Kent, UK based folk rock sextet Galley Beggar will be releasing their third album Silence & Tears on May 19, 2015 via Rise Above. The eight tracks on the new album span traditional song, Gothic balladry and peculiarly British acid rock, the mood alternately fragile and robust, with sweet vocal harmonies (led by Maria O’Donnell), lyrical guitar playing from Mat and his cohort David Ellis, and added texture from the violin of Celine Marshall (calling to mind Mr. Fox’s Carolanne Pegg), all anchored by Bill Lynn‘s steady bass and Paul Dadswell’s deft drumming. The material spans reworkings of the ancient classics Geordie and Jack Orion, brooding ballads like Adam & Eve and the otherworldy “Empty Sky”, and the intense 9-minute epic “Pay My Body Home”, which triumphantly recalls folk-rock’s early 70s glory days.