A Hawk and A Hacksaw began in 2000 in the small town of Saumur, France.
Initially a solo vehicle for Neutral Milk Hotel drummer Jeremy Barnes, the main impetus of the project was to focus on the grey areas in borders of music and geography.
The first album was released in 2002 by Cloud Recordings.
Barnes met violinist Heather Trost in 2004 and the band became a duo. They have since released six albums, and toured extensively around the world.
The duo has been invited to tour with Swans, Calexico, Wilco, Andrew Bird, Portishead, Of Montreal and performed at Roskilde, Pitchfork Music Fest, and All Tomorrow's Parties.
They also collaborated with Iggy Pop on the reworking of a classic sea shanty.
In 2011 the band started their own label, Living Music Duplication, and in the past few years, the band has focused on recording, composing the soundtrack to a hit Albanian TV show called Skanderbeg and the video game Forest of Sleep.
Forest Bathing, their new album, features ten original compositions. The Persian Santur, an ancient type of dulcimer struck by sticks, and played by Barnes, is a feature component along with Trost's soaring and diving violin.
A Hawk and a Hacksaw will play live at Milton Keynes Gallery on Saturday (April 28).
Death Is Not The End will play a DJ set on the night.
Doors open at 8pm and tickets are £12 on the doors.
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