[Weekly Mix] 2021.10 (5)

Song for a Drummer

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Jake Xerxes Fussell
Good and Green Again
PoB-063
LP/CD/digital
Worldwide release date: Jan. 21, 2022

Jake Xerxes Fussell’s fourth album finds the acclaimed folksong interpreter, guitarist, and singer navigating fresh sonic and compositional landscapes on the most conceptually focused, breathtakingly rendered, and enigmatically poignant record of his wondrous catalog. Produced by James Elkington and featuring formidable players both familiar (Casey Toll, Libby Rodenbough) and new (Joe Westerlund, Bonnie “Prince” Billy), it includes Jake’s first original compositions; atmospheric arrangements with pedal steel, horns, and strings; and cover art by Art Rosenbaum.

Fussell is creating his own legacy within the long lineage of traditional folk musicians and storytellers that have come before him. – The New York Times

So elegant … It’s relaxing in the way that pondering a Zen koan is relaxing, and sweet in the way that the wounded, honey-voiced blues of Mississippi John Hurt are sweet. – Pitchfork

Music that resides at the seams of Appalachia and the cosmos. – NPR

Good and Green Again

LP/CD/digital

Jake Xerxes Fussell: Love Farewell

Accelerator

The Flame

From The New Heaven (Night School, November 2021)

Fine Place - It's Your House

The Rills Skint Eastwood

LYRICS:

The cracked foundations showed
After they pressured washed the patio
The gin and tonics flowed
60:40 was the ratio
She was once again scarred
After he brought the second Jaguar
Not real but probably
Happening somewhere in the Home Counties
The Home Counties

As the sun is going down in a Middle English town
As the sun is going down in a Middle English town

The cracked foundations grow
After they’re forced to sell the second home (oh no!)
They know the neighbours know
If they say walls can talk then so can gnomes
They fired the gardening staff
And followed tips read in The Telegraph
Not real but honestly
This shit is normal in the Home Counties
The Home Counties

As the sun is going down in a Middle English town
As the sun is going down in a Middle English town
As the sun is going down in a Middle English town (In a Middle English town)
As the sun is going down in a Middle English!

As the sun is going down in a Middle English town (The Home Counties)
As the sun is going down in a Middle English town (The Home Counties)
As the sun is going down in a Middle English town (The Home Counties)
As the sun is going down in a Middle English

As the sun is going down in a Middle English town
As the sun is going down in a Middle English town

The Home Counties

Order 7" Vinyl:
https://niceswanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/anorak-patch-delilah

Anorak Patch - Delilah

Neon Cheap (Skream Remix)

The leading single from upcoming Pick a Piper EP 'Sea Steps' due out December 3rd via Tin Angel. 

‘Keep Your Head Up’ features skippy kick drums, woozy synth stabs and pads and a combination of drum machines and live percussion. Chopped up vocals whisk back and forth in the stereo spectrum and fade in and out of the mix entirely as the track progresses. Overall the message is one of encouragement, self worth and appreciation for those around us that lift us up and make our days not just tolerable but worth living.

Pick a Piper - Keep Your Head Up

Following recent appearances at End Of The Road and Twisterella Festival, Durham-based indie punks Fortitude Valley are pleased to reveal their new single ‘The Right Thing (Part 1)’ which is out now on all good digital service providers.

The track is the final single to be taken from their self-titled debut album set for digital release on 29th October 2021 via Fika Recordings—due to global vinyl pressing plant issues, physical preorders are suffering from delays and are still available to purchase on bandcamp now, with delivery date TBC.

Commenting on the track, vocalist Laura Kovic says: “'The Right Thing (Part I)' is about a one-sided attempt to salvage a dysfunctional relationship. It's a reflection on the ways you can sometimes feel lonelier in a couple than you would being on your own. It's one of our favourites to play live, and acts as a counterpoint to the final song on the album, which is the more sombre and introspective second part of the narrative.”

The band are also delighted to announce a run of UK support tour dates with Los Campesinos! in December 2021, with all shows now SOLD OUT (see below for listings).

Recording in two stints during 2019 and 2021 with a COVID sized hole in the middle, the band’s self-titled debut album was laid down between Soup Studios in London, Rocking Horse Recording Studio in Durham, and the members’ respective homes. The album was recorded, engineered and produced by Giles Barrett and Neil Combstock, mixed by Michael Collins, and mastered by Dave Williams.

Addressing themes of the passage of time, friendships and relationships growing apart, and feelings of insecurity, depression, and anxiety—as well as searching for love and salvation—the album is very much a product of our times.

Previously-released album singles ‘Wreck’, ‘Cassini’, ‘Baby, I’m Afraid’ and ‘All Hail The Great Destroyer’ have received praise from a rapidly growing list of press including HARD BEAT, Emerging Rock Bands, LOUD WOMEN, The Punk Site, Noizze, Austin Town Hall, Bring The Noise, For The Rabbits, Get In Her Ears, NARC. Magazine, Sweeping The Nation, Distorted Sound and more.

The tracks also made the band’s first splash at radio, landing on the X-Posure Playlist at Radio X, XS Manchester playlist, Idobi Anthm playlist, Amazing Radio playlist, KINK Indie playlist, and securing spins from Steve Lamacq and Marc Riley at BBC 6music, Mickey Bradley (of The Undertones) at BBC Ulster, BBC Introducing and local radio support, as well as a swathe of regional and specialist shows jumping on board.


Fortitude Valley’s debut self-titled album is released 29th October 2021



Fortitude Valley Live Dates:

06 November - Cambridge - The Blue Moon (Cambridge Indiepop Half Dayer)
07 November - Oxford -Florence Park Community Centre (Oh, Community! Fundraiser)
13 December - Cardiff - The Tramshed * (SOLD OUT)
14 December - London - The Village Underground * (SOLD OUT)
15 December - Leeds - The Brudenell Social Club * (SOLD OUT)

* supporting Los Campesinos!

Fortitude Valley - The Right Thing (Part I)

written, recorded, and produced by me

mastered by Sam Hall (Ghost Orchard)

lyrics:

I want to call you angel
Am I going too far
Please don't be a stranger
After dark I am faithful

But I can't you angel
And so many other things
I have to say it's painful
That I can't call you angel

Why did you call me angel
When we ruled out that spell
We're nothing like strangers
I think I know you pretty well

Now we're laying in my bed
And I can't tell if we're friends
I remember that you said
That I can't call you angel

Can you stay the night
Made dinner for two
With your tired eyes, you say
"It was all in your head"

Why don't you call me angel
I guess I took it too far
Maybe we could just stay friends
I know that's just what you want

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