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Walking Through Morning Dew

Covers Vol. 1

Angeles

From the album Disappearing Coin, available August 18, 2023 on Western Vinyl
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LYRICS:
Opalescent ribbon floating 
Past the guardian of the morning
Stirred in coffee, poison mushroom
Paperwork, synthetic weather
No one calls and no one listens
This absent mind conversation
It covers everything
Freedom versus gravity
Does a tree take the shape 
Of its long leash
And water’s latency
Or beauty from contingency
No answer for this silly question
An absent minded interruption
It covers everything

Disappearing Coin

Stephen Steinbrink - "Opalescent Ribbon"

Better Than

“A national musical treasure" The Guardian

Steven Adams, formerly of The Broken Family Band releases new album DROPS on Fika Recordings in November 2023.

Since calling time on TBFB at the height of their success, Adams has released half a dozen albums under various names (Singing Adams, Steven James Adams, Steven Adams & The French Drops), his witty, incisive lyrics and melodic sensibilities taking in DIY indie rock, folky introspection, and off-kilter pop hooks. 

Originally from South Wales, Adams now lives in East London.

“Every record I’ve made has been in a hurry of some sort” says Adams of his new album, “and with this one I took my time”. DROPS is the first album to be credited to him as a solo artist since 2016’s Old Magick, his first new music since 2020, and his noisiest record to date.

Armed with a new batch of material, he began by upping sticks to the Welsh countryside to experiment with drummer Daniel Fordham and bassist David Stewart - both formerly of psych oddballs The Drink. The trio then took the songs to Big Jelly, a converted chapel on the south coast, with co-producer Simon Trought (Comet Gain, Johnny Flynn, The Wave Pictures) to lay down the basic tracks for DROPS.

Eschewing a full band set up (“I wanted to concentrate on one thing at a time”), recording sessions in East London followed with Laurie Earle (Absentee) on guitar and Michael Wood (Hayman Kupa Band, Michaelmas) on keyboards.

Adams then took the recordings home and to the French countryside, to work alone.“I finally got my head around home recording in 2020, while things were a bit quiet. Once I worked out how to record things I realised I didn’t have to think about time. I could let the songs evolve and change once we had the basic tracks down. After a while I started to think of them as paintings; trying something one morning, painting over it in the afternoon and attempting something completely different… it was about enjoying the process, making some bangers, playing around... and giving Simon the producer a mess to sort out when it came to mixing the record". Whenever Tom from Fika Recordings checked in to see how the album was progressing Adams would reply, “it’s taking ages but it’ll sound like it was recorded in an afternoon”.

The result is a dynamic and spirited collection of songs, with Adams's love of 90/00s US underground rock (Pavement's Bob Nastanovich is a fan) to the fore.

DROPS is a sonically compelling piece of work: from bleak/exultant opener Out to Sea and the motorik Living in the Local Void to the weirdly funereal Fascists (where Adams imagines the “little skip in our steps” that we’ll have upon outliving some baddies), and Day Trip's psychedelia in miniature. There are also moments of tenderness: the avalanche of empathy on closing track Cheap Wine Sad Face, and I Tried to Keep it Light’s “worse things could happen… I don’t know how, but give me time”.

Adams says: “I'm preoccupied by the passing of time and the way it affects how we feel. This record is about time and bewilderment and trying to make sense of things".

“…astonishing tenderness in its simplicity … brilliant lyrics.” Q Magazine
“…the tunes are instant and uplifting, but the real wallop comes from the lyrical imagery.” The Guardian
“…barbed modern life chronicles.” UNCUT

Drops

Moderation

Steven Adams - Moderation

Enigmatic Swedish post-psych band Den Der Hale are known for their boundary-pushing soundscapes. Today, the group have announced that they will release their highly anticipated second album, Pastoral Light, via FatCat Records. 
The album, set to be released on February 2nd, showcases the band's ability to meld diverse creative inspirations into a seamless and experimental sonic journey, transcending genres and defying conventions.

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Den Der Hale - The Horse From Turin

Les saisons à l’envers 

Depuis 1998, Balmino a évolué dix ans comme chanteur, auteur et compositeur au
sein du groupe Khaban' (3 albums, 300 dates dont les Francos de La Rochelle, Spa,
Montreal) puis sous son nom Balmino avec une incursion en 2013 dans le gros rock
(BROC "Des Trucs Qui Poussent").
Depuis 2013, la majorité de son activité s'est déroulée au théâtre aux côtés du metteur en scène Emmanuel Meirieu avec lequel il a partagé 7 spectacles et, là encore, plus de 300 représentations (dont plusieurs fois les Bouffes du Nord, mais aussi le théâtre du Rond-Point, La Villette et de nombreuses scènes nationales).
Les Saisons à L’envers. Un disque écrit en deux ans et façonné pendant deux mois au studio La Ciergerie de Lyon en binôme avec Julien Jussey qui l'a réalisé et arrangé.
« Ecrit en grande partie pendant les confinements, « les saisons à l’envers » est
le septième album, le disque bilan de 50 ans de vie sur terre, parfois sous terre
et régulièrement dans les airs aussi, de la traversée compliquée des « années Macron », de sa vision du monde et de ce qu’il devient.

C’est une foule de petites lucioles allumées sur le temps vécu autant qu’une curiosité
dévorante de profiter du temps qui reste. C’est un tout petit accès à une forme de
sérénité non dépourvue pour autant des questionnements et des doutes qui l’ont
toujours portés.
Une forme différente de les appréhender, certainement.
Plus pragmatiquement, c’est un voyage à quatre mains dans neuf nouvelles
chansons, accueillies et cuisinées par son ami Julien Jussey qui a réalisé, arrangé ce
merveilleux disque 
En parallèle à ces activités, Balmino a également écrit pour d'autres interprètes
(Olivia Ruiz, Babylon Circus, Maïa Barouh, Evelyne Gallet...)


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