Beth Jeans Houghton
Country of origin:
England
Type of music generally:
Experimental altpop
Status:
Most recent release, Welcome Back to Milk (as Du Blonde, 2015)
See also:
Beth Jeans Houghton's Du Blonde site
Wikipedia's entry on Beth Jeans Houghton
Comparisons:
Imogen Heap
Covers/own material:
Own
General comments:
See album comments below
Recommended first album:
Yours Truly, Cellophone Nose is the only we've heard
Recordings:
Yours Truly, Cellophone Nose (as Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny, 2011)
Yours Truly, Cellophone Nose
Release info:
2011—Warner
Availability:
Wide
Ecto priority:
Recommended for fans of arty pop
Group members:
Beth Jeans Houghton—vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, ukelele, piano, organ, timpani, vibraphone, banjo, glockenspiel, electric guitar, harpsichord, Wurlitzer, bells, Hammond organ, samples, omnichord
The Hooves of Destiny:
Dav Shiel—backing vocals, drums, cajon
Rory Gibson—backing vocals;, bass
Ed Blazey——backing vocals,acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums
Findlay MacAskill—backing vocals, violin
Guest artists:
Ed Blazey—trumpet (1)
Damon Reece—drums, percussion (1)
Everton Nelson, Sally Herbert—violins (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Bruce White—viola (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Ian Burdge—cello (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Ben Hillier—additional snare drums, bass, MS20 synthesizer (1), timpani (2), drums (3, 4, 9), bass (3), thumb piano (3), drums (4, 8), synthesizers (5, 7), farfisa (6), piano (7), percussion (7), bass synth (9)
Neesha Champaneria—spoken word (4)
Adem—synthesizers (5)
Ben Nicholls—double bass (6, 10)
Produced by:
Ben Hillier
Comments:
Completely bizarre, and a bit bonkers. Could have huge ecto appeal—super quirky, full of strange lyrics. I find this album challenging, but quite listenable. Really ambitious. (lasherboy@gmail.com)
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