JOHNNY BOY - 'JOHNNY BOY'

Formats

• JB001 - CD

  689492063825

Details

AFTER RELEASING TWO OF THE BEST SINGLES OF THE LAST DECADE, "JOHNNY BOY THEME" ON THE BOOBYTRAP LABEL (SINGLE OF THE WEEK AT THE INDEPENDENT), AND THEN THE MIGHTY "YOU ARE THE GENERATION THAT BOUGHT MORE SHOES AND YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE" ON VERTIGO (SINGLE OF THE WEEK AT THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, JOCKEY SLUT, XFM ONLINE, ETC.) AT LAST WE ARE VERY PROUD TO BRING YOU THE SELF-TITLED SELF-RELEASED DEBUT ALBUM, FEATURING BOTH SINGLES AND A WEALTH OF BRAND NEW GEMS RECORDED BY DAVE ERINGA (MANIC STREET PREACHERS, ASH, IDLEWILD, ETC.) WITH HELP FROM JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD (MANIC STREET PREACHERS) AND LIAM WATSON (WHITE STRIPES, THE ZUTONS, THE KILLS, ETC.) THE BAND'S LEGENDARY SAMPLE-TASTIC PHIL SPECTOR-INFLUENCED WALL-OF-SOUND COMPLIMENTS PERFECTLY THEIR LOVE FOR A GREAT TUNE AND A POP HOOK SO CATCHY IT HURTS. ON RECORD A TWO-PIECE COMPRISING GUY/GIRL DUO DAVO AND LOLLY BOTH TAKING ON THE ROLES OF GUITARS, LOOPS & VOCALS, JOHNNY BOY HAVE ALSO BECOME A FORMIDABLE LIVE ACT OVER THE LAST YEAR PLAYING SOME OF THE BIGGEST FESTIVALS ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH A FULL BAND BEHIND THEM! EXPECT A BARRAGE OF GREAT PRESS FOR THIS ALBUM IN TIME FOR RELEASE (UK PRESS BY SILVER PR), AND RADIO PLAYS OF THE SINGLE "YOU ARE THE GENERATION...", BEING RE-RELEASED AS A DIGITAL-ONLY SINGLE ON 14TH MAY, COMPLETE WITH PROMO VIDEO BY UBER-FAN DON LETTS. JOHNNY BOY ARE ON TOUR IN THE UK IN MAY WITH THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS.

Tracks

1. YOU ARE THE GENERATION THAT BOUGHT MORE SHOES AND YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE
2. WALL STREET
3. FIFTEEN MINUTES
4. LIVIN' IN THE CITY
5. WAR ON WANT
6. SPRINGER
7. ALL EXITS FINAL
8. FORMALDEHYDE (LAST WORDS OF LOTTERY LOSER)
9. BONNIE PARKER'S 115TH DREAM
10. JOHNNY BOY THEME

Press

NME - REVIEW MAY 2007



FOR THE "GENERATION..." SINGLE: "UTTERLY PERFECT" NME - "ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS" JOHNNY MARR - "SOMETHING STRANGE AND MAGNIFICENT IS GOING ON" MOJO - "RECALLS THE CLASH, ST ETIENNE AND PHIL SPECTOR AT THEIR PEAKS" THE GUARDIAN - "HEARTBREAKING SADNESS AND JOY" OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY. ALBUM REVIEWS: THE GUARDIAN (LEAD REVIEW 4/5), INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY (4/5), ROCK SOUND (8/10), NME - ALBUM REVIEWS TBC: KERRANG, THE WIRE, MOJO, THE FLY, SUNDAY TIMES, Q, ETC.

Audio & Video

HORSEFEATHERS - 'WORDS ARE DEAD'

Formats

• LMD35 - CD

  619981202626

Details

WORDS ARE DEAD IS A STUNNING DEBUT ALBUM FROM PORTLAND FOLK SONGWRITER DUO HORSE FEATHERS. JUSTIN RINGLE'S VOICE FILLS OUT A ROOM WITH STARTLING RESULTS, CARRYING A STRENGTH AND CONFIDENCE THAT ELABORATES ON THE BURDENS OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS AND ESTRANGED PERSONAL DEALINGS.THE ALBUM'S STARK HONESTY AND OPEN-WOUND VOCAL DELIVERIES ARE AS PERSONALLY EFFECTING AS THEY ARE ORCHESTRATED MUSICALLY, AND FOR THAT CREDIT IS DUE TO PRODIGAL MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST PETER BRODERICK. BY USING A VARIETY OF INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDING GUITAR, BANJO, PERCUSSION, PIANO, MUSICAL SAW, AND STRINGS, HORSE FEATHERS DRAWS FROM A PALETTE OF SOUNDS THAT IS OLD IN APPROACH YET FRESH IN EXECUTION. RELYING ON AN UNUSUAL MIX OF STARK ARRANGEMENTS WITH DYNAMIC ACCENTS, THEIR SOUND GLISTENS WITH EFFICIENCY. INFLUENCED BY THE MOOD OF SUCH ARTISTS AS NICK DRAKE, NEBRASKA-ERA BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, WILL OLDHAM, AND CAT POWER, HORSE FEATHERS EVOKES THE SOUND OF BEING OPTIMISTICALLY BROKEN. SIMULTANEOUSLY DOUR YET BEAUTIFUL, THEY OFFER THE LISTENER AN UNFLINCHING GLIMPSE INTO MOMENTS OF PERSONAL REFLECTION.

Tracks

1. HARDWOOD PEWS
2. FINCH ON SATURDAY
3. DUSTBOWL
4. BLOOD ON THE SNOW
5. HONEST DOUBTERS
6. IN OUR BLOOD
7. UNTITLED
8. FALLING THROUGH THE ROOF
9. LIKE LAVENDER
10. WALKING & RUNNING
11. EYES FULL OF ROSE
12. MOTHER'S SICK

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