Pissing on Bonfires Kissing with Tongues

Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues
Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues
Studio album by Meursault
Released	2008
Recorded	Edinburgh
Genre	Folktronica
Label	Song, by Toad Records
Meursault chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Is this music?	(favourable)^[1]
The Skinny	^[2]
The Scotsman	(favourable)^[3]

Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues is the debut studio album by Scottish indie folk band Meursault, released in 2008 to a generally positive reception from the music press and online community critics.^[4]^[5] The band initially self-released the album in 2008, before a second run was released on the Edinburgh-based independent label, Song, by Toad Records, in 2009.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Salt (Part One)"	6:23
2.	"Statues Of Strangers"	2:11
3.	"The Furnace"	3:46
4.	"Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues"	3:52
5.	"Salt (Part Two)"	3:18
6.	"The Dirt And The Roots"	3:46
7.	"A Few Kind Words"	3:09
8.	"A Small Stretch Of Land"	4:58
9.	"Ampersand After Ampersand"	1:07
10.	"Lament For A Teenage Millionaire"	3:35
11.	"Oh, Neighbourhood!"	3:15

Personnel

Meursault

Chris Bryant
Fraser Calder
Calum MacLeod
Neil Pennycook

Cultural references

Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit has often performed A Small Stretch Of Land; taken from Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues and written by Neil Pennycook, during his live appearances. He also said that inspired Poke and that it was a "perfect" song to him that he'd wish he'd written.
The BBC selected The Furnace for heavy daytime rotation on Radio 1 as part of their promotion of the corporation's coverage of Glastonbury 2010.
Scottish arts and culture magazine The Skinny placed Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues sixteenth in its list of the best Scottish albums of the 2000-2010 decade.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Jupp, Ed (18 November 2008). "Meursault – Pissing on Bonfires / Kissing with Tongues". Is this music?. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
^ The Skinny review
^ The Scotsman review
^ Hamilton, Billy (2 December 2008). "Meursault - Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues". The Skinny.
^ Tyers, Simon (3 December 2008). "Meursault – Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues". The Line Of Best Fit.
^ Bruce, Gordon (26 November 2008). "Scottish Albums Of The Decade #16: Meursault - Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues". The Skinny.

External links

[Jupp-1] Jupp, Ed (18 November 2008). "Meursault – Pissing on Bonfires / Kissing with Tongues". Is this music?. Retrieved 2 October 2016.

[2] The Skinny review

[3] The Scotsman review

[Meursault_-_Pissing_on_Bonfires,_Kissing_with_Tongues-4] Hamilton, Billy (2 December 2008). "Meursault - Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues". The Skinny.

[Meursault_–_Pissing_On_Bonfires_/_Kissing_With_Tongues-5] Tyers, Simon (3 December 2008). "Meursault – Pissing On Bonfires / Kissing With Tongues". The Line Of Best Fit.

[Scottish_Albums_Of_The_Decade_#16:_Meursault_-_Pissing_On_Bonfires/Kissing_With_Tongues-6] Bruce, Gordon (26 November 2008). "Scottish Albums Of The Decade #16: Meursault - Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues". The Skinny.

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