ARBOURETUM - Song of the Rose LP compilation but in a way that

but in a way that suggested guzzling buckets of homemade drugs and happening upon musical instruments which they then played at whatever speed and volume felt sustainable in the moment

There's also a stellar 7"EP on Wharf Cat Records

The songs he offers here are nothing less than the remedy to this Age of Mediocrity

Trying reflects on AA Matheson’s encounters with friendship

Shelter from the Smoke

ARBOURETUM - Song of the Rose LP compilation but in a way thatThe guys voice has a very pure quality that reminds of Gordon Lightfoot, but the music straddles the English folk of Richard Thompson with Fairport and the American Jam Band philosophies of the Grateful Dead with real aplomb. There is more than a whiff of prog rock at times too, particularly on the lyrics.