In Simon Armitage-s work, there has always been a territory he identifies as -a twilight zone- where poetry and song lyric converge. He has explored it through numerous enterprises - most recently with the -ambient post-rock- band Land Yacht Regatta. Many of the lyrics collected here were written for LYR. Others are drawn from Armitage-s days with the DIY indie band The Scaremongers, various film and theatre productions including Songbirds and the BAFTA-winning Feltham Sings, and other miscellaneous ventures. The volume-s -Intro- charts these projects and the blurred origins of ritualised language, while its -Outro- offers contextualising notes and anecdotal insights.
Never Good with Horses further demonstrates the rich range of Armitage-s repertoire and celebrates his ear for the music of language, harnessed here for the page.
