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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Double vinyl in beautiful gatefold sleeve of the self-titled debut from Billie Bottle's Temple of Shibboleth.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Billie Bottle's Temple of Shibboleth via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    For the first time on CD, we release the eponymous debut from Billie Bottle's Temple of Shibboleth alongside The Mending Tour, live from Wiltshire Music Centre.

    Comes in a 6-panel digisleeve with 28-page booklet. Upon release, you will also receive a separate email with links and download codes for the digital audio and video of The Mending Tour.

    First 50 copies sold include a copy of the original Mending Tour programme with notes by Billie Bottle.

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    This unique mandala and Shibboleth beach scene artwork is available for your wall, shelf or shrine!

    Includes free album download 'cause what the hell!

    (Please note, this is the Album gatefold cover only - no inner sleeves or double vinyl. Frame and cheese plant not included).

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lyrics

The Wolf (Bottle/Darke)

<Saturn comes into view>

All through the week our ingredients happened to grow
Foraging them an experience, so off we go
A pencil, non-stop lead,
a sticky jar lid, crochet thread,
Soggy paper that might have had the meaning of life written on it

Just mix them up, each gram and cup

The wolf is in my heart and I will Bake him sweet bread
And make a start to fill what cannot be said...
But only felt through care and sharing the path...
Of what we are now Lupinus is by our hearth

Here is an everyday monolith
What is it for?
Is there a way we can honour it?
Open the drawer:
some pre-boiled cowrie shells,
an unthought random act of kindness
Mammoths from some melted time; all ingredients of liquid

So much to do, we muddle through
The wolf is in my heart
and I will bake him sweet bread
And make a start to fill what cannot be said
But only felt through care and sharing the path...
Of where we are now Lupinus is by our hearth

<Lupinus dreams...the fire rages...we are Baked>

The wolf is in my heart
and will Bake him sweet bread
And make a start to fill what cannot be said
But only felt through care and sharing the path
Of who we are now Lupinus is by our hearth

The veil is thin now and we cannot change the past
But there’s no reason that the future can’t be cast
We are the Sequins and the Icing on the Cake
And trust the wolf in us accepts this humble Bake

credits

from Billie Bottle's Temple of Shibboleth, released March 31, 2023
BB: Voice, piano, bass guitar, organ, synths, electric piano, keyboards, mellotron, drum programming, programming, vibraslap
VGD: Flute, voices, ‘cello
RH: Alto sax, voice
AB: Bassoon, voice
EH: Drums
Hugh Nankivell: Viola
Geoff Bartholomew: Lyra-8 virtual synth
Geoff Bartholohowl, Otis & Vita Jarman-Pinto: Vocal howls
Rowan Porteous: Trumpet
Amy Howard: Soprano sax
Ivo Stimpson: Backwards spoken word
Kimwei McCarthy: Penny whistle wolf

Original version editing and engineering by Billie Bottle
Engineering by George Shilling
Produced by George Shilling

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Welcome to the world of Billie Bottle, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and band leader.

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