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?I dug myself out from the well to make Closeness a record about love?, professes Devin Tuel, from the Eastern Pennsylvania home she shares with her partner, Stephen Harms. Together the two make up the folk rock outfit, Native Harrow. ?When I sat down to begin what would become Closeness I felt that above all, I wanted to make it clear that, while the clock is moving, we can hold onto one another and maybe there will be tears but there will also be laughter.? Closeness , the fourth LP from Native Harrow, exists at the intersection of two winding roads; time and motion. The album opens like the shot of a cannon with ?Shake?, a rocking confessional about riding anxiety?s elevator. If this is any indication of where the band have been since last we heard from them (2019?s, Happier Now ), time has moved on and with it life has evolved and unfolded. Time moves away, takes what it can carry ... I have seen how it ends, thru the edges of time ... Time turns away so quickly, quiet as it goes ... It?s the same every time ... Time?s gonna get harder but you?ve gotta carry on ... Watch the weeks go by, my how the years have gone by ... I can?t quiet my head of the sounds of time rolling by ... From the winding years, there is a season for all to unfold ... Time moves forward, and I gave up that chase. Today, the band are reflecting on not only this new record but how now, months after its recording wrapped, it feels ever prescient. Tuel takes us back to when she was writing the album and the early days of Closeness ? conception, ?For this record I really wanted to tell stories. Our stories from the last two years, from the weeks leading up to recording, tales from other lifetimes, and stories from where I fear this world is heading.? When it came time to record the songs, the band decamped to Reliable Recorders in Chicago, IL to once again work with drummer and engineer, Alex Hall. The 10 tracks of Closeness were recorded over two sessions; three December days in the dying light of 2019 and the first three new days of January 2020. Similar to the process of making Happier Now , the sessions were firstly focused on documenting trio performances that captured Tuel?s master vocal takes live in the room, guitar in hand, with Harms on bass and Hall on drums. Closeness elaborates on the group?s radiant warmth and timeless nostalgia with the inclusion of new sounds and experiences. The combustible fuzz-driven opener ?Shake? gives way to slices of 70s FM groove (?The Dying of Ages? and the desert funk of ?If I Could?), 60s art pop (?Even Peace? and the expansive orchestral ?Sun Queen?), and the kind of graceful folk (?Smoke Burns?) and folk soul (the compassionate conviction of ?Carry On?) the band is best known for. The intricate polyrhythms and grinding Moog synthesizer (?Same Every Time?), the fully realized vintage jazz combo (?Turn Turn?), and the exquisite piano ballad (the penultimate ?Feeling Blue?) provide glimpses down previously unexplored streets and find the band stretching out and confidently illuminating their expansive aspirations.

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The Railway Inn is the longest established and only dedicated Live Music venue in Winchester, Hampshire.

Dating back to 1856 as a public house, The Railway Inn is a blend of traditional bar and a music venue/arts centre.

We provide some of the finest live entertainment in the south of England across two live venues.

‘The Back Room’ sounded like some function room at the back of a pub. That’s not what our back room is like so we called it The Barn, mostly because it used to be one, and ‘The Brothel’ (as apparently it also used to be) would have been problematic…

The Barn is carved into St Paul’s Hill and one side is completely underground. With its own bar and a top spec PA and lighting system, The Barn has a pretty impressive list of previous guests.

Just a stone’s throw from the train station, or a short walk from the town centre, you can find The Railway Inn, which as well as being Winchester’s only dedicated live music venue, is also a great place to come and enjoy a night out.

The bar serves everything you could ask for; local ales, a selection of wines from around the globe, and a variety of premium lagers and cocktail pitchers, as well as the usual pub staples. Almost all our spirits can be doubled up for £1, and other deals are available on our selection of shots.

Oh, and as well as all that, we also have a partially sheltered beer garden that’s almost as big as the rest of the pub, so you can sit out there of an evening, and soak up the lovely British weather.

The Attic is the newest offering from The Railway Inn and is the new name for what was the upstairs bar. Anyone who remembers the place from old will remember when a hole was cut in the ceiling and a balcony put in on the floor above. Now, the hole has been filled in, and The Attic has been born.

Kitted out with a hi-spec Nexo PA, The Attic has a cabaret feel about it and is a very comfortable place to see the quieter side of what we do with a mixed up selection of furniture, and old lamps.

Already, names such as Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick, Martin Simpson, Chris Wood, Miles Hunt, Martin Stephenson, Lau, Simone Felice, Robyn Hitchcock, Mark Morriss and many others have played on The Attic stage.

On nights when there are no shows, The Attic is available for extra seating.

3 St. Pauls Hill,

Winchester,

Hampshire,

England,

SO22 5AE.

01962 867 795