Poison Arrow from Altarwise by Twin Headed Wolf

An old poem that Branwen wrote was turned into a song one evening. Branwen came to Julie with the song idea and Julie played the bass note on Branwen's guitar as they rehearsed it. Julie applied her usual psychic harmonies to the song during the rehearsal and her confidence as a performer and their shared delight in the strange carried a lot of these ideas out of the rehearsal space and onto the stage. And so they brought this intimate moment of the two playing the guitar at once onto the stage.

Dylan Gully brought a lot of magic to this particular song with his low whistle. He can also be heard with his amazing clarinet across a lot of the album. He is a highly responsive and intuitive musician and created most of what he did on the spot. It was incredible to witness and we rarely needed a second take.

There is a tentative call and response between Julie and Branwen on piano and banjo which happened at the end of a studio day with Gavin Glass. It remains one of the sweetest memories from the second recording sessions.

Lyrical, twin-edged, harmony-ridden, experimental, scrap-yard folk... with a saw.

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