The Shepherd and the Wolf, by SHAMUS

The Shepherd and the Wolf

by SHAMUS

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Brian Damn, always enjoyed hearing Mother-F$&#*in Shamus' contributions to the Sheepdogs, but this stands on its own. A superb collection of guitar driven '70s "concept rock" Sounds like The Sheepdogs, Animals-era Pink Floyd and Thin Lizzy all mixed together into something original and fresh for 2023. Favorite track: The Big Dog.

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The Shepherd and the Wolf is the debut album from SHAMUS, a new project from acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Shamus Currie.

A rock opera built on the bandleader’s twin passions of high fantasy and progressive rock.

An album in the lineage of King Crimson, Steve Miller Band and Thin Lizzy.

An adventure into a world of Nature, an Aesop’s fable of Carnage and Greed.

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Accompanying the release of The Shepherd and the Wolf album will be a card game of the same name. With game design by Josh Bennett, who formerly worked with Wizards of the Coast (Magic: The Gathering, etc) and illustrated in a style that recalls the gloriously pulpy works of Boris Vallejo and Frank Frazetta, the game will lead the listener deeper into the world SHAMUS has created, allowing the player to experience the travails of the Shepherd on his heroic journey against the ungovernable forces of carnage and greed.

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1.	The Days of High Adventure 03:37	lyrics	buy track
I worked in the fields all day I came down here to get my pay And while I was walking and while you were talking I saw something that I must say There’s a wolf that is loose in these fields I saw it come down from the hills And while you’ve been lying back, while you’ve been getting fat, wolf’s coming in for the kill I came from the mountain pass I travelled through fields of grass I bring you a warning, red sky in the morning means danger has come at last I believe what my eyes can see And I know whats in front of me And by firelight I witnessed a sight, “Cry Wolf!” Woe unto thee
2.	Ten Feet Tall 02:23		buy track
3.	Song of a Shepherd 02:42		buy track
4.	Cry Wolf 02:03		buy track
5.	Giant 02:12		buy track
6.	Overture 00:52		buy track
7.	There Sits a Young Man 02:03		buy track
8.	The Big Dog 03:02		buy track
9.	Song of a Wolf 02:41		buy track
10.	Shepherd's Lament 03:10		buy track
11.	Cosmic Grip of Time 04:18		buy track

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released February 24, 2023

SHAMUS is…
Shamus Currie (keyboards, guitar, vocals)
Soren Nissen (bass)
Matt Warry-Smith (drums, vocals)

Jim Bowskill - guitar on Ten Feet Tall and Cosmic Grip of Time
Anh Phung - flute on Cosmic Grip of Time

Recorded at Taurus Recording with Thom D’Arcy
Mastered by Dan Weston
All songs written by Shamus Currie
Produced by Shamus Currie

Album cover illustration by Arthur Doyle
Map drawing by Hannah Warry-Smith
Layout by Mat Dunlap
Band photography by Mat Dunlap

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