Meursault - William Henry Miller Pt. 1 & 2

Meursault have had a good 2009: they’ve grown without losing lustre and garnered wide critical praise (including a place in our Scottish albums of the decade). These 7” codas to their annus mirabilis combine tracks from Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues with re-jigged versions of both William Henry Millers. The Dirt and the Roots backs Pt. 1’s new, richer approach to the original torn ballad, while the second couples A Few Kind Words’ lo-fi electronic pulse with an alternative take on Pt. 2’s atmospheric slow-burn eulogy, here retextured with phantasmal glitches. The decision to re-record rather than re-package will already put these on numerous Christmas lists to Santa; the quality of the results should add them to many more.