Rusted Rail and Deadslackstring are proud to announce the release of "The Whispering Woods" by Cubs - a recording project featuring members of Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon, United Bible Studies, C Joynes, Plinth, Agitated Radio Pilot, Yawning Chasm and other travellers on the folky-margins. Featuring eleven musicians and thirteen songs, the album was recorded in Ireland, England and Africa. Born out of improvisation, Cubs have delivered an album album of 21st century psych-folk stylings comprised of late night lysergic lullabies, occasionally electrocuted acoustica and cosmic composition, while also finding time to take in spectral strings, backwoods progressions and tripped-out trad. The album is housed in a beautiful hand-assembled sleeve. (Click here to read liner notes )

Also Available - "Stonewater" ep (2007). Formed under the influence of long winter nights and the avoidance of musical hibernation Cubs have delivered an ep of intimate, improvised instrumentals and night time melodies. These recordings emerged from late night sessions beneath the stars and rain in a glasshouse in Galway on the west coast of Ireland, and veer from oblique takes on folk to rustic evocations with a hint of the space-age through to bijou interludes. Weaving mandolin, guitar, accordion, tin whistle, banjolin and occasional wordless singing, Cubs forge a completely improvised yet coherently intimate set of songs.

  1. Stonewater
  2. Impressions of Chloe/Hidden Valley
  3. Whispering Woods
  4. Fortis Green
  5. Blackberry Lane
  6. Frozen Lake
  7. Watching the Fireworks
  8. Neachtain's Snug
  9. The First Time of Asking
  10. Lunar Electrification Program
  11. In Cubs There is No North or South
  12. The Second Time of Asking
  13. The Great Frost

  Jimjam
  Cool Filter
  Junkgroove
  Opening Doors (edit)
  Bottlehum
  In Memory of Mariners Lost at Sea
  Bijou Banjolin
  Mountain Folk Wandering
  Lanterning

Video for "Blackberry Lane" by Cubs. Made by tinyEpics.