UK doom metal/dark folk outfit Wire Worms stream their debut album »The First To Come In«

Leeds, UK based doom metal/dark folk outfit Wire Worms has just released their debut album »The First To Come In« on November 1st, 2024.

Listen to »The First To Come In« in all major streaming services!

Tracklist:
01. A Calling On
02. Here’s To The Ox (Roud 209)
03. Bring Us In Good Ale
04. Alas The Horse Is Gone / Old Ball’s Dance
05. The Abbots Bromley
06. Poor Old Horse (ft. Hawthonn & Borehole)
07. Riding The Stang
08. Derby Ram
09. The Jolly Waggoners

»The First To Come In«, the debut album of Leeds based doom folk band Wire Worms, is inspired by the traditions of Mumming and Guising found throughout the British Isles. In celebration of these disconcerting and alluring performances, the album commences with a knock at the door and ends with a bittersweet farewell.

The origin of Mummers Plays’, as with most folk customs are disputed; and explanations fall somewhere between the poles of the magical and the materialist. Perhaps the Mummers are a vestige of practical magic, an end of winter ceremony to usher in the Spring. Or simply a means for people to earn money through performative labour while work is short and fields are barren. Perhaps they are something in-between and altogether unexpected.

Our play begins in the depths of winter and a parade of figures and guises – from the leather-bound Slasher, to palliative ponies and mournful masters – shall pass us by as we edge ever closer to the brightness and promise of Spring; and align more closely to the soundscape of the pubs and clubs where these organic performances are now contained.

We seek to celebrate the Mummers’ in a manner that is neither museal nor irreverent, a way that strikes a line between traditional music and contemporary “folk” musical practices; of dance, black metal, and industrial music.

Order »The First To Come In« here: wireworms.bandcamp.com

Mixed by Nivalis.
Mastered by Declared Sound.
Art by Isa Walker.

Wire Worms are:
Luke Carroll
Jasmin Brown
Joe ‘Henry’ White
Matt King
Joseph Coventry

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well