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Karl Hurst

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That lovely photo of Ray on the cover of Umpteen was taken by Sheffield photographer, Karl Hurst. It’s a beautiful image that captures the very essence of Ray. If you’d like to see more of Karl’s work, you can visit his website.

Album News

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So … the new CD’s released on 27th May. You can order it now from The No Masters website. Officially they won’t get sent out until the middle of May, but I think they might get put in the post a little earlier than that.

Winter of Austerity, Wentworth Road

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Everything’s up for the chop or already cut back Roadside hedges shiver half-bald above ditches Last year’s haws have succumbed to slash and hack Nothing but wind to darn the birchwoods’ britches The growing decade hunts with a hawkish eye Whatever it is in the air has caused this flap Wings scissor at speed across the sky Old brambles bunched like ramblers over a map A thorny finger all but points then flops. Sun from … Read more

All Talk

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From Songs of Robert the Cutler from the darkest hull of the head from the cold light of day’s contradictions from the high hill’s rhythming contours from the dull earth’s heaviest ores from the loud mouth of the forge from the brazier’s fiery barrenness from the charcoal’s black heart from the flames’ transfigurative lips from the crucible brimming with speech from the smoke’s vernacular chaos the maker divines and conjures, lures from dross, its vestigial … Read more