‘Getaway’ blends the groups love for home spun, light touch sound production and 1960s/70s melody-focused song writing. Expressive slide guitars weave together the songs lyrical references to American country folklore and the classic rock cannon, all are fair game for the Flannelettes as they spin a tale of modern boredom and escapism that will have listeners tapping their toes and singing along.

The archetype of the ramblin’ outlaw is as old as the hills, yet remains evergreen subject mattter for country songwriters. Lead singer Mark Curtis explains that the inspiration for ‘Getaway’ was born from his desire to explore this character from a less conventional angle, remaining true to his own experience of not being one!. "I found a lot of inspiration from outsider art and songwriters like Kurt Cobain. Curtis says. " This song is all about escaping the daily grind and living in the moment, but from the perspective of an observer, someone who cannot participate themselves, so there’s a inherent building tension throughout."

Mark Curtis And The Flannelettes - Getaway -

‘Kilometres’ is a travelling song that invites the listener along for a backseat daydream; it’s a number that’s in conversation with the past while hitching a ride somewhere new and untravelled.
 
The aesthetic of the song is reminiscent of the ‘good old days’ with its worn-in acoustic guitar rhythm punctuated by melodic string runs and marching drum accents.

The production is honest with a light-touch, harking back to analogue recordings of the late 1960s and 70s akin to the output of Neil Young or Gillian Welch/David Rawlings.

Songwriter/singer Mark Curtis penned ‘Kilometres’ as a spiritual reply letter to Woodie Guthrie’s ‘The Car Song’; a naively fun ode to motor vehicle travel written and recorded in the 1940s and performed by everyone from Dylan, Springsteen and Donovan to (most likely) your own parents and grandparents. 

   
Marks lyric evokes the novelty and enamour of Guthrie’s work and playfully marries it to unglamorous slices of banal modernity like paying for fuel, waiting at traffic lights and distracting phone use. 

He creates a bittersweet stream of images held in subtle tension and uses ‘Kilometres’ as a vehicle to go panning in the murky waters between the timeless and the everyday.

Are the flannelettes releasing a song about the inexpressible, one-way directionality of time, linking all souls together in a mysterious continuum? or is it simply a song about the metric system? Have a listen and find out for yourself.

Kilometres  - Mark Curtis And The Flannelettes

Rock n Roll Heaven is the debut single from Adelaide alt country band "Mark Curtis & the Flannelettes". Featuring the B-side "Pigs and Troughs".

Pigs And Troughs

Rock n Roll Heaven is the debut single from Adelaide alt country group "Mark Curtis & the Flannelettes". Featuring the B-side "Pigs and Troughs".

Rock n roll Heaven

09/09/2017

Rock N Roll Heaven

Compelling songwriting with quirk, delivered by a fun, alt country, string band from Adelaide, South Australia Kaurna Yerta

MarkCurtis and the Flannelettes