The Irish dark folk / blues combo Rufus Coates & The Blackened Trees are a unique, dark and atmospheric blues/folk band from Ireland currently based in Berlin Germany. In Ireland, the album was already voted the album of the week in the Irish Times and even secured the number one of the iTunes Blues charts.
Photo by Jean De Oliveira
The deep voice of Rufus Coates creates a beautiful contrast to the gentle vocals of his bandmate Jess Smith. The dense atmosphere of the music immediately draws the listener into another world and is perfectly suited to escape everyday life. Their live show is one not to be missed and always promises to be an atmospheric and heartfelt affair.
Rufus Coates & The Blackened Trees: Footpaths of Shame
Rufus Coates & The Blackened Trees: Footpaths of Shame Lyrics:
When you say
You’re feeling low
There is only one response to expect
To run away and
Take what you can to be numb
You hide yourself
From all the world to see
You play your part
Now everybody’s pleased
You’re so lonely now
And nothing feels real
And it goes on like so
When darkness forms
Everybody knows
It’s all down hill
From here
The winter passes
You don’t notice the cold
Wrapped in the comforts
Of your sins
Oblivious to the world outside
An the turmoil within
When darkness forms
Everybody knows
It’s all down hill
From here
The summer comes
The days get long
The daylight shows you ashamed
Your face is sinking
With the weight of the sun
And darkness offers you grace
The winter comes
Back around again
This time you notice it’s cold
You take your last breath
On the footpaths of shame
Your want to live just grew old
