Papa Sprain - See Sons Bring Some More Out Tomb We Enter

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"Papa Sprain was perhaps the most mysterious of all the first-generation UK post-rock bands. Memorably, a poster on the I Love Music forum once voiced an opinion that the band was merely a figment of some Pitchfork's writer's imagination. But Papa Sprain existed and some of the recorded evidence is scattered throughout this post. The band was based in London but -- as far as one can tell -- all the members originally came from Belfast. They were proteges of dreampop legends A.R. Kane and released two E.P.s on their mentors' H.ark! label. Additionally, they were very closely linked to Butterfly Child -- also from Belfast, also involved with A.R. Kane." "On the B-side "See Sons Bring Some More Out Tomb We Enter" is rather more accessible -- basically a droney, tonal organ improvisation, featuring McKendry's looped voice intoning the title phrase -- presumably a phonetic reconfiguring of "seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter". This simple linguistic game hinted at McKendry's growing interest in modernist literature (particularly the work of James Joyce), something which was to be a significant part of his undoing." (source: http://bubblegumcage3.com/2009/10/01/post-rocktoberfest-2009-the-delightfully-confusing-world-of-papa-sprain/) from the "Tech Yes" 7" (Rough Trade, 1993)