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18 June 2023

Band: CAUTIONARY TALES
Who: An experimental art-rock collective that draws inspiration from a
diverse range of influences, blending them into a unique and captivating
sound. Based in Berlin but with roots in Aotearoa and NYC, the band is
fronted by Will Marshall, a songwriter with a commanding baritone voice.
With a musical palette borrowed from contemporary art-rock, Greek
mythology, modernist poetry, electronic music, indie pop, and post-punk,
CT defies easy categorization.

The name Cautionary Tales refers to a fundamental type of storytelling that
explores the consequences of our actions. Rooted in folklore, myth, and various
forms of literature, these stories illuminate the myriad ways life can go terribly
or comically.

Album artwork

New single: WOMEN
The second shared cut from the upcoming
self-titled debut LP, out on 18th August.

TUTV: Vocally, legendary baritone voice Scott Walker comes to mind and musically
my ears tell me that Cautionary Tales operate somewhere in between romantics The National and the late great Mark Sandman‘s Morphine. This is gloomy pop coming
from the corners of dark minds.

Frontman’s Will Marshall doesn’t write/sing about the birds and bees here, but about impressive women, from the past and present. Well that’s what I can comprehend from the lyrics. Women is an enigmatic piece of compelling music driven by magnetic bass play and orchestral arrangements. It sticks and invites you to have this composition on repeat for a while in order to find out what the song’s wandering souls are actually at.

St Hildegard earned great regard, a prophet in her time
Wrote the Lingua Ignota, the sibyl of the Rhine
St Joan of Arc, she made her mark. was killed, then canonised
For the Dauphin’s claim of immortal fame but she’s the one now lionised
And Patti Smith on the cover of Easter
Well she brought me to my knees
We’re lucky babe, we’re doing fine to live through times like these
Annie Clark took us all apart, the greatest in her times
Walked that line between idolic art and the secrets, swamp & grime

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