‘(5/5 stars) Melodies that easily knot themselves around the pleasure centres of the brain’
– SHINDIG Magazine UK
‘(4/5 stars) Trappist Afterland weave arcane webs of sacred charm and diabolic prophecy’.
– Record Collector UK
Evergreen: Walk to Paradise Garden – Bandcamp
This album features UK guitar Maestro HENRY PARKER, trad folk sensation ANGELINE MORRISON, Multi- instrumentalist & Producer TALI TROW (CIRCULUS, LORDS OF THYME, THE COAL PORTERS) & Visionary Artist, Poet & Singer DAVID TIBET (CURRENT 93)
Also supporting the album is Cole’s long-time collaborators and brothers ANTHONY CORNISH, TOM WARREN & MATT MALONE.
WALK TO PARADISE GARDEN sees TRAPPIST AFTERLAND at their heartbreaking best, nine beautiful & strange moving folk songs that defy time and trends.
Album Bio
During the winter rains in the hills just above the Adelaide plains, Cole wrote this bitter-sweet collection of songs.
This album, EVERGREEN- WALK TO PARADISE GARDEN,’ was sketched out between visits to Cole’s mother, as she slowly deteriorated into dementia.
Visiting her, Cole made the 1600-kilometre trip monthly to his hometown of Kiama, on the New South Wales South Coast of Australia.
It’s during these trips, his mother passing, the breakdown of his marriage, and his eventual return living there, that the songs took shape.
This 10th album by Trappist Afterland is a celebration of the bonds formed over lifetimes. Cole is very conscious of appreciating the present, and seeks confirmation that communion with loved ones is something to be treasured, even though such moments are sometimes fleeting. This album also honours the idea that new green shoots can always be found, even during the most turbulent of times in one’s lifetime.
‘EVERGREEN-WALK TO PARADISE GARDEN’ is an intimate album which celebrates “sucking the marrow out of life”, appreciating each moment, growth, separation, healing from trauma, the joy had, and even relishing the dark night of the soul”.
– Paul Skeers (the Pleroma)
Evergreen-Walk to Paradise Island will be available exclusively on bandcamp 22/11/24.
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