Cath & Phil Tyler - Dumb Supper (No-Fi)

If you like your ballads dark, spare and of the murder variety then this one's for you. To quote from the fittingly named blog Cows are Just Food, Dumb Supper "is pretty far removed from the crusty old feedeldydee stuff that put me off traditional music… anyone who likes their music brittle and bloody and endearingly raw should get a kick out of this." Pretty much sums it up. However, I will add that Cath Tyler (fka Oss) prior to moving to Newcastle and marrying Geordie Phil Tyler was formerly a member of the equally memorable Cordelia's Dad. In Cath and Phil Tyler, Brett and Rennie Sparks (aka The Handsome Family) might well have found rivals for homecoming king and queen of the American Gothic music scene.