TWELVE THOUSAND DAYS is the name of the new project from Martyn Bates (Eyeless in Gaza) and Alan Trench. As well as his solo projects and those of own band Eyeless in Gaza, Martyn Bates is known for his work with people as diverse as Ann Clark and Mick Harris (Scorn), while Alan Trench is mainly known for his work with the English dark folk band, Orchis. With their debut album, ' In The Garden Of Wild Stars', Twelve Thousand Days have come up with an entitely new and original sound; full of echoes from everything that has gone before, yet miraculously mirroring the future yet so be. Although the instrumentation is essentially acoustic-guitars- there is underlying the whole anominous undertone of twisted discordance that can be extremely unsettling, offset by the falling leaves of Martyn's shimmering vocals. Although the source materials and influences are as diverse as you would expect - as well as original material, there are new looks at traditional songs and setting of both the Irish mystical poet Yeats and the English romantic Tennyson , the whole album has a focus and a direction encapsulating the intense melancony brought on by the striving for the Unseen. Although impossible to categorise, the album comes closest to Dark Folk, but with a sparkling brillance all of its own.
		TWELVE THOUSAND DAYS (Martyn Bates & Alan Trench) 'In The Garden Of Wild Stars' format: CD catalogue number: eee 37 file under: Dark Folk
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