Scarlet's Well

Scarlet's Well are a British band noted for their exceptionally wordy and multi-layered lyrics,Fact|date=November 2007 heavy with literary and other allusions. They were founded by Bid, the Indian-originated singer and songwriter of The Monochrome Set, after the latter band amicably split (for the second time), and released their first album in 1999. Throughout their career their releases have appeared on the Spanish label Siesta Records.

Originally intended purely as a studio project, and as an "atmosphere" more than a band, [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dream-Spider-Laughing-Horse/dp/B0001ZXOW0 Amazon.co.uk: The Dream Spider Of The Laughing Horse: Music: Scarlet's Well ] ] Scarlet's Well have been performing live since 2004. Their albums feature various, mostly female, vocalists along with Bid himself, who also writes most of the songs, and tell a loosely-defined story set partially in a fictional village in South West England called Mousseron, [ [http://designermagazine.tripod.com/ScarletsWellINT1.html ScarletsWell - Interview @ Designer Magazine ] ] partially off the coast of South America and partially in "the Underworld". The instrumentation is somewhat folk-influenced and includes unusual instruments (in pop or rock music) such as bouzoukis and accordions.

To date, the band have released the following albums:
*"Strange Letters" (1999)
*"The Isle of the Blue Flowers" (2000)
*"Alice in the Underworld" (2002)
*"The Dream Spider of the Laughing Horse" (2004)
*"Black Tulip Wings" (2006)

Members

*Bid - vocals, guitar (The Monochrome Set)
*Alice Healey - vocals (actress)
*Martin White - accordion (The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra, solo music & comedy)
*Peter Momtchiloff - guitar (Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Would-be-goods)
*Deb Van Der Geugten - bass (Linus)
*Jen Denitto - drums (Linus, The Low Edges)
*Sian Dada - keyboards
*Helena Johansson - violin, mandolin

Previous members include Dickon Edwards and Kate Dornan, both also in Fosca, and Toby Robinson.

References

Links

* http://www.scarletswell.co.uk - the band's official website
* http://www.myspace.com/scarletswell - the band's page on MySpace