The Black Twig Pickers

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The Drift Record Shop are delighted to present The Black Twig Pickers.

BTP are a group defined by their forward thinking approach to a type of music most often associated with times gone by.

Over the course of eight full-length records, including collaborative releases with Jack Rose and Charlie Parr, a split LP with Glenn Jones, and numerous EPs and singles, the group has established itself as a collection of dedicated practioners of old time music re-cast and shaped by their appreciation of modern improvisation, drone, and punk.

While not at odds with the experimental scene that has fostered them or the old time circles they travel in, The Black Twig Pickers thrive in the in-betweenness of those two worlds, proving that the exploration of the outmost bounds of sound and the exploration of decades old tradition and community aren't as different as one might think.

The band will be playing material from their superb new LP 'Rough Carpenters' (Thrill Jockey)

" 'Rough Carpenters' sounds vibrant and enveloping, an old-time feat for these mercurial times" - Pitchfork

"they swing like motherfuckers" - Uncut

" vibrant and evergreen" - The Guardian