In the current climate of decay and disillusionment, as the sick overflow from society's gutter, where morphine and crack are the most stable currency and as art slowly withers on this vista of discontent...now is the best time to listen and fully understand the barbed wire beauty of The Kissing Shell. Documenting prescribed tales of love, loss, addiction and perversion, Blackledge Falling is the only suitable and guilt free soundtrack to our wicked times. With suicide guitars, manic melodies and hallowed be thy name rhythms 'The Kissing Shell' has it all. However........... it's really all about the words.
Kenny Dixon Jnr, Lou Reed, Mac Reckenback, Frank Baird, John Cooper Clarke and the Scottish brothers Reid are all major influences on this body of work from Aberdeen based artist Alastair Sean Baird.