Midnight House (and other tales), by The Trysting Tree

Midnight House (and other tales)

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	1.	Midnight House 04:20
	2.	Sarah Bennet's Posession 01:17
	3.	A Middle-Class Tragedy 01:17
	4.	The Desecrator 00:57
	5.	Across the Moors 01:42
	6.	The Angel of Stone 01:30
	7.	August Heat 02:46
	8.	Last of the Race 01:58
	9.	The Fern 01:48
	10.	The Educationalist 02:43
	11.	Deaf & Dumb 02:26
	12.	The Star 01:31
	13.	The Tortoise 01:29
	14.	Unwinding 01:26
	15.	After the Show 01:35

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released July 1, 2009

Conceived & constructed by Steven Collins & Laura Hulse between Summer 2007 and Spring 2009 / Originally released on Midwich Records as WYND007 in 2009

Written by Laura Hulse (tracks 2, 5, 7, 10) & Steven Collins (tracks 1-13 & 15)

Recorded by Steven Collins & Jon Davis
Mastered by Steven Collins

These are largely largely improvised pieces inspired by the short ghost stories of early 20th century author William Fryer Harvey

Lyric exerpts; track 5 is taken from "Evening Prayer: Psalm 27 (Dominus Illuminato)" / track 10 is taken from the Quaker writings of George Fox, 1652 / track 14 is the German folk song "My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair" collected by Haydn

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Essex-based alternative folk collective, currently on indefinite hiatus.

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