Name: Lifetimes by Nathan Brailey
Duration: 2 min 47 s
Description: Nothing like a sunny Saturday arvo to get a guy all introspective. This song is not about Sunny arvos.

Nothing like a sunny Saturday arvo to get a guy all introspective. This song is not about Sunny arvos.

Lifetimes

Buy 7" and download "In The Dirt" free from: hopestreetrecordings.com/spanishharlem 

Stop what you’re doing. Lovers of soul, funk, and all the other good grease need to get on this 45 real quick. HopeStreet Recordings brings you a collaboration between Australia’s hottest soul voice, Nai Palm, and Australia’s heaviest rhythm section, The PutBacks, on that classic, classic joint Spanish Harlem. The Worm, a typically heavy PutBacks instrumental on the flip rounds out two smokin’ sides of Burn City soul.  

Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector wrote Spanish Harlem for Ben E King in 1960, but it was Aretha Franklin took it to number one in 1970. In 2013, The PutBacks and Nai put it down one more time on 8 tracks of tape with the production team at HopeStreet Recordings and you sure can take that sucker home on wax, but you’d better be quick. After all – this release has been 50 years in the making. 

The B side on this record is for the B boys. The Worm baby. Lots of songs fade out, but how many fade in? Yeah. That’s real. This kind of lowdown funky break is what the PutBacks really love to put the back in. Ouch. Will someone sample this already so it can go for longer than three and a half minutes?

This record is raucous and rich in the rawness. The drums, bass, and percussion gallop through Spanish Harlem and swagger through The Worm. The guitar and organ howl and huff. Simple production lets the musicians do the talking, and boy, Nai Palm can shout. Sweet layered harmonies over a dirty minimal rhythm track. It’s a new thing, it’s an old thing, it’s a limited pressing and it’s yours at www.hopestreetrecordings.com. 

Also, we do know what year it is so yes, the vinyl does come with a download code for both sides plus a digital version of another PutBacks instrumental – In The Dirt. Value added. Special funky bonus. Get yours. 

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The PutBacks feat. Nai Palm - Spanish Harlem

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Nathan Brailey is an acoustic artist from Melbourne, and after years of touring the East coast with folk rockers ‘The Ramshackle Army’ he is now translating his road tested storytelling into a solo project. Nathan is no newcomer to the folk music scene, and over the last 5 years of touring has played at many festivals both within Australia and abroad. Such festivals include Port Fairy Folk, Illawarra Folk, Shamrockfest (Washington DC), Get Shamrocked (California) and Echuca Celtic Festival to name a few. Nathan has also played a range of prominent rock festivals, including Cherry Rock, Blood Sweat and Beers (Sydney), and St Kilda Fest. Nathan’s solo material draws on a wide range of classic folk influences, but mainly those from the UK and American south traditions. This is a man who clearly knows his way around a Pogues or Billy Bragg CD, but subtle tones of Appalachian, bluegrass, NOLA blues and some classic C&W can all be heard too. Nathan brings both eclectic tastes and unique interpretations to his music, and his song writing style translates well to both the stage and studio. His music is both artistically and mentally provoking, ranging from loud aggressive ballads and raucous sing-a-longs, to quiet finger picked peeks at the soul. With light hearted satire and a cheeky disrespect for the status quo, his high energy but intimate live shows will leave you with a healthy smile, a rested heart, and a friend you didn’t know you knew. Whether in a quiet bar, a noisy pub, a sunny festival or a relaxed beer garden, Nathan Brailey has a song that seems fitting. Take note though, Nathan’s lyrics are catchy and may be prone to getting stuck in your head so if you get caught out singing along at the lights, you were warned!


Lifetimes

Nathan Brailey

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