Release date April 2010 | ||
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Released April 2010(hand-printed edition)24 May 2010 (general release) Similar Something for the Weakened, Pissing on Bonfires / Kissing w, High Violet | ||
Meursault all creatures will make merry under pain of death
All Creatures Will Make Merry is the second studio album by Scottish indie folk band Meursault, released on 24 May 2010. A limited edition, hand-printed version of the album was released in April 2010. Songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Neil Pennycook states that "the main theme of the record is one of contentment – what people are willing to do to obtain it, hold on to it, and what we stand to lose or gain if we try."
Contents
Background and recording
Following the critical acclaim of the band's debut album, Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues, a newly extended version of Meursault recorded All Creatures Will Make Merry in the winter of 2009, in Stockbridge, Edinburgh. Songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Neil Pennycook states that "playing with a full live band helped shape this record considerably," and praised the contributions of both Phillip Quirie and Pete Harvey: "[they] opened up a huge range of possibilities with these songs."
Pennycook states that his production was influenced by The Microphones and Mount Eerie.
Content
According to songwriter Neil Pennycook, "the themes and motivation behind All Creatures Will Make Merry come from completely different place than those on Pissing on Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues. I feel a certain duty to myself in terms of my own expectations for this album, other than that I couldn't imagine making an album to someone else's supposed criteria, that is my idea of hell."
Track listing
All songs written by Neil Pennycook, performed by Meursault.
Meursault
Production and design
Songs
1Payday1:00
2Crank Resolutions4:45
3All Creatures Will Make Merry Under Pain of Death3:50