The Cornshed Sisters - Honey & Tar (2017)

The cornshed sisters are jennie brewis, cath stephens, liz corney and marie nixon; four singer-songwriters based in tyne and wear, who weave together pop, folk, ballad and protest music into a unique and distinctive style. each of the band members have contributed their songwriting talents to the album The cornshed sisters have been away for a while (their last album, tell tales, was released back in 2012), but we can probably let them off as they've been using the time well, becoming mothers, bringing millions of pounds of funding into major sunderland arts projects, recording and touring with field music, and somehow making time to write songs and record this album together. Drawing on a palette of solo and harmony vocals and a blend of acoustic and electronic instruments, they convey their stories with sensitivity and humour. their subject matter is love, motherhood, fake happiness, friendship, family, feminism and the increasing complexities of life as you get older but no wiser. the band are proud to write about their experiences as women and their songwriting always has a stark realism to it - as marie puts it when discussing the track we have said this is impossible: "true love is buggering off together in a ford focus".

Tracklist:
01. The Cornshed Sisters - The Message
02. The Cornshed Sisters - Cuddling
03. The Cornshed Sisters - Jobs For The Boys
04. The Cornshed Sisters - We Have Said This Is Impossible
05. The Cornshed Sisters - Waiting For Audreya
06. The Cornshed Sisters - Black and White
07. The Cornshed Sisters - Honey And Tar
08. The Cornshed Sisters - Running
09. The Cornshed Sisters - Show Me
10. The Cornshed Sisters - Sunday Best / Small Spaces
11. The Cornshed Sisters - A&E
12. The Cornshed Sisters - Holding On
13. The Cornshed Sisters - Variety