When vocalist and guitarist Mark Graham played a rough demo of his song, Ship of Fools to composer/multi-instrumentalist Andrew Keeling in the summer of 2018, the idea of the Gong Farmers was suddenly born. Together with a chance visit to an Irish castle, where the activities of the medieval gong farmers was described in detail, the band was now named.
Take Outs (outtakes from Guano Junction)
From October 2020 to September 2021, The Gong Farmers worked on a new album, Guano Junction, due for release in November, 2021. Enlisting musician friends in the UK, Ireland, Holland and Norway they produced not only Guano Junction but a number of outtakes, included here in anticipation of the album itself...