And Also The Trees - Shaletown

photos by: raffyka.deviant...
SHALETOWN - AATT
On the blue-green rising, falling tide
Breathing in the pebbles
Sighing out the salt breeze
Chaff is blowing from the stubble fields
Leaving the dried earth land it threads the gate
Tunnel hedges
Old man's beard
Sticking to the wild plums
Old man's beard
And follows the pot-holed tracks
That lead to Shaletown
The ox-man's soul forever turns around
And ploughs the stubble field
Caught in the lonely mile
Between the roads to Shaletown
He watches the chaff leave his dry brown eye
And swing over rose-hip stile
To Shaletown
Under bronze-red sunset, cobweb clouds
Dipping to the shadows
Dancing through the dead trees
Over carts that struggle up the hills
Sticking into the sweat and blistered hands
Nailed sacks flap
From blackened walls
Flailing arms to welcome
From blackened walls
In to the groaning heart of Shaletown
The ox-man turns and walks into the wind
Towards the ceaseless sea
Ploughing the lonely mile
As chaff settles in Shaletown
The machines they groan and the hammers they pound
As night falls on Shaletown
The chaff settles in Shaletown

[@argyrop.6928]

Such an underrated post punk band... Definitely one of my top favourites of this genre.

[@lehmannfabrice5867]

🖤🖤🖤🌹🌹🌹 Et aussi les arbres 🌳 🎶🎶

[@peterdeputter1733]

Maybe my all time favorite band. Saw them about 5 times in the Eighties. Memories forever ❤

[@blaialosaliver6878]

Simplemente grupo maravilloso y muy poco reconocido en España. 🎸🖤🎤

[@AFULimited]

My alltime favorite band...the oxman soul forever turns around....

[@georgwaldeck]

...truly one best songs ever written...long live aatt!

[@chypherkrobalt1743]

Such great song, unique music!

[@sebvillars]

Cette musique n'a pas pris une ride. Fabuleux.

[@garycumner6804]

yet another great classic by the trees

[@carlamccoy]

Such a gorgeous song!! 💜

[@user-ud3yw9dw8j]

First band I ever saw live, fourth on the bill behind The Chills, All About Eve and the Mighty Lemon Drops, Town & Country Club, Kentish Town, 1987. Extraordinarily good. See you next month in Berlin!

[@jhonnytheboy1975]

This song it’s perfect!!!

[@ruisu2410]

Amazing Song

[@Raffyka84]

Oh, don't worry :) The athmosphere this song creates makes Shaletown alive

[@johnnymackin4971]

You can feel the souls around you

[@igorgonzola7856]

Assurément intemporels ...bien des années plus tard ,toujours la même émotion ...selon moi ,à classer parmi les très grands !

Uns cavalheiros que passearam nas florestas e lagos mais fundos da Europa, no mais íntimo coração das penumbras comuns tocando-nos apaixonadamente!

[@laurentlemorellec1522]

33 ans plus tard toujours la même émotion a cette écoute

[@Nastyoff]

Another tiny rural village near the Scottish border empties out. All that's left is the shale and the collapsing abandoned houses and shops. One day we'll understand what's happened. Well done, AATT. Thanks for posting this.

[@teresaroberts5907]

Love this, there are lots of "Shaletowns". in the UK.

[@philippe7091]

Juste magnifique, génial !

[@laurentlemorellec1522]

30 ans plus tard toujours aussi bon

[@jaipur1401]

Un morceau d'anthologie, c'est sublime. Un des plus grands morceaux de ces très belles années 80

[@TheMorpheus44]

Bonjour Patrice , un vrai morceau d'anthologie , j'ai eu la chance de les voir en concert, un seul mot ENORME !

[@jaipur1401]

C'est un de mes grands regrets, je ne les ai jamais vu. Pourtant, j'ai vu énormément de concerts dans ma vie ( Nick cave, Dead can dance, Einsturzende Neubauten, Clair obscur, Front 242, Laibach, Tuxedomoon, Legendary pink dots, Trisomie 21, Kraftwerk, Throbbing Gristle, Labradford, Norma loy, Asylum party....) mais jamais, jamais AATT ou encore In the Nursery. C'est ainsi....

[@igorgonzola7856]

Moi 2.... ou 3 fois?sur LIEGE (BELGIQUE) ..INOUBLIABLES

[@igorgonzola7856]

Les connais presque tous !

[@MeroveeG]

AATT et ITN tournent encore, sois vigilant, tu auras peut-être encore l'occasion de les voir!

[@TheMorpheus44]

MAGNIFIQUE !!!!!

[@darud2001]

I love this Song!

[@justinbeck4197]

man I love this one

[@carmem2000]

Awesome

[@EnzoGallo1]

Great song!

[@Bethrezoth]

Love this band and this is one of my favorites. Thanks for posting.

[@schnurm]

thanks for the upload. good taste in music :)

[@francklesage4003]

excellent

[@Jean-GabrielBaechelen]

oui je suis du même avis , c'est un grand moment de musique !

[@giovannigee]

Damn.. this is such a perfect band.. I pray I get a chance to see them but it seems they never tour outside of Europe... ;(

[@Nastyoff]

100% agreed!

[@alado21]

una verdadera joya musical

[@sakasara]

cool !!

[@billybumhole]

Looking forward to London in May :)

[@Raffyka84]

does Shaletown exist really? Omg... I tought it was a legend :o

[@MeroveeG]

If once I go to the north of England, I may go to Shaletown.... because I am curious.

[@c.s.6870]

♡♡♡

[@Raffyka84]

@alado21 thanks for both your comments ^^

[@Raffyka84]

@Bethrezoth thank you

[@Magas-y4q]

I fucking love rhis song!

[@marcotumiatti3536]

grandissimi post punk

[@ronaldvanderkleij]

I scream through an empty room

[@TheOnlyWCC]

I’m proud to be a goth, and Non-Conformist.

[@Raffyka84]

@darud2001 i love it too :)

[@Raffyka84]

@psychoma13 Thanks ^^

[@Nastyoff]

Pardon, Raffyka84, I'm extrapolating from the 'miasma' that this track leaves behind when it's over. Funny how the flamenco flourishes don't exactly cheer things up. But that's this band's genius.

[@Raffyka84]

@WildflowerEve de gustibus

[@charlieranger4598]

Raffyka84, thank you for letting me recall one of the masterpieces of the early And Also The Trees stuff! I saw them in London the first time in 1987 at the famous Hammersmith Odeon (today Hammersmith Apollo). They were overwhelming! Back in Germany I bought and listened their records night and day, untill they unfortunatelly lost their unique style. I allways wondered, if Simon Huw Jones was acting on the stage or if he was a really badass lunatic or freak. If you ever have the opportunity, then try to get their album (record) The Evening Of The 24th - Live in Lausanne A must have! 4.bp.blogspot.com/-tsuO4NakNqU/Tq65OxNA5YI/AAAAAAAAD9A/WGmQu7Ft7G4/s1600/And-Also-The-Trees-The-Evening-Of-Th-432875.jpg ^One of the best records ever!² ;-)

[@erndog64]

Charlie Ranger Yes sad to say that they lost their style. In those days there were very few that were in a place of their own

[@charlieranger4598]

Ernesto Moran True words! ;)

[@TheArrow1987]

Well I love all their albums and even think their first album is their weakest (but still very good). I really like The Klaxon, Angelfish and Silver Soul, they did have their own style too, even if completely different from their first era. Every album of them has a different atmosphere on its own and they're not my all time favourite band for no reason. And the albums from 2003 on are very strong too.