{"product_id":"magic-selection-from-1999-2010","title":"Magic (Selection From 1999-2010)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world of \u003cstrong\u003eScarlet's Well\u003c\/strong\u003e was conceived in 1998 by \u003cstrong\u003eBid\u003c\/strong\u003e, the lead singer, guitarist, and main songwriter of \u003cem\u003eThe Monochrome Set\u003c\/em\u003e, after they had disbanded for a second time. Lavishly illustrated albums emerged quietly, all set in and around Mousseron, \"a sickly village situated somewhere east of the Azores and only slightly north of the Styx\" populated by howling wolves, seductive mermaids and a bawdy captain with his crew of beer-swilling pirates and off-kilter animals with disturbingly human characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eBid's\u003c\/strong\u003e words, \"I wanted this to be an 'atmosphere' rather than a band, and thought I'd have greater freedom using a variety of different singers, musicians and writers. The identity of the albums had to be strong enough to allow these changes, without them seeming like compilations. It's akin to an open-ended musical with a partly ever-changing cast.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1999 and 2010, \u003cstrong\u003eScarlet's Well\u003c\/strong\u003e released seven albums on Spanish-based Siesta Records. It was originally designed as a studio project, with a vague idea that a live band may follow. In the event, four albums were made where nearly all the instrumentation was performed by \u003cstrong\u003eBid\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOrson Presence\u003c\/em\u003e (keyboard player of the 90s Monochrome Set), and \u003cem\u003eToby Robinson\u003c\/em\u003e (producer of most of the 90s Monochrome Set albums).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBid's\u003c\/strong\u003e voice took turns with an enchanting cast of young ladies, of whom only \u003cem\u003eAlice Healey\u003c\/em\u003e was a permanent member. Soon after the fourth album, a live band was formed, though without \u003cem\u003eOrson Presence\u003c\/em\u003e, who was now living in Canada. A slightly changing line-up then recorded three more albums, with live performances, before \u003cstrong\u003eScarlet's Well\u003c\/strong\u003e disbanded in 2010. The third rebirth of \u003cem\u003eThe Monochrome Set\u003c\/em\u003e then followed, and is still going.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArchaic and arcane, literate and witty, cinematic and surreal, the \u003cstrong\u003eScarlet's Well\u003c\/strong\u003e songs feature gorgeous, timeless, intoxicating melodies with a wide range of rich and multi-layered instrumentation. Although there is a conceptual thread that runs through the albums, each song still stands alone, an oddly shaped trinket from a treasure trove. Lyrics leap from cryptic literary allusions to pert whimsy, and although there is a certain obscure quality there is also an air of familiarity: a morphic memory magic, bringing on a parallel universe that reveals itself to those who are open to getting lost with new acquaintances down strange cobbled streets, wooded glades, uncharted waters or the dark tunnels of the underworld.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tapete","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50474190242123,"sku":"1093079","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50474192372043,"sku":"1093078","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1b277696-e2ba-495e-8e0b-67ebb00af480_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727434338","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/magic-selection-from-1999-2010","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}