Gospel piano led reimagination of the 1985 hit 'The Power Of Love' by Huey Lewis & The News.

Single out February 14th on all digital platforms.

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The Power Of Love

Into Forever is the latest release from forthcoming mini-album DETAILS by The Candle Thieves, out July 17th 2017.

Catch the Candle Thieves on tour in the UK this July and in China in October.

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THE CANDLE THIEVES - Into Forever

Ed.U.Cated-Crook

Credits:

Original Song @theworkdayrelease
Production @tobisonics
Mix @Toilettunes
Master @masteredbytobi

Enough of this pop malarky, back to my usual dark cinematic oddity.  And a welcome return to remixing the ever-excellent, The Workday Release, and his somber, haunting song, 'The Ghost Here is Me'.  Catch the official release:

https://open.spotify.com/track/5glrjL47A0bjCw1Ku8fhWB?si=TPAp6zIHThWl8V1xTl1Krg

Kept the vocal and built the production from the ground up.  Only the 1st verse and chorus was tracked, so I added additional pre-chorus, bridge, and breakdown before finally repeating the chorus.  Discovered the bassline by accident playing around on the keyboard.  From there, the 'Get Carter' inspired tablas arrived.  These three elements formed the core of the production; with bass and talba timed off the vocal, and all the other instrumentation timed off those three core elements.

Getting the re-structure and fundamental timing between the three elements took the most time.  The additional instrumentation was inspired by the acid jazz soundtracks of the 70s - such as 'Get Carter' and 'Dirty Harry'.  The challenge was not allowing the production to become 'too groovy'.  The lyrics have a dark, fatalism to them; the production needed to reflect that.   A selection of reference tracks can be found on this handy playlist I created to work from:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GU0MBT0zHSSizSVUoo1Se?si=VdXo2wG8QmqX0g7V4cJFBQ

Once the production was done, I handed the mix off to my good friend and mix engineer, Kip (it was his idea to use the Jim Croce songs as a reference for the vocal processing).  He very kindly agreed to work to my stereo design.  Not all mixers would have been willing or indeed able.  Kip gave the mix a size and drama that I couldn't, particularly in the chorus.  Check his work @toilettunes.

I then mastered the mix to a fairly competitive -11.6 LUFS; making sure to strike a balance with dynamics, between driving the production without squeezing the air out of it.

The Workday Release 'The Ghost Here Is Me (Unofficial Tobisonic Remix)'

Artist: Glove Compartment
Single: Colouring In
Run time: 3:04
Release date: March 20th, 2020
UK tour: April

email: glovecompartmentmusic@gmail.com
tel: 07505688612

Info: Aside from the insane talent of Elton John, part of his
worldwide musical domination was accredited to a small series of
events, which had they not occurred, could have easily changed the
trajectory of not only his life but the history of pop music.

Welcome to Glove Compartment. Powered by an average looking man in his
early 30s named Anthony Shiels. Anthony encapsulates the 'what would
have happened if the small series of events hadn't have beautifully
clicked into place'.
A striking songwriter with an already epic back catalogue of songs,
both minor successes and near misses from his indie pop outfit, 'The
Candle Thieves' and now Glove Compartment.

Born and bred in the agricultural suburbs of the Fens(arguably
the epicenter of rock and roll) Anthony blends classic pop sensibility
with meticulously placed piano arrangement, lyrical wit, wisdom and
humour.

Glove Compartment is a small independent artist in the UK but became a
success story in China last year with debut release 'The Art Of
Pretending' which clocked up 3.1 million streams in it's first month.

'Colouring In' is the first single to be taken from forthcoming album
'Shall We Draw Big Love Hearts' due for release April 3rd.

For fans of Ben Folds, Elton John, Randy Newman, Tom Odell.

Find online in all the regular social media haunts.

Glove Compartment Album 2

Colouring In

San Francisco is the latest single from Cambridgeshire based alt-pop twosome, The Candle Thieves.

The song was recorded in-between UK lockdowns, 2020. It illustrates the excitement of new love and the subsequent findings that both characters are flawed and have their own issues to deal with.

It's set to a backdrop of drum, flute, synth and guitar samples leaving you feeling like you've listened to something brand new, yet nostalgic.

The single sets the stage for the new album 'A Visitor's Guide To Normal' due for release December 11, 2020.

LYRICS

I want life in the barrel of a gun
Trying so hard to be someone
But it is just a dream
I want love how you hear it in a song
When I open my mouth the words come out wrong
Now I can’t take it back

Cause all you have is nothing
If all you have is me
I fall so far behind sometimes that I can barely breathe
And as you turned away I thought I heard you say

Hey, wait, cause when we met in San Francisco
I got lost, and it never went away
But I’m like you, broken too
And this is all we have to lose 
Just wait, just wait
When we met in San Francisco

We got lost in the California sun
When trouble found us we just ran
And I’ve been running ever since
I want to feel the ocean on my skin
I want to find a way to be happy again
And I don’t want to let go of you

I know we’ve got our problems
And I’m tired torn and used
My love is only worn down like the sole under your shoes
And as you walked away I thought I heard you say

Hey, wait, cause when we met in San Francisco
I got lost, and it never went away
But I’m like you, broken too
And this is all we have to lose 
Just wait, just wait


I fell asleep dreaming of you
Nightmares are all that I’m used to
Take back the things that we’ve been through
If I could
Turn back the hands of time rewind
Can’t seem to get you off my mind
I just wanna leave it all behind
When you say wait
Just wait

And I say
Hey, wait, cause when we met in San Francisco
I got lost, and it never went away
But I’m like you, broken too
And this is all we have to lose 
Just wait, just wait

When we met in San Francisco
When we met in San Francisco
When we met in San Francisco

A Visitor's Guide To Normal

San Francisco

Glove Compartment is the piano laden solo project from 'The Candle Thieves' keyboard wiz Ant Shiels.

Sheringham based Glove Compartment make pocket symphonies centered around the intricacies of Ant's piano playing blended with dry wit & brutal lyricism. The band name was born from Ant's habit of recording home demos onto CDRs & housing them in the glove box of his dusty hatchback for reference and safe keeping.

The musical sound evokes nostalgia of the great writers of the last generation. Growing up with Billy Joel, Randy Newman, Elton John and Ben Folds Five playing on his walkman evidently left a musical scar.

Debut release 'The Art Of Pretending' came out in 2019 which saw Ant become a success story in China clocking up 3.1 million streams which led to a tour of mainland China.
The album 'Shall We Draw Big Love Hearts' was released during the 2020 lockdown. 

New single (Out Feb 14th) is a reimagination of the 1985 hit single The Power Of Love by Huey Lewis & The News.

The Power Of Love

Glove Compartment

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