Punky Rural Pop

Threshing Ground were formed in 2010 by Gary Marsden, "Barry Island" of legendary British punk rock band The Tights. After a dispute about a cancelled American tour, Gary decided to go backpacking around India and South-East Asia. With a battered old acoustic guitar bought in the market in Kathmandu, Nepal, he started to thrash out the bare bones of some new songs. Themes of love and loss, betrayal, yearning for new experiences, and a leitmotif that "this is not a rehearsal", pervade the new material.

The name "Threshing Ground" comes from a biblical reference to hitting rock bottom. That low we all sometimes achieve through breakups or bereavement. The chaff has been removed from the wheat and we are lying on the cold stone floor with our skin removed and our soul laid bare. We are no longer sheaves of wheat, but not yet bread, and at our most vulnerable. However, at this point we are also at our most receptive to spiritual or creative ideas. This raw state is the mood that the band tries to achieve in its songs.