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‘Cemetery Moon’ is the third single from the forthcoming album ‘Morninghairwater‘, due on the Takuroku label on July 30th.
It follows ‘Love For The Things Yr Not‘ and ‘Summer Daze‘ – both songs, like the album’s nine tracks, recorded during lockdown with ideas being passed between London and Glasgow.
Paper Birch was formed in May 2020 by Fergus Lawrie, best-known as founder member of Urusei Yatsura and Projekt A-ko, and Dee Sada, of NEUMES / An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump, as well as a multimedia artist and who directed the single’s video.
More at www.paperbirch.band.
