NEWS: Hidden Mothers share an acoustic rendition of “Grandfather”!

While the original version of “Grandfather” can be found on the album “Erosion / Avulsion” by Hidden Mothers which is of course out now on Church Road Records, a live acoustic version of the song has surfaced. Filmed and edited by Jayne Slater of Made In Error Media it finds guitarist and vocalist Luke Scrivens sharing his thoughts in a more intimate setting, perhaps more fitting for such a powerful song.

The band comment: “This song was born out of Luke doing a deep-dive on his family history and the working class struggles they all lived through – the workhouses, the migrations searching for work, the pits and back-breaking jobs in industry. His grandad, Billy Scrivens, is the one specifically referenced by the song’s title. He was a shaftsman in the mines of North Staffordshire (AKA The Potteries) from the 1950s until the 1980s. Is asks the question – is the world / my life now what you were working towards? Is it what you imagined it would be, or is it better / worse?”