We have now finished recording our fifth album. It's been nearly eight months of hard work but we a very happy with the results. Hope you like our sample track 'Friend Of Crazy Joe', which you can listen to on our myspace page, www.myspace.com/peatbogfaeries . The CD is available now from our website shop and is called 'What Men Deserve To Lose'. It goes on general release on the 16th of July. It will be available from all major UK stores as well as from the band website, www.peatbogfaeries.com , itunes and from online shops such as www.amazon.com , www.footstompin.com and www.tradtunes.com.
The title comes from Derek Cooper's description of faeries in his book 'Skye'....
...The names bestowed on faeries derived from the gaelic word "sith" (pronounced shee). Sith means peace or silence; faerie folk go about their ways quietly, unlike humans who are a clod-hopping lot at the best of times. The most noise they ever make is no louder than a gust of wind or the swish of silk or the whistle of a sword cutting through thin air. They are keen on musical instruments and songs. There are faerie banners, faerie cows, cats and cuckoos. They come in all sizes, small enough to enter through a keyhole, large enough to be mistaken for a human. Average height is about 4'. They live by preference within grassy knolls in the rocks but for some reason avoid caves. Their favourite colour is green; faerie men wear any colour but prefer red, dyeing their clothes with crotal (a dye obtained from rocks). Faeries have foibles similar to humans – they can even get drunk. Favourite occupations are spinning, weaving and grinding meal or making faerie arrows. Some faeries are poorer than others, and reading old descriptions of faerie life gives rise to the impression that being a faerie is every bit as tedious as being human. Like rain, faeries usually come from the west and are a thieving lot even though they only take what men deserve to lose.
Extract from Derek Cooper's Skye is reproduced by permission of Birlinn Ltd ( www.birlinn.co.uk )
