And Also The Trees - Scarlet Arch (Studio Version)

And Also The Trees - Scarlet Arch (B side of A Room Lives In Lucy 12" Single- 1986)

Lie in the pale summer heat
Find a clock as it ticks
Oh, to never sleep
But the clock ticks so loud
Like the cracking of whips
Till the sun slowly heaves
From the blood hungry land
To its heaven of blue

Run, through the dust and the stones
Like a stream as it flows
Through the kingdom of peace
But a beast roamed his head
Like the aching of guilt
As it bakes in the heat
As its swollen tongue speaks
Robs the old of their breath

Hang beneath dawns scarlet arch
Where the wind ever moans
Like the slaveship it drifts

Biography:

And Also The Trees formed in 1979 in the United Kingdom. They are most notable for their poetic lyrics and evocative music which is strongly influenced by their native English countryside.

AATT started in the dawn of the 1980s in Inkberrow, a small village in Worcestershire, far in the countryside. The band was inspired by the ideology of the burgeoning post-punk movement, but took its rural roots to heart.

A home demo tape was sent to The Cure which led to a friendship between the two bands. In 1981 And Also The Trees played several shows in support of The Cure's UK tour. Their second demo tape From Under the Hill (1982) was partly co-produced with Robert Smith and Mike Hedges.

Their first two single releases ("Shantell" and "The Secret Sea") and their debut album, simply called And Also The Trees, were produced by The Cure's Lol Tolhurst and released in 1983. The debut album reflected the tentative post-punk influences.

In 1995 a project called G.O.L. between Justin Jones and Mark Tibenham along with Antonia Reiner resulted in the release of the album Sensations of Tone and the single "Soma Holiday". The album features a cover version of the early And Also The Trees song "There Were No Bounds". Meanwhile Steven and Nick moved to London and Simon to Switzerland.

Gods of Luxury or G.O.L. was a 1995 music project consisting of Mark Tibenham, Antonia Reiner, and Justin Jones. They released one album, Sensations of Tone, that included the tracks "Soma Holiday", "Angelica In Delirium", and a cover of "Moments in Love", among others


Discography: * And Also The Trees (1984, Reflex Records U.K.) (reissued in 1992 on Normal Records) * Virus Meadow (1986, Reflex Records U.K.) (reissued in 1992 on Normal Records) * The Evening of the 24th (1987, Reflex Records U.K.) (reissued in 1991) * The Millpond Years (1988, Reflex Records U.K.) * Farewell To The Shade (1989, Reflex Records U.K.) * Green Is The Sea (1992, Normal Records) * The Klaxon (1993, Normal Records) * Le Bataclan (1994, Not released on any label and limited to 100 Copies) * Angelfish (1996, Menzentian) * Silver Soul (1998, And Also The Trees) * Further From The Truth (2003, And Also The Trees) * (Listen For) The Rag and Bone Man (2007, And Also The Trees)

Members: * Simon Huw Jones (Vocals) 1979-present * Justin Jones (Guitar) 1979-present * Nick Havas (Drums) 1979-1997 * Paul Hill (Drums) 1997-present * Graham Havas (Bass) 1979-1983 * Steven Burrows (Bass) 1983-present * Ian Jenkins (Double Bass) 2004-present

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[sp45ih]

I disagree, I think this is a great video, it's beautiful. Hell, I can't do anything like that. Great song too.

[Raffyka84]

photo aren't very goth, they are melacholic... like this great band

[seko0408888]

gloomy and melancholic...love this

[djinsect]

This was my favorite song for many years. I absolutely love the Trees. Justin's guitar work is second to none.

[doctorwest65]

Thanks so much for posting this video! This is my favourite AATT song! "The Pear Tree" (remixed) is a close 2nd.

[CarnageVisors]

Saw them live last week, and it was one of the best concerts I've seen. Fantastic!

[Raffyka84]

@Knoedelhans i will upload it soon ;)

[radioclima]

"Faith" and "Pornography"? Very good (mainly "The drowning man"!), but too thin, too bare sound... Disintegration's guitar fills up the space... It's more wistfully juicy and mellow... :-)

[ashtraygirl420420]

haha... fair enough, though Faith and Pornography had some pretty awesome guitar work!

[radioclima]

Maybe only Disintegration's. ;-)

[ashtraygirl420420]

make it a tie with Robert Smith's and i'd agree! ;)

[catanastasia]

Great video to a even greater song but don't you think it'd be fair to mention the author of the photographs you used ?