let the clocks stop is the second song to be taken from amateur theatre group's debut album, races 1990 - 2021.

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amateur theatre group is the name chosen by Andrew James Murphy to release music written across a dozen or so years previous but never completed. races 1990 - 2021 is the result of a push earlier this year to finally get some of these works recorded, and its gently mushrooming indie sounds – at once weeping yet filled with beauty – are a reflection both of a tumultuous decade during which the songs were written and the uneasy time at which they were photographed.

While most of the album was performed, recorded and produced by Murphy himself, the project was completed with help from musicians he has played with since his teens – namely brothers Davy and Iain Berryman – framing amateur theatre group as more an open collective than a solo performance or traditional band.

Iain Berryman (additional production, guitars, piano, synths, percussion, cornet & backing vocals) is a studio engineer whose credits include Arcade Fire’s Everything Now and the Mercury-nominated Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice. Elder brother Davy (percussion & backing vocals) has played in various bands with Murphy over the past 15 years, and also released multiple singles with his orchestral indie group Sea Stacks.

The siblings met Murphy in Shropshire, where they all grew up, playing in the local youth orchestra before all attending the same secondary school. That lengthy relationship and the solid bond from it can be heard on races 1990 - 2021, both in the united vision of all those performing on the record and in the shared inspiration of ambient indie with an orchestral edge.

Though the aim of this record was initially to draw a line under some songs that were never officially finished, the amateur theatre group debut also hosts two tracks written specifically for the album. The creation of these has precipitated a creative surge after a difficult dozen years, ensuring that this project is not limited to one 35-minute retrospective, and a second album already is in the works.

races 1990 - 2021 will be released digitally and on cassette (via Bandcamp) on Friday 10 September. It is preceded by singles waves (out now) and let the clocks stop (3 September).


Tracklisting:

curtains
waves
state
the tears come too late
let the clocks stop
races
(clocks go back)
tired lungs / bruised feet
feed me to the lions


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races 1990 - 2021

let the clocks stop

races is the title track from amateur theatre group's debut album, races 1990 - 2021, which is out everywhere now. A 22-page booklet of artwork, lyrics and liner notes comes with every Bandcamp purchase (amateurtheatregroup.com).

races

tired lungs / bruised feet is the penultimate track on amateur theatre group's debut album, races 1990 - 2021. It is also the third single to be released from the album, along with the b-side races (north sea version).

tired lungs / bruised feet

Track four from amateur theatre group's debut album, races 1990 - 2021, out everywhere now.

the tears come too late

when i sleep is track four on ep1, the follow-up to amateur theatre group's debut album released last year.

when i sleep

Track one from ep1, the follow-up to amateur theatre group's debut album, races 1990 - 2021. The four-track EP is the beginning of a string of releases planned for 2022, including a second album towards the end of the year. ep1 is out 18 March 2022.

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amateur theatre group's second single of 2023, released everywhere on 25 July.

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