Half Cousin
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Half Cousin are from The Orkney Islands, off the north-eastern tip of Scotland.
Their debut album “The Function Room” appeared in 2004 and was inspired by the islands’ weather-beaten landscapes and off-beat characters. Sought after singles “Half Turn/Mrs Pilling”, “Country Cassette” and “The Diary Fire EP” paved the way for acclaimed shows supporting the likes of Hot Chip, The Earlies and Boom Bip. A collaboration with Hans-Joachim Roedelius and contributions to the Blank Tape Spillage Fete cemented Half Cousin’s reputation as something fresh and exciting. Main songwriter Kevin Cormack has teamed up with old Orcadian school friend Jimmy Hogarth to record “Iodine” - the follow up to “The Function Room”. As before junk percussion, cheap electronics and family heirlooms prevail - but the results are far more beguiling, detailed and, at times, euphoric.
Their debut album “The Function Room” appeared in 2004 and was inspired by the islands’ weather-beaten landscapes and off-beat characters. Sought after singles “Half Turn/Mrs Pilling”, “Country Cassette” and “The Diary Fire EP” paved the way for acclaimed shows supporting the likes of Hot Chip, The Earlies and Boom Bip. A collaboration with Hans-Joachim Roedelius and contributions to the Blank Tape Spillage Fete cemented Half Cousin’s reputation as something fresh and exciting. Main songwriter Kevin Cormack has teamed up with old Orcadian school friend Jimmy Hogarth to record “Iodine” - the follow up to “The Function Room”. As before junk percussion, cheap electronics and family heirlooms prevail - but the results are far more beguiling, detailed and, at times, euphoric.
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The Absentee
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Country Cassette
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On the Way Down
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Half Turn
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Jim's Crash Memory
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Hindsight
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Tiles
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Blue Ruin
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Canned Laughter
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Police torch
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The Diary Fire
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Girl
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Shoutbox
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H-A-G wrote:
I join the chorus: new album please!!!
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lambeth_tom wrote:
yeah, new one please
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nice_michael wrote:
new third album, please
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jpetso wrote:
I saw them live playing (mostly?) Function Room stuff, and they were about twice as good as the record. And the record is great already.
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elliewaits wrote:
whoa! so good!
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H-A-G wrote:
great band. that's true.
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albinalovesBRMC wrote:
nice
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Tunc89 wrote:
wow, good. can't seem to find it anywhere, though :(
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Babs_05 wrote:
NNME - video for 'Absentee' : )
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el toro fuerte wrote:
good band!
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mattimeus wrote:
incredibly underappreciated
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News
101 Things To Do With A Dead Artist
21 Jan 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/halfcousin
Kevin Cormack has contributed to a project called '101 Things To Do With A Dead Artist' curated by sound artist (and London Sinfonietta's Culture Collective member) Benji Fox.The remit (given t...
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