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Jenny Lau – fiddle
Duncan Brown – guitar
Tim Burke – piano, moog
Jim Lesslie – bass
Ed Seed – drums, singing, harmonica, songs |
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| The Mules began in a basement underneath a chapel in Oxford, where Tim and Ed bashed out songs by the Band and the Flying Burrito Brothers on piano and drums. They wanted to be in a country band, and first attempts to make one created a sprawling eight-piece orchestra of trumpets, mandolins, double bass and other odd things. Early recordings sound like a really angry Salvation Army band, and no-one ever really knew what was going on.
Time passed, eight slimmed to five and the Mules got punkier and funkier, trying to kick up Oxford heels with the sound they call electrobilly. It’s made of wood and glass and plastic, and it’s made to make you dance – electrobilly understands that country music is sick at heart, and that it dances and drinks to escape itself because it’s no good at concealing its feelings.
People in Mules songs are often trapped ... [full
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| Discography |
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'Polly-O / Misprint' Single.
1. Polly-O
2. Misprint
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| This single was released in conjunction with Marquis Cha Cha records on 19/12/2005 on limited 7" vinyl and CD. |
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'Here to Help / The Devil & The Ploughman' Single.
1. Here to Help
2. The Devil & The Ploughman
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| The first single to be taken from their debut album 'Save Your Face' is still available on CD and 7" vinyl. |
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'Save Your Face'
1. Polly-O
2. Save Your Face
3. Straight As vs Drills
4. Picking in My Business
5. Seasonticketholder
6. Here to Help
7. Live Feed
8. Tule Lake
9. & Then Again
10. We're Good People
11. Plenty Warning
12. Stamp Collecting
13. Misprint
14. The Catch
15. Ham Shank
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| The Mules' debut album. Specially packaged, limited edition available now. |
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'Christmas Songs'
1. Wassail Song
2. I Can't Feel at Home (In this World Any More)
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| The band wrote and recorded a pair of Christmas songs which we released in unique, handmade sleeves for Christmas 2006. They are currently unavailable but we shall probably bring a few down from the attic for the next festive period. |
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'We're Good People'
1. We're Good People
2. Problems With Exits
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| The second single taken from the band's debut album was released in the spring of 2007. The B-side is 'Problems With Exits'. |
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'We're Good People' (Remixes)
1. We're Good People (CSS Remix)
2. We're Good People (Lights 'Odd Times' Remix)
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| Two remixes of The Mules' 'We're Good People' were released on 12" vinyl and digital download. The first is by CSS and the second by Lights. |
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| Full length tracks |
Save Your Face
(01:40 minutes)
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| Gallery - click on
the images for full size image and the other galleries |
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| Gigs - The Mules
- their upcoming gigs |
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| Press - press information
about The Mules |
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| News - all the news
stories about The Mules |
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