Failing Songs is an album by Matt Elliott

Matt Elliott (musician)

Matt Elliott is a guitarist and singer from Bristol, UK, who plays dark folk music. He also produced and recorded electronic music under the name The Third Eye Foundation....

, the second in the Drinking Songs Trilogy.

The album was recorded mainly in Matt Elliott's home, though the violin tracks were recorded in the village church. The songs are serious and melancholy, many of them commenting on the current political climate in Great Britain. Much of the music seems inspired by French

French folk music

As Europe experienced a wave of roots revivals in the 1950s and 60s, France found its regional culture reviving traditional music. Brittany, Limousin, Gascony, Corsica and Auvergne were among the regions that experienced a notable resurgence in the popularity of folk music...

 and Hungarian

Hungarian folk music

Hungarian folk music includes a broad array of styles, including the recruitment dance verbunkos, the csárdás and nóta.During the 20th century, Hungarian composers were influenced by the traditional music of their nation which may be considered as a repeat of the early "nationalist" movement of the...

 folk melody.

Track listing

1. Our Weight in Oil
2. Chains
3. The Seance
4. The Failing Song
5. Broken Bones
6. Desemparado
7. Lone Gunman Required
8. Good Pawn
9. Compassion Fatigue
10. The Ghost of Maria Callas
11. Gone
12. Planting Seeds

Personnel

• Matt Elliott - lead
• Patricia Arguelles Martinez - violin
  Violin
  The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
  
  
• Chris Cole - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....