Mark E. Smith & Ed Blaney - Smith & Blaney 2008

Why haven't I seen anything on ILM about this yet? Have I "fallen in a hole"? Heheh?

from voiceprint.co.uk:

Ed Blaney and Mark E Smith are set to work on a collaborative project that will see the duo release a number of limited edition of 1,000 "mock 7" singles" and also an album to follow. Ed was approached by Voiceprint to work on the project alongside Mark E Smith and Ed who formerly managed The Fall was keen to be involved. The music which the two have written and recorded is said to be different from The Fall's work.

Speaking of his new project, Ed said: "I was approached by email, but I had been away in Bulgaria for a while and had thousands of emails to read. Mark and I work well together, were close friends and the music has gone down well, we will probably end up doing a few gigs."

The first limited edition is due to be released at the end of this month, and another single set to follow.

Ed describes the five tracks as very spontaneous, opinionated and humorous.

Ed added: "The tracks are all very different, and some concentrate on current affairs. There are some acoustic songs, I play the guitar and Mark sings, but even they have a big full on sound."

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