Pissing on Bonfires / Kissing with Tongues

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Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues
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Studio album by
Meursault
Released2008
RecordedEdinburgh
GenreFolktronica[1]
LabelSong, by Toad Records
Meursault chronology
Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues
(2008) 		All Creatures Will Make Merry
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Is this music?(favourable)[1]
The Skinny5/5 stars[2]
The Scotsman(favourable)[3]

Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues is the debut studio album by Scottish indie folk band Meursault, released in 2008 to a generally positive reception from the music press and online community critics.[4][5] The band initially self-released the album in 2008, before a second run was released on the Edinburgh-based independent label, Song, by Toad Records, in 2009.

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Salt (Part One)"6:23
2."Statues Of Strangers"2:11
3."The Furnace"3:46
4."Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues"3:52
5."Salt (Part Two)"3:18
6."The Dirt And The Roots"3:46
7."A Few Kind Words"3:09
8."A Small Stretch Of Land"4:58
9."Ampersand After Ampersand"1:07
10."Lament For A Teenage Millionaire"3:35
11."Oh, Neighbourhood!"3:15

Personnel[]

Meursault[]

  • Chris Bryant
  • Fraser Calder
  • Calum MacLeod
  • Neil Pennycook

Cultural references[]

Neil Pennycook (l) of Meursault and Scott Hutchison (r) of Frightened Rabbit perform at Oxjam, Edinburgh 2009
  • Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit has often performed A Small Stretch Of Land; taken from Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues and written by Neil Pennycook, during his live appearances. He also said that inspired Poke and that it was a "perfect" song to him that he'd wish he'd written.
  • The BBC selected The Furnace for heavy daytime rotation on Radio 1 as part of their promotion of the corporation's coverage of Glastonbury 2010.
  • Scottish arts and culture magazine The Skinny placed Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues sixteenth in its list of the best Scottish albums of the 2000-2010 decade.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Jupp, Ed (18 November 2008). "Meursault – Pissing on Bonfires / Kissing with Tongues". Is this music?. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. ^ The Skinny review
  3. ^ The Scotsman review
  4. ^ Hamilton, Billy (2 December 2008). "Meursault - Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues". The Skinny.
  5. ^ Tyers, Simon (3 December 2008). "Meursault – Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues". The Line Of Best Fit.
  6. ^ Bruce, Gordon (26 November 2008). "Scottish Albums Of The Decade #16: Meursault - Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues". The Skinny.

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