Adam Franklin with Ley Taylor:guitar; Josh Stoddard:bass; Than Luu:drums; Gerald Menke:pedal steel; Charlie Francis:bass, keyboards, manning the boards; Jeff Townsin:drums; Matthew Durrant:drums, falling off drums.
Influences
Jimi Hendrix, The Zodiac:Cosmic Sounds, Ennio Morricone, The Velvet Underground, T.Rex, Serge Gainsbourg, Swervedriver
Sounds Like
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Adam Franklin
Shine A Light
Original Release: 06/03/08
Format: 7" / Digital Price: £.49
Adam Franklin
Bolts Of Melody
Original Release: 06/26/07
Format: Compact Disc Price: £8
Toshack Highway
Syds Eye's 7"
Original Release: 09/26/06
Format: 7" Vinyl Price: SOLD OUT
Toshack Highway
Everyday, Rock'N'Roll Vol.2
Original Release: 10/11/05
Format: Compact Disc Price: £7
Toshack Highway vs. Sianspheric
Magnetic Morning/Aspirin Age
Original Release: 05/20/03
Format: Compact Disc (x2) Price: £10
From 1990 to 1998
Adam Franklin was the singer, guitarist and main songwriter for London-based Swervedriver; contemporaries of and label mates with My Bloody Valentine and Ride but with a more adrenalized rock 'n' roll sound, showing flashes of Husker Du and Sonic Youth. Then from 1999 to 2006 Adam recorded and toured as Toshack Highway, a gentler but no less inventive folky/electronic/film-soundtracky hybrid, releasing a full album and flurry of EPs, split releases, seven inch singles and the like.
In 2007 an album that had started out as the next Toshack Highway release became the first album to be released under the moniker Adam Franklin and was titled Bolts of Melody - which also became the name of Adam's adaptable, forever-changing and quite formidable live group. Sometimes a rock 'n' roll four-piece and at times expanding to take in pedal steel and piano, the live band and album showcased a return of sorts to the searing, guitar-constructed songwriting style Franklin's followers were familar with from Swervedriver days, but also with an air of the musical experimentation more redolent of the Toshack era.
In 2008 Franklin found time not only to tour once again with the re-ignited Swervedriver as they were raptuously received on their first tour for a decade, but also to tour and record the debut album of Magnetic Morning, his new collaboration with Sam Fogarino of Interpol, and record - with the Bolts of Melody band - the second Adam Franklin release, Spent Bullets RELEASED MARCH 31ST 2009.
Bullets walks beyond the ground broken on Bolts and is a more direct, varied and satisfying album than ever before. The power and melody that has always coursed through the veins of Adam's electric songs is in full effect on tunes such as Surge, Teardops Keep Fallin' Out My Head and Autumn Leaf. And then in the likes of Big Sur, Champs or End Credits, there are all sorts of other unexpected and intriguing sonic fingerprints - smudged evocations of Scott Walker soundtracking a French spy movie or The Temptations refracted through side three of Electric Ladyland perhaps. In short, some of the most sonicly beautiful songs of Franklin's career converge on one disc that aims straight for the heart.
Yey! You made the suburbs seem cool. I mean, until the show was over and I went outside and remembered where I was. But, that's not your fault. Awesome show!
Hi Adam, "No direction" is one of the best song i've heard these last months. I've just bought your album "Spent Bullets": it's awesome, really! Don't give up guy, we need your talent! Thierry
Great album and touring with the Church ! Your just full of surprises. Finally got my hands on the Magnetic Morning Cds since you guys didnt bring any merch to the Dallas show and they are a treat. I took video of that show if anyone is interested and gave a copy to Josh, got the whole set too. Why aren't you guys coming down south at all ? Austin City Limits would be awesome with this bill. I may see ya in Englewood, Co with any luck.
you made my summer last year when you reunited with swervedriver! you've already made this summer 4 me by making an awesome album and touring with another of my all-time fav bands, the church!
great stuff as always... I went through the creation mill in the late 90's and it's good to be on the otherside. I always loved your guitar tones and the way you twist the chords..bend the whammy bar man...loads of respect.
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