TOR076. Released October 2020.
01 Battle of Black Beck
02 Faint Lines
Marc Gillen: Guitars, keyboards and sounds
with Eleanor Servanté: Vocals
Words by Marc Gillen
Recorded at home, August - September 2020
Mixed and arranged by Alastair Popple at the Kitchen Sync
Photography by Marc Gillen
"Messol is a new project for me, the idea being I write a song, ask someone to sing it, use it as an A-side. Then I write a B-side, maybe an instrumental or a little experiment, then put it out as a single. Repeat and fade, maybe one day if I get a few done it will make for a cool wonky mixtape.
If I'm really lucky different singers will sing the songs and bring something to the words and melody that goes places I would not. A chance to see what opens up. It's always fascinating to hear someone sing your words, collaboration is a beautiful thing.
I am thrilled that Eleanor Servanté agreed to sing on these two tracks; after hearing the wonderful 'Distaff Lines', I knew I wanted Eleanor to sing 'Battle of Black Beck', which I wrote three years ago and it was going to be a Mystery Spring song, but it always seemed to slip away quietly. It was always the odd one out. Three years of roaming and now Eleanor has given it a home." - Marc.
