Pitching relative unknowns against more established names was to become one of the week's many trademarks – drunkenness, moments of divine inspiration, and moments of severe confusion were just some of the others - and on the Tuesday, Angus & Julia Stone were joined by fellow Aussie and singer-songwriter Sarah Blasko. Desolation went on to rope them all into their new song 'Dividing Line'. All helping each other out on Lissie's stunning cover of hard living country superstar Hank Williams' 'Wedding Bells', Mt. Those songs would then be played live on The Flowerpot's stage every evening, at a series of all-in-it-together gigs, with a host of acts and numerous guest turns each night.ĭesolation guise joined by pitch perfect sisters The Staves (now newly signed to Atlantic Records). Over that week a group of musicians who'd never met each other before – and a fair few who had – attempted to create a fresh perspective to a small selection of their songs. Recorded in one week straight, not in a recording studio but in a Kentish Town pub called The Flowerpot (sadly now defunct but relocated round the corner in Camden), acoustic sessions were laid down during the hangover flecked daytimes after brief bouts of practise and maybe some off-the-hoof song writing. Yet while the first album showed off the folksy side to the label, with the likes of Johnny Flynn, Pete Roe and Peggy Sue all taking part, the second compilation was to be an album which wasn't just about the shiny finished product that you now have in your hands, but about the process of experimentation and creation, not forgetting that all important what-the-heck-just-happened factor. Like the first it would be a mixture of tracks from some of their favourite contemporary acts.
Over the course of a week in July 2010, the Communion club night and record label collective set about making their second compilation album release. Thankfully they also get a whole lot more fun.
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