Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 17., Hormayrg. 2	Standorte: CD.09 Art B / 70er	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

Made up of ex-Henry Cows Fred Frith, Chris Cutler and Dagmar Krause, they produced a real masterpiece here. There are 14 'songs', each with its own unique sound and structure, held together by Cutler's beautiful lyrics, presenting us with a picture of a tough perplexing medieval world, where life is dictated by the wheels of fortune spun by the elements and the threat of social upheaval.

This uncertainty is captured magically by Dagmar's voice that sounds totally committed to the lyrics, Frith's straining guitar and simple violin, and Cutler's driving drums and atmospheric sound manipulation.

Winter Songs is full of highlights but the most memorable is Rats and Monkeys, a frenzied burst of angst set to the following scary lyric "Rats and monkeys crowd the city as it crumbles into ruin, walls are loosening true but gates are blocked". Imagine being stuck inside those city walls, with all hell breaking loose around you, and the Art Bears capture the scene perfectly. Bruce Langridge