Rimbaud, Penny | What Passing Bells (The War Po | CD

Penny Rimbaud is an English writer, poet, philosopher, painter, musician and activist. He was a member of the performance art groups EXIT and Ceres Confusion, and co-founded the Stonehenge Free Festival in 1972 with Phil Russell, also known as Wally Hope. In 1977 he co-founded the anarchist punk band Crass with Steve Ignorant, and the band disbanded in 1984.

What Passing Bells (The War Poems Of Wilfred Owen) is an album credited to Penny Rimbaud and Wilfred Owen, released on CD by One Little Indian on 10 November 2017. It is a one-take live recording, made at Metropolis Studios in West London in late summer 2016, and the music is improvised. Penny Rimbaud is credited with the concept, production and voice, with Kate Shortt on cello and Liam Noble on piano. The release is categorised as jazz and poetry.

Track List

1. Intro
2. Song of Songs
3. The Send Off
4. The Roads Also (Section)
5. Prologue (Section)
6. Spring Offensive
7. Inspection
8. The Next War
9. The Sentry
10. Arms and the Boy
11. I Saw His Round Mouth's Crimson
12. Exposure
13. Cello Solo
14. Soldier's Dream
15. The Last Laugh
16. The Dead Beat
17. Mental Cases
18. The Chances
19. Cello Solo
20. Sonnet
21. Smile, Smile, Smile
22. Dulce Et Decorum Est
23. Cello Interlude
24. La Christianisme
25. At a Calvary Near the Ancre
26. Piano Solo
27. Apologia Oro Poemate Meo
28. The Show
29. Futility
30. The Parable of the Old Man and the Youth
31. Anthem for the Doomed Youth
32. Duet Interlude
33. Strange Meeting
34. The End