A Feast of Consequences

SOLO ALBUM // 2013

A FEAST OF CONSEQUENCES

SOLO ALBUM // 2013

“I ended up in the Somme almost by accident as I was at a loss on what to do on my birthday. A good friend of mine, Simon Moston, a WW1 battlefield guide suggested I visit as I was in Paris after a Fishheads Club gig and had a couple of days to spare before the next one in the UK. I travelled to Beaumont Hamel and actually woke up on my birthday in a bed and breakfast place built on what was “no man’s land”. It later turned out that I had been sleeping just a few hundred metres away from where my maternal granddad, William Paterson, had built trenches while serving with the 8th Battalion Royal Scots back in 1916.

I also discovered I was staying on the night of my birthday in Arras where my paternal granddad had been stationed as RFC ground crew at the same time. Needless to say it was a coincidence of extraordinary proportions. During my trip I visited the High Wood, a scene of desperate battles over a 3 month period the same year. For some reason it had a profound effect on me and when I discovered weeks later that William Paterson had fought there and helped dig a trench system called “Thistle Alley” I knew I had to write about it.”

SHOP 'A FEAST OF CONSEQUENCES'

1. Perfume River (10:58)
2. All Loved Up (5:07)
3. Blind To The Beautiful (5:12)
4. A Feast Of Consequences (4:29)
5. High Wood (5:26)
6. Crucifix Corner (7:25)
7. The Gathering (4:30)
8. Thistle Alley (6:08)
9. The Leaving (4:59)
10. The Other Side Of Me (6:09)
11. The Great Unravelling (6:32)

REVIEWS

One of the most remarkably powerful pieces of music to be released under Fish’s name. A Feast of Consequences will be hailed as one of 2013’s most essential prog releases. PROG Magazine

Pessimistic and furious, the big man skewers celebrity culture, rues the state of the environment and looks back on relationships. But there are just warm-ups for the centrepiece, an epic suite tackling war and death. It’s good to have him back. Classic Rock Magazine

- Derek Dick "Fish" / lead vocals With: - Robin Boult / guitars - Foster Paterson / keyboards - Steve Vantsis / bass - Gavin Griffiths / drums - Elisabeth Troy Antwi / backing vocals - Egbert Derix / strings arrangements (5,9,11) - Tanja Derwahl / cello (5,9,11) - Linda Slakhorst-Custers / viola (5,9,11) - Gosia Loboda / violin (5,9,11) - Alina-Lin Merx-Jong / violin (5,9,11) - Aidan O'Rourke / violin (3,10) - Finlay Hetherington / flugelhorn (7) - Fiona Lund / trombone (7) - John Sampson / trumpet (7) - Stuart Watson / tuba (7) - Calum Malcolm / arranger & producer