New album: The Guy Hamper Trio featuring James Taylor || All The Poisons in the Mud

In 2009 The Guy Hamper Trio released their debut single Polygraph Test b/w Sally Sensation. The A-side can also be found on the must-have compilation Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot! The Billy Childish Story 1977 – 2018. Indeed, this is another Billy Childish project, and after 13 years there is now also a full-length album, called All The Poisons in the Mud. In addition to the two old tracks, it contains ten new ones – almost 40 minutes in total – and although all but one of them are completely instrumental, they never get boring. In fact, it’s all quite exciting. A great tune like Step Out is somewhat reminiscent of Green Onions (Booker T. & The M.G.s) but souped-up, and with an awesome version of Fire (Jimi Hendrix) there’s also a real cover. Call it wild rhythm & blues or funky garage rock, but somehow this LP immediately feels like a classic.

Besides Billy Childish himself on guitar, the trio consists of Julie Hamper on bass and Wolf Howard on drums. However, their legendary guest James Taylor (of The Prisoners and The James Taylor Quartet fame) on Hammond organ takes the lead role. The album title is also the title of a novel that Billy Childish has been writing for some time, taken from a I Claudius quote by Robert Graves. The cover art is inspired by work by Saul Bass for Duke Ellington.

All The Poisons in the Mud is out now on CD and vinyl LP through Damaged Goods. A successor has been promised.

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