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Many hours were invested in this epic track and it’s one the band are all proud of. Betty (the choir arranger) told Nigel she has ‘a real emotional attachment to the song’ – we think everyone has. Written in Antwerp c.1898 and subsequently filed away and forgotten (why Nigel why?) until Nigel eventually dug it out and recorded a solo version for his ‘final’ album ‘The Invisible Ray’ in 2013. The band were formed to launch this album and Sun Street quickly became a live favourite. A flash mob performance of the song in 2015 ensured the addition of the Kitchen Collective Choir and their fab vocal arrangement. Epic was born.

There's a stunning video also youtu.be/SwL2-cSlNy8
'If you still need me...'

‘Like a lost track off Abbey Road’ @coffeehopper
‘(The Low Countries)...revisiting an older number with considerable aplomb, it bodes well for their forthcoming self-titled album’ Rock ‘n’ Reel Magazine
‘Excellent live, and if you think indie folk can't do a BIG sound then think again’.. @BigJimCambo
‘Sonic bliss’ Ola’s Kool Kitchen
‘Rousing delivery’ Unsigned and Independent
‘Such a shaggable voice’ (anon)

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In a City like this, it's easy to miss, just what I'm not.
The future's tomorrow, to beg steal and borrow and tomorrow's all we've got.

But if you still need me, there's one place we can meet: Sun Street (X2)

Yesterday's done, today's what we've won, who would've thought?
When I saw you last you struggled to grasp, how I was caught.

But if you still need me, there's one place we can meet: Sun Street (X2)

If you're hunting me down, well I'm, well I'm still around.

But if you still need me, there's one place we can meet: Sun Street (X3)

In a City like this, it's easy to miss, just what I'm not.
The future's tomorrow, to beg steal and borrow and tomorrow's all we've got.

credits

from We Weathered The Storm, released May 25, 2018
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Mick Armistead at Space Sound Lounge Studios. Lancashire. March-July 2015.
Written by Nigel Parrington.
Rob Daniels, drums, vocals, percussion.
Els D'hooge, vocals
Darren Leadsom, bass guitar
Marc Nellis, electric guitar
Nigel Parrington, lead vocals, guitars, melodica, piano, percussion
Kitchen Collective vocals:
Ann Brookes, Rowan Brook-Thompson, Rosa Coriander Grace Cooper-Davies, Kate Heathcote, Betty Manson, George Moran, Nigel Parrington, Maria Piacentini, Jilly Sumsion. Arranged by Betty Manson.
Additional percussion by Maria Piacentini.

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The Low Countries are the off-road vehicle for songwriter-singer Nigel Parrington. Nigel is currently performing with Els D'hooge in Belgium after enjoying a heady 5 year run of full band activity in the UK.

'indie-folk at its best...' Folk Radio UK

'Blissfully wonderful music' Beehive Candy

'They make literate, clever music that makes Belle and Sebastian look like a bunch of thugs' Popshifter ... more

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