Things in Herds are an English folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 duo consisting of Pete Lush and Miss Ping.

History

The band formed in Brighton

Brighton

Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...

, U.K in 1999 by founding member and leading composer Lush. Soon after forming, Lush was joined by Miss Ping on vocals and harmonica

Harmonica

The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

, as well as various other musicians on instruments such as cello

Cello

The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

, synthesiser, and bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

.

Releases

Things in Herds have released three home recorded albums since 2002: I Can Dancing and Walking (TrustMe/Undecided), Everything Has to End Somewhere (Fence Records

Fence Records

Fence Records is a record label based in Fife, Scotland which is owned and run by musicians King Creosote and The Pictish Trail...

2005) and Nothing is Lost (G-Folk 2008).

External links

• Official Website
• Myspace