# Manchester’s HARRY STAFFORD And North Carolina’s MARCO BUTCHER Lay Down The ‘Rules of the House’ Ahead Of New Album

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- Published: 2023-08-23T13:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Manchester’s Harry Stafford (Inca Babies) & North Carolina’s Marco Butcher lay down the ‘Rules of the House’ ahead of new album**

_“Unapologetically weaving their way through varied genres, Stafford and Butcher’s
bluesy story-based music is raw around the edges, while sucking you willingly inside–
a sonic diamond in the rough, so to speak”_ ~ **The Spill Magazine**

[⌊Harry Stafford and Marco Butcher⌉⌊Harry Stafford and Marco Butcher⌉[

_“The symmetry between the two artists is remarkable… refreshing, meshing the grit
of blues with an urban thematic. This is dirty but agreeable… Goes down smooth like
a good shot of bourbon”_ ~ **Big Takeover Magazine**

Manchester underground music icon [**Harry Stafford**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fharrystafford.bandcamp.com&umid=292fb28e-199f-4b3b-9946-112127ec6b6d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-1200863ddc6e53c1a37641e8a389de685ba687c7)**(**
[**Inca Babies**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fincababies&umid=292fb28e-199f-4b3b-9946-112127ec6b6d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-2f7e6737c4bf1829a462a9ddc313903e0a1c53c4)**)**
and US-based trash blues guitarist [**Marco Butcher **](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fharrystaffordUK&umid=292fb28e-199f-4b3b-9946-112127ec6b6d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-be4c6b5989ea12fa0d00163d5a24769540422372)
present ‘The Rules of the House’, the second taster of their forthcoming album****
[**‘We Are The Perilous Men’**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fharrystafford.bandcamp.com%2falbum%2fwe%2dare%2dthe%2dperilous%2dmen&umid=292fb28e-199f-4b3b-9946-112127ec6b6d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-f65ad61bf7332e79ba678cbc56aa69d136c73ef4),
out in September via **Black Lagoon Records**.

Directed by Harry Stafford with camera work by Marco Butcher and **Jonny Stafford**,
the accompanying video was filmed in Wales and North Carolina in 2023.

On this track, Marco shows what a total stone rocker he is, with foot to the floor
guitars and drums. Harry adds the story, which was inspired by a terse publican’s
list of rules on the specials blackboard. **Harry Stafford** says, “I don’t remember
them all, but ‘get a round in’ was definitely one of them”.

**Marco Butcher** adds, “Rules of the House is a diabolical and swampy kind of song,
mixing some sort of very solid groove with over-the-edge ‘No Wave’ type of guitars,
cutting and dancing with the rhythm”.

Rules of the House by Harry Stafford and Marco Butcher

[⌊Rules of the House by Harry Stafford and Marco Butcher⌉⌊Rules of the House by 
Harry Stafford and Marco Butcher⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

This single follows the release of the lead track [**‘Walk Among The Spectres’**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2f4NpN6gidWSg&umid=292fb28e-199f-4b3b-9946-112127ec6b6d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-484f77487faad6c928dab5bd8850c490cbf1ee47),
which explores our own fragile mortality, the video for which was filmed in the 
expansive Southern Cemetery in Didsbury South Manchester, which dates back to 1700
and was used throughout the Victorian era. Now a public park, people are invited
to wander among the tombstones… to literally Walk among the Spectres.

[⌊Harry Stafford and Marco Butcher⌉⌊Harry Stafford and Marco Butcher⌉[

Following the resounding triumph of their[ **‘Bone Architecture’ album**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fharrystafford.bandcamp.com%2falbum%2fbone%2darchitecture&umid=292fb28e-199f-4b3b-9946-112127ec6b6d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-bbc1d4b9a93f6ea21f5795457980292f05d2ff19)
in 2021, the duo present the second chapter of this exploration, upholding their
lockdown-inspired tradition of sending ideas back and forth between North Carolina
and Manchester. Creating this album unconsciously – perhaps even telepathically –
their musical connection has ignited this album with an infectious energy and spirit.

Based in North Carolina, Brazil-raised trash blues guitarist **Marco Butcher (Jam
Messengers, Jesus and the Groupies) **provides a solid backbeat, jumping with a 
frenetic rhythm. This foundation ranges from a mess of blues to a stumbling electro
beat with Dwayne Eddie funeral guitar. His forages into dance and Hip hop see him
mess with the rhythmic DNA, often inspiring the creation of a new dance shuffle 
at will.

‘Rules of the House’ is out now, available from fine music platforms, including 
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The ‘We Are The Perilous Men’ album will be released on September 8 and will be 
available on black vinyl, as well as digitally.

[⌊Harry Stafford and Marco Butcher single cover⌉⌊Harry Stafford and Marco Butcher
single cover⌉[

**CREDITS**
Harry Stafford – vocals, piano, organ, wah wah guitar, jazz flute, synthMarco
Butcher – drums, percussion, guitars, sequencers, bass, keyboardsTex Napalm – Drones
and loopsProduced and Mastered by Marco Butcher at Boombox StudioCatalogue no. BLRLP0057

**FOR FANS OF:** 
Jon Spencer, Nick Cave, Shriekback, The Gun Club, Tom Waits, Archie
Bronson, Bukka White, Son House, John Coltrane, The Birthday Party, Foetus

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