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The Man Upstairs sees Robyn Hitchcock uniting with legendary producer Joe Boyd (Nick Drake, Fairport Convention) for one of the most unique recordings of his already quite idiosyncratic career. Rather than simply record a new selection of songs, Boyd suggested what he called ‘a Judy Collins album’ such as Elektra would have released in 1967 – part well-known favorites, part personal discoveries, and part originals. The multi-tiered approach offered Hitchcock the rare opportunity to record as a performer, not “just another singer-songwriter laying their freshest eggs.”

Thus, modern standards like Roxy Music’s “To Turn You On,” The Doors’ “The Crystal Ship,” and The Psychedelic Furs’ “The Ghost In You” are interlaced with lesser-known gems from such pals as Grant-Lee Phillips (“Don’t Look Down”) and I Was A King (“Ferries”), the latter featuring harmony vocals and guitar from the Norwegian indiepop combo’s own Anne Lise Frøkedal. Meanwhile, new Hitchcock originals like “Trouble In Your Blood” and “Comme Toujours” stand among his most fragile and heartfelt, his stark vocal and guitar cast by Boyd against simple, autumnal backing from longtime collaborators Jenny Adejayan (cello), Charlie Francis (piano), and the aforementioned Frøkedal (harmonies).

“I’ve always wanted to make a folk record produced by Joe Boyd,” says Hitchcock, “and now I have: thank you, universe!”

Recorded and mixed at London’s Snap Studio in just one short week last October, The Man Upstairs further comes adorned with delightfully macabre cover art painted exclusively for the album by GRAMMY®-winning singer/songwriter Gillian Welch.


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Grin Go Sapiens
Music and lyrics by Scott Edwards, Chuck Muss, Taylor Camp
Recorded and Produced by Red Cat Recording
Tracked, Mixed and Mastered by Luke Wallace
Copyright 2015

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1 ~ Forest Pensee
2 ~ Baron in the Trees
3 ~ Lion for a Bison
4 ~ Bonnie & Clyde ((c) Serge Gainsbourg)
5 ~ Search for More (feat. Rob Bastien)
6 ~ Starling
7 ~ The Undying Vow
8 ~ Shoe Gazi Butti Danz
9 ~ Dark End
10 ~ Killing in the Name of God

All songs (except Bonnie & Clyde) copyright Eric R. Little 2016

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L Ron Enron is the eponym of Eric Little, a recording artist based near Houston, Texas.  All works are original songs and compositions, written, played, sung, recorded, produced and mastered by Eric Little unless otherwise noted in a song title.  The work draws from techno, house, synth pop, psychedelic, prog, space pop, trip hop, and downtempo lineages.  The music and lyrics are spiritual practice and offered with love.

"The scientific investigator does not preserve the cleavage between the sacred and the profane, between that which requires uncritical respect and that which can be objectively analyzed."

All works Copyright Eric R. Little, Houston, Texas.

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