Recordings & where to get them

2011

‘Searching for the Soft Rays’

Release date: Nov 1st 2011

Track Listing: fare thee well | dust | war wounds | the end has no end | you are here | sweet refrain | pennies from heaven | the stars and the moon | there’s always a feeling | everyone says | quadrology

Available in 2  formats plus a t-shirt:

Compact Disklet: http://www.countrymile.org/
iTunes download: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/searching-for-the-soft-rays/id475755295
T-shirt: http://theashandtheoak.bigcartel.com/product/t-shirt

2010

Simon is currently hard at work on a new record chockablock with pianos and tambourines. This is the information I have so far (check back for regular updates):

Album title: TBC – probable release date sometime Spring 2011 (*crosses fingers*)
Completed tracks:
Evry1sez (completed Aug ’09)
Qwadrology (completed Sept ’09)
The end is not The End (completed Jan ’10/modified april ’10) – listen on the ‘listen‘ page
And the stars (completed April ’10) – listen on the ‘listen‘ page
Sweet Refrain (completed May ’10) – listen on the the ‘listen‘ page

Update Oct 20th 09: Double headed single of ‘Everyone Says’ and ‘Quadrology’ released on iTunes and limitedly thru Country Mile Records. Officially released 24th Nov 09.

Previous recordings/milestones/millstones

Jan 31st 2010 – BBC Wales, Adam Walton Show (transmission 21st Feb I think).
3 songs singed:
The End is not The End
Everyone Says
You Are Here

Oct 24th 2009 – KrugerLabs Ivy League recordings made over a 1 hour marathon session.
3 songs sung:
Everyone says / The end is not the end /  Sweet refrain. Not yet available (update: nor will it ever be, Kruger closed down).

November 2008 – BBC Radio 1 Bethyn Elfan session

September 2008 – Kruger magazine singles club (Kruger Mag isn’t going anymore, shame)

August 2008 – first album given physical release through Country Mile records – available here.

The Ash and The Oak's first album

May 2008 – first album released as a download only on indiestore.com – indiestore ain’t going anymore so you can’t get it digitally.

Feb 2008 – Contribution to ‘Levitation’ – Simon covered ‘The Country is Young’ for a John Langford tribute album released through Country Mile records – available here.