14/08/2025
U N I T E D B I B L E S T U D I E S
New album – STRANGE IS THE COASTLINE (from 5th September)
LP / CD / Digital
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New Single ‘In The Arms of Lewes’ 14th August
Digital
Rotating Irish / International collective United Bible Studies (UBS) release its 28th album, Strange Is The Coastline (LP / CD / Digital), this Autumn from 5th September on Talking Elephant Records / Hobby-Horse.
The album will be preceded by the single ‘In The Arms of Lewes’ which will be available on all digital platforms from 14th August.
Strange Is The Coastline is a collection of original folk-rock songs written by current core members David Colohan (co-founder of UBS) and Alison O’Donnell (Mellow Candle / Flibbertigibbet) in the company of multi-instrumentalist Steven Collins (The Owl Service). Melding and meshing classic folk, contemporary pop and passionate tune-smithery in an inspiringly complementary way disparate, yet delightfully cohesive, themes glide from Albion myth and legend to Victorian-era murder ballad via chilling contemporary stalker tales and climate chaos. Artwork is penned by occasional collective contributor Dom Cooper.
United Bible Studies was formed in 2001 and over the last couple of decades has been home to a head-spinning array of performers in an ever-evolving merry-go-round of studio and live personnel. Drawing on the broadest community of musicians, the band have created an impressive catalogue of 28 albums of studio and live recordings.
Single: ‘In The Arms Of Lewes’ – available from 14th August on all digital platforms
Album: Strange Is The Coastline – available on Digital from 5th September / CD (Talking Elephant Records) from 10th October / LP (Hobby-Horse) Distributed by Proper Music Distribution
www.unitedbiblestudies.bandcamp.com
28 albums and I’ve heard of them.
It all sounds very promising!
And, seeing I was chatting to Malcolm at Talking Elephant just minutes after reading this post*, the album should be available on hard copy 5 weeks later than the digital.
*At his Cropredy stall, in the village.
I would expect nothing less than (a) Malcolm selling wares at Croppo and (b) you stopping to inspect those wares. 😀
And now I have the files, with disc to follow. It is a curious construct, and more accessible than expected. Steeped, of course, in fumes of 1966-74, wrt folk rock, ISB and Dr Strangely Strange, with enough dashes of wyrd to maintain the United Bible Studies brand and their self-imposed disengagement with any mainstream.
Thanks for the heads up, @Colin-h