of Willi Kerr's Zob Stick, and swaggeringly syncopated slide guitar, mandolin and banjo from Tim Dunkerley, Scott Smith and a shifting cast of accomplices, they regularly transform audiences of usually rather polite-looking people into frenzied bands of totentanz-ing maniacs.
They can be tender too. The songs, mostly originals written by the band along with expertly curated covers, often touch deep emotions. But mostly the music just charges, heads-down, like a maddened bull at a barn door that some hapless farm hand has painted red.
John Helmer 2023
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