This is John’s unofficial release for the Wales Football team at the delayed Euro2020 tournament.

Here is the Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9tP8lixVYs

Returning to the theme of Football, When Wales Play Away is inspired by the Wales travelling fans, known as The Red Wall/Y Wal Goch, which he experienced for the first time while playing to a sold out show in Budapest during the qualifying campaign for this tournament.

The tracks nostalgic guitar driven sound is a return to previous John MOuse albums and football themed songs, such as “I Was a Goalkeeper” and the connection with Wales “Whole in my Heart (An Area the Size of Wales)” and a departure from the last longplayer, “The Goat”, an Electronic Krautrock affair, which John has promised to return to for next years follow up album.

“I hope that this song really connects with the Welsh fans, and we get to sing it together soon at a live show, or in the terraces.” - John MOuse

When Wales Play Away

The Goat

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New John MOuse single 

A track originally recorded as part of The Fen Sessions, an album written, recorded and released over a weekend, and then deleted on the Monday.

Hot Car, one of the most popular tracks fom the Fens has been re-record and treated with more care than the 2 hours allowed in the original version. With tweaked lyrics and an Italian Disco style treatment, Hot Car is an electronic indie dance floor filler.

HOT CAR

John MOuse feat Gareth David 
Los Campesinos! - ‘I Was A Goalkeeper’

‘Catchier than Joe Hart’s goal keeping gloves’ -  The Devil’s Tuna
‘A more refined Welsh version of Mark E Smith’ - Monolith Cocktail

OUT NOW. DOWNLOAD FROM ALL DIGI OUTLETS INCLUDING https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/i-was-a-goalkeeper-single/id846726765

Watch the video here http://youtu.be/cvIpJcMqLO8

Once again working with members of dour pop outfit Prince Edward Island  "Goalkeeper" is a sparky duet between John and Gareth David (lead singer from Los Campesinos!)

‘I Was A Goalkeeper’ is the title track from John MOuse’s forthcoming 4th album, The Death of John MOuse which is released June 30th via Crocfingers.  

John MOuse was one of the first acts to be announced to playGreenMan 2014 Festival alongside BEIRUT, Neutral Milk Hotel and First Aid Kit. 

Airplay support for John MOuse includes Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1, Mary Anne Hobbs, Chris Hawkins & Steve Lamacq on BBC 6 Music, Adam Walton & Bethan Elfyn on BBC Radio Wales.

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I Was A Goalkeeper (1)

1. I Was A Goalkeeper

10. The Teacher

11.Once Up A Time In Ynysmaerdy (will I Ever Queue Again)

Cardiff cult hero John MOuse is back with new single That’s Just The Way Our Love is out May 9th. 

After a brief dalliance with side project, The Fashion Weak, which spawned singles featuring Gruff Rhys and Miki Berenyi, both garnering extensive 6 Music and Radio Wales airplay, John MOuse continues in the new wave synth pop vignettes. 

That’s Just The Way Our Love Is, is a tale of relationships and the power of love through all its challenges. John collaborates once again with former band member Steven Black (aka Sweet Baboo) who produces this single and the forthcoming album.


That's Just The Way Our Love Is

Thats Just the Way Our Love Is

new single from John MOuse from a forthcoming EP

And then their Phone Goes

11. Gladiator   Contender

5. Bunkbeds And Broken

John Mouse - There's A Hole In My Heart (an Area The Size Of Wales)

The Man Down the Road is the first of two singles to be made available digitally since the recording, release and deletion of the concept album The Fen Sessions.

The Fen Session took place over a weekend in February where ten songs were to be produced, promoted and released, and then deleted from distribution on 9am the Monday morning. Each song was released on the hour every two hours starting at 10am on the Saturday. 

The results were a collection of tales with the predominant theme of delinquent youth running through them set to the back drop of synth laden tracks. The Man Down the Road is one of the tracks that really encapsulates the project, hence the reason it was chosen as the first single to be taken from the sessions and to be made public since the album was deleted.

The concept of The Fen sessions tested both the creative process, writing and producing songs one after the other with no reflection time was a testing challenge for Davies, Pearce and Hodges (guesting on electronic drums) and was also an experiment into fan engagement via social media for an artist with an underground profile. Some of the results were surprising both creatively and the engagement process. The songs were uploaded via and made available via bandcamp for free, but many of the downloaders opted to to pay a sum of money of their choice for the album.

After much deliberation, a post event survey and emails to those fans who had downloaded the album the decision was made to release two singles to a wider audience to ensure that the full Fen Sessions remained exclusive to those who engaged at the initial stage and therefore keeping the integrity of the process intact.

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