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The Space I Occupy/ The Hassle” is the new double A-sided 7” Single from windings, on Out On A Limb Records. Contained within this new release are two very different sides of the always eclectic windings, one part paranoid cowbell boppin’ rant, and the other, an existential lament complete with kids’ choir. Both songs show the band flexing their musical muscles in ways they have perhaps refrained from thus far.

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Freshly formed in Spring 2009, Circus Sands are a group of banjo-toting, ukulele strumming youths, the six-piece line up bringing together some brilliant musicians and all-round nice people. In fact, they're so nice that they're offering you their first single, 'Not This Time/The Life You Lead' for free download here. The single, by turns a a gentle ode to lost love and a raucous cossack romp, is a perfect sampler of the dynamically folk-tastic Circus Sands sound.

Steve was born in Liverpool and raised in Birmingham. Tilston was a graphic designer before taking up music in 1971. In the early eighties he ran a folk club with Bert Jansch in New Kings Road, London. "In For A Penny - In For A Pound" was a rock album, but he soon reverted to quieter music. In 1985 he has toured with Ballet Rambert. It was his skill as a guitarist and mandolin player, not as a dancer, that brought this about. In 1987 he formed his own record label, called "Run River". He was a member of John Renbourn's group "Ship of Fools" (1988), who released one album on his label.

It was not that long ago that Anna von Hausswolff was just an anonymous architecture student in Gothenburg, Sweden. Now she´s much better known as a singer-songwriter. Anna von Hausswolff´s debut EP Track of Time was released in February 2010 by Kning Disk – magnificent avant-garde pop with its crosshairs trained on the heart. The first album Singing From the Grave appeared in May. Everyone who hears Anna von Hausswolff sing, immediately stops, listens and gets touched by her magic. Her voice is that of total expression. Sometimes it caresses you, sometimes it roars up a storm.