The Devil’s Door

The devil’s door’ by ‘And also the trees’, one of the original ‘Post-Punk’ bands, present a quiet storm of an album. At times filmic, poetic and intense with an undercurrent of dark psychedelia. It completes a trilogy of works created by the current line-up: ‘The Bone Carver’, ‘Mother-of-pearl Moon’ and now ‘The devil’s door’. Here there are signature ‘And also the trees’ poetic lyrics, orchestral guitar and soundtrack influenced songs inspired by newsreel, oil paintings and folklore. But with this work we have the addition of some surprising instruments that skew the album towards a world where John Barry meets Bela Bartok. And also the trees (AATT) formed during the original post-punk era in rural Worcestershire, an environment that has provided a constant inspiration to a group whose music has often explored the dark underbelly as well as the beauty of the British countryside. They are renowned for their captivating live performances, a unique style of mandolin-like electric