Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires - Sounds Made By Humans (album)

PRE-ORDER NOW - RELEASE DATE 9 MAY 2025

Debut album by Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires. 

LP is on green vinyl and includes full colour 12" insert. CD includes full colour booklet. Both include words by Brian Bilston and illustrations by Elodie Ginsbourg.

US customers will have their orders fulfilled by Jigsaw in the US, so the postage costs are not insane. EU/EEA customers should order through www.skepwax.bandcamp.com.

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BRIAN BILSTON is one of the UK’s most popular poets.  Having started out by sharing his poems online, Brian now has over half a million followers on social media and a raft of bestselling books. 

THE CATENARY WIRES are a group comprising Amelia Fletcher, Rob Pursey and Ian Button.  Their critically acclaimed third album ‘Birling Gap’ was released in 2021. Since then, they have been focusing on their other bands, playing around the world with Heavenly (icons of the 90s indiepop scene) and Swansea Sound.

A couple of years ago, word reached Rob and Amelia that Brian had been spotted wearing a Heavenly t-shirt at one of his shows, and was a big fan of their music.  Given that they, in turn, were fans of Brian’s poetry, introductions were made, friendships were formed, and ‘Sounds Made By Humans’ took shape. An album featuring 13 "song-poems".

The album isn’t a set of readings with musical backdrops: it’s a collection of songs, where words and music have become completely intertwined.  There are verses, and there are choruses.  There is no ‘riffing’, no improvisation.  In many ways, Brian’s poems are already like pop songs: brief, direct, and witty; sometimes poignant, sometimes biting and political; but always economical, and always accessible.  

Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires will be performing song-poems at selected UK venues in November 2025. Brian Bilston is also performing his poetry (without music) in a variety of venues throughout 2025. See dates.

TRACKLIST

1.    Alexa, What Is There To Know About Love?

2.    The Interview

3.    Every Song On The Radio Reminds Me Of You

4.    Might Have, Might Not Have

5.    To Do List

6.    Compilation Cassette

7.    Out Of The Rain 

8.    31 Rules For Midlife Rebellion 

9.    As I Grow Old I Will March Not Shuffle

10. She’d Dance

11. My Heart Is A Lump Of Rock

12. Thou Shalt Not Commit Adulting

13. Customers Who Bought This Record Also Bought… (bonus track: LP/CD)

ALBUM CREDITS

Brian Bilston - vocal
Ian Button - drums
Amelia Fletcher - vocal
Rob Pursey - vocal, guitars, bass
Fay Hallam - keyboard