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Saint Joan are five musicians originally from West Bridgford in Nottingham, England, Mohacs in Hungary and Strasbourg in France. They are inspired by stream-ofconsciousness prose, like James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, by the "darkness on the edge of town", flawed beauty and black comedy. They listen to many things: Nick Cave, The Tindersticks, Jonathan Richman, The Velvets,Tom Waits and Galaxie 500 among them. The title of Saint Joan?s first full length album alludes to the 19th century practice of luring a ship onto the rocks by faking the beam of a lighthouse with a swinging lantern, causing the ship to run aground, its treasure to be plundered. It continues the band?s interest in all things maritime - the sea as the subconscious. Epic, psychedelic stream-of-consciousness psychodramas about loss like 'December' contrast with the more fragmented, melancholy of 'Gone' with its looping guitar and lush strings. The widescreen folk-rock drive of 'Singing Bowl', place it alongside vintage Walkabouts.