Miss Angeline Morrison (vocals, autoharp, melodica, melodeon, glockenspiel, rhythm guitar, songwriting).
Mr. Nick Radford (acoustic guitar, electric guitar).
Mr. Jess Carter (drums, percussion, technology).
Mr. Matt Webb (double bass, backing vocals).
Influences
Francoise Hardy, Aaron Neville, Martin Carthy, Methodist hymns, The Handsome Family, Jake Thackray, Johnny Cash, The Young Tradition, Serge Gainsbourg, Spaghetti Westerns, tall trees, high seas, Francoise Sagan novels, Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, Shirley & Dolly Collins, The Eurovision Song Contest, Jacques Derrida, Desmond Dekker, Terry Callier, Marc Almond, Hammer House of Horror, Peggy Lee, Edward Gorey...
Sounds Like
Solitude, memory, the slow passage of time, the little things in nature that you don't always notice.
The Ambassadors of Sorrow are a core of two musician friends living somewhere small and wild in Cornwall. Believing in the beauty of sad songs, the Ambassadors weave tales of love, loss, longing and hazy memories...
Their other musician friends sometimes join them -- when they can find them, that is.
The Ambassadors have recently scored two independent films and supported A Hawk and a Hacksaw.
'Loathsome Food' is now available as a limited edition 7" single from kabukikore records, and the 'Loathsome Food EP' featuring four tracks is now live on iTunes for your downloading pleasure.
Some say they sound like Julie London singing the songs of Johnny Cash. This pleases the Ambassadors of Sorrow.
Well in an idle moment I decided to record a cover of Aerosmith’s classic power ballad ‘What It Takes’ (from their 1989 album Pump, also featuring such immortal cuts as ‘Young Lust’ and ‘Love In An Elevator’). This isn’t some kind of knowing, ironic cover like when a band does a Britney Spears song or something – I genuinely love the song (well, I used to anyway), although I have attempted to divest it of some of its undeniable cheesiness. Mind you there’s only so much you can do with lines like “Your love made me a prisoner, yes my heart’s been doin’ time”…
This will probably be up on the myspace page for only a short time as, technically speaking, we don’t have Aerosmith’s *actual* permission to use it. I’m also told this type of thing runs contrary to some kind of arcane myspace regulation…?
For the purposes of comparison here is the original in all its big-haired glory, complete with one of the greatest (by which I mean shittest) videos ever:
Hello, sorry it took so long, I haven't been on here much. It's great to run across someone who actually know who Hank Mizell was :) Hope everything's going great and that you have a wonderful week!
Hey there Ambassadors of Sorrow. Hope you are all well. Loathsome Food - what a tune!
We have a new song up, "Dogs" - a chilling tale of canine revenge. Unusually for a My Pilot song, it is quite up-tempo and even features a discernible tune. Check it out if you get a spare 3 minutes 40 seconds.
WulfThing (Tom Barwick, the excellent viusal artist), Monarch (Andrew Hockey, the extraordinary folk guitarist) and my associate The Screechy Badman will be playing records and MP3s at the Jacob's Ladder, Chapel Terrace, Falmouth, Friday the 18th of April from 8 pm.
Expect:
No Wave, Post Rock, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic, Acid Folk, Elven Doom Pop, Pyschedelic Bubblegum, Ambient Russian, Mathcore, Sub Step, Odd Hop, Neu Afrikan and Good Old Country.
The Screechy Badman might even play some of my new stuff because he's nice like that.
thank you! unfortunately, no recording survives of the god-devil duet, but i will endeavour to remember the lyrics and send them asap. ps jack would gladly perform the musical equivalent of painting the stables and mucking out the donkeys for a band who wrote the song 'sorry eyes' wonderful stuff. thank you for caring. about anything...
Hiya!
My new album colours of sound is finally released.Yeah!!!!
It features guest vocals from Carol Keogh and Cathy Davey.
Swing by our page when you get a chance to check out the promo video’s I made,
listen to a couple of the tracks, read some of the press reviews and check out some of the photos from the artwork.
You can even buy a copy or get a digital download if you fancy ☺
Say hi if you pop in……
Thanks
Ken
hi how are you doing? your page is looking sweet! anyway, i just downloaded some tight new ringtones off www.hottones.info for FREE! they have the sweetest stuff!
Oooo, I'm really really lookin forward to seeing you at the Blue Barrr! This will be the first time I've seen you since your gig at...5 degrees west...December 2004!! Marrrrr xx
Hope you are well. 'I Mean This Chastely' - great stuff! Love it.
Given that current technological difficulties dictate that we can record no new music, a “new” old song has been posted. Just a demo really but if you like seven minute long, funereal slowcore dirges then you may just dig it. It’s called ‘This Desert Life’.
dang you aint gunna believe this...i completed this offer to get a totally FREE Coach handbag and wallet and it totally came!! since i KNOW its for real now, i'm gunna hurry and get some more to wrap up as a present..you oughta go get a few as well LOL! isnt the one they sent me neat?
You Rock----Ok ,Angeline ,how would Gawain have solved the problem of EUo roeke?---Good to have you as friends,Check out the site and comment.....Meri it is while summer elast.....Lol D.K
Lomo, sorry, Lono Records (who is this Lomo?) is curating a stage at Holifair Festival, in Gweek Cornwall. On our stage will be the wonderful: Zapoppin, Bimbo YoJimbo, Ambassadors of Sorrow, NinosKika, and Wives of Farmers!
Hope you are all fine and dandy. Just thought you might like to know there are four new songs available for your listening and/or downloading pleasure on our myspace page. Magic darts!
Thank you for finding me in this sea of sounds! I am your new fan and love your retro feel. I just watched the film "A Man & A Woman" - your songs seem like they could be an alternative soundtrack.
Plus - Cornwall is the best place in the world. I used to go on holiday there as a girl - we were near Padstow. No doubt the atmosphere there lends to your ethereal divine melancholy.
All the best ~ Elizabeth
Seattle
SONGS OF LOVE, LUST & LOSS
Hello hello The Ambassadors of Sorrow
our friend Laura Snapes @ Künstlicher magazine (http://www.myspace.com/kunstlicher)
has written this article about us
we thought we would post it around for you to have a look
xx
