Joan Of Arc - 1984Over their 20 odd year discography, Joan of Arcs astute, endlessly probing musical experimentation has been chorused by a barrage of voices, mostly from the singular larynx of mainstay Tim Kinsella. Richard Brautigan, Mark Twain, Elizabeth Taylor, and Assata Shakur might visit his lyrics, but its the band itself that contains multitudes. Ever since Joan of Arc's most recent lineup Kinsella, Theo Katsaounis, Melina Ausikaitis, Bobby Burg, and Jeremy

Mark Robertson (electric and upright bass) and Brett Whitacre (drums)

“In 1960 we received an invitation to play in Recife

Following the original success of this album Soul Jazz Records’ continued its love affair with Brazil and went on to release a host of Brazilian albums including classics such as ‘Tropicalia’

followed by a guitar piece which implements a finger picking technique (Chatham has long been a fan of this style

" Bidding his woman farewell as she steps aboard a train

Crepuscule presents 'It's Kinda Funny'

BBC 6 Music ('Open Secret') "Single of the summer

and his country

From acid-folk and country-rock to pop-psych and soul

Crying' was lovingly recorded at Ramshackle Studios during New Year celebrations in 2007

It is the band's only studio album to feature original drummer Tony McCarroll

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