Basco really just want to tell you some stories. Their music is complex and varied, from hard hitting, high-speed reels full of rosin dust and sweat, through sweet and melancholy tunes that tell of loves won and lost, through fitful fever-dreams of fractal complexity and fascinating texture, to songs that when you come down to it, are really just about sex. Basco's material is nearly all original, stealing shamelessly and frivolously from Nordic, English, Celtic and American idioms to create a kind of organic, soupy stew - full of vitamins and anti-oxidants. Ale Carr, Cittern Andreas Tophøj, Violin, Viola Hal Parfitt-Murray, Violin Mandolin, Vocals Anders Ringgaard Andersen, Accordion, Trombone Side A 1 The Way of All Flesh / 03:47 2 Patrick Spens / 04:50 3 The Friendly Neighbour / 04:47 4 The Snitch / 02:08 5 Roses in the Vase / 04:36 6 It Ain't Stealing (if It's Really Yours) / 5:00 Side B 7 Norwegian Red / 06:18 8 The Three Mothers / 05:48 9 Tesla Waltz / A Flat in Berlin / 07:31 10 The Diplomat's Lament / 04:03 Mixed and Recorded by August Wanngren at "The Village", Vanløse, Denmark Mastered by Thomas Eberger at Stockholm Mastering Photos Ard Jongsma Cover Design Fox Department, Copenhagen, Denmark All tracks written and arranged by Basco. Lyrics by Hal Parfitt-Murray/Trad. (2-8)