After The Sea Holds the Memory, Andy and Tim started writing Three Sheep Grazing straight away. It started after a conversation with a friend about the village green and globalisation. Find out more in this second episode of the new series and hear the mysterious and marvellous musical elements that contribute to one of the lads' favourite songs on the 'AT' album.
Andy mentions two Oliver Postgate TV series he watched when he was a child (and perhaps more recently) Camberwick Green and Trumpton. Radiohead used Trumpton as the basis for the Burn the Witch video. The instrument that started the string arrangement is the Mellotron.
After you listen, do check out the video of Three Sheep Grazing. Directed by Sebastian White and animated by Kai Higham it is the cutest clip ever made. Can you spot the starfish?
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Three Sheep Grazing by Finn/White
Played and recorded by Andy and Tim in Melbourne and Auckland
Strings by Jonathan Dreyfus
Podcast artwork by Sebastian White
Listen to and/or order Andy White and Tim Finn's 'AT' album on their Bandcamp
Listen to and/or order Andy's 'This garden is only temporary' album on his Bandcamp