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FITZ 007 - JOENSUU 1685 'IM ON FIRE'

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FITZ 007 - JOENSUU 1685 'IM ON FIRE'
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.. .. .... ...... ........ .. .. .......... .... ........ .... .......... .. .. .......... .......... .. .. .......... .......... .... -------------------------------------------------.. * OUT JANUARY NOW *.. ...... .. FITZ 007.. JOENSUU 1685.. IM ON FIRE / PERFECT GRACE.. 333 ltd numbered edition 7" vinyl + Badge & insert.. White gloss print sleeve .. .. Following on from FITZ 6, the triple black 'BLACK ACID' 7" we bring you the mighty JOENSUU 1685 the psychedelic hurricane from Finland. 2 tracks carved out of lush white vinyl in white on white gloss sleeve & limited to 333 copies. The band blew us away when we went to see them play last year, they crafted the finest psychedelic noise & drove their equipment to the fuckin edge. If you love A Place To Bury Strangers, Spiritualized, Primal Scream you need to come see this band!.. .. Pick it up from....ROUGH TRADE.... ..& PICCADILLY.. .. ..www.myspace.com/joensuu1685.. .. -------------------------------------------------.. * SOLD OUT *.. ...... .. FITZ 006.. BLACK ACID.. F.U.R / Glitter in the Gutter.. 333 ltd numbered edition 7" vinyl + Badge & insert.. Black gloss print sleeve .. .. Richard Fearless of Death In Vegas returns with his new band BLACK ACID. The New York based band unleash their debut single “F.U.R”/”Glitter In The Gutter” on Monday 24th March... Influenced by the likes of The Stooges, Roky Erickson and Hawkwind, don’t come looking for sympathetic pop songs in this debut release. Fearless takes the dark soulful psychedelic rock of Death In Vegas and brings a whole new twist with Black Acid... The band embark on their first European tour in May, launching the tour at Glasgow’s Nice n Sleazy on 6th May, and finishing up at The Engine Room, Brighton on 12th may. The line up is completed with Matty McDermott (NYMPH), Oliver Ackermann (A Place To bury Strangers) and Doug Marvin (Dirty On Purpose). .. Meanwhile, they are busy touring the east coast of the USA with dynamic duo and good friends, The Raveonettes in March... Black Acid’s debut album is scheduled for a release in spring 2008... -------------------------------------------------.. *OUT NOW!*.. ...... .. FITZ 005.. JACOB FLETCHER.. Don't Go Down / Burn .. 350 ltd edition signed 7" vinyl + Badge.. .. CLICK THE LINKS BELOW TO PURCHASE A COPY OF THE VINYL:.... ....*ROUGH TRADE - LONDON...... ....*PUREGROOVE - LONDON...... ....*NORMANS RECORDS...... ....*PICCADILLY - MANCHESTER...... ....*JUMBO - LEEDS...... ....*ON THE FRINGE...... ...... Jacob Fletcher ‘Don’t go down’ (Fitzrovian Phonographic). The latest brace of instalments from the fledging though irrefutably handsome looking Fitzrovian Phonographic imprint. Impeccably packaged and ridiculously limited in number previous releases on this prized label featured some corking outings for Benjamin Prosser and the Tap Collective, Mr David Viner and the Last Town Chorus whose ‘Caroline’ still haunts and seduces us with a strange unnatural chemistry. Of course all three releases are long sold out as I suspect these two nuggets will soon forever join the club of must have it online auction fisticuffs. Two cuts feature on this dinky little seven inch from London based singer / songwriter Jacob Fletcher - limited to just 350 hand numbered copies and all arriving replete with a little badge. Embarrassed to admit knowing absolutely diddly squat about Mr Fletcher which for regular readers of these pages will come as no small surprise but what we do know is that this is as perfect as things get. Fletcher crafts dust laden crushing melodies that cling with such heart tearing resonance that we swear are nigh on impossible to get all the way through without falling into a heap on the ground in floods of tears, ’Burn’ - the flip side - is especially cast with a beautifully bruised exterior the like of which both Elliott Smith and Will Oldham seemed to have the measure of - but then the marked difference between Fletcher’s style of song craft and those noted talents of the bleakly sparse is his unerring ability to culture a torturous full bodied symphony of hurt that’s impeccably laced with a latent undercurrent of softly woven bitter sweetness that goes some way to dulling the taunted after taste. Seductively bound in a marriage of gently tempered acoustics and gracefully conceived hollowing string arrangements ’Burn’ stings indignantly amid the moving and deeply touching grandeur of a withered gospel folk landscape. Lead cut ’don’t go down’ in sharp contrast literally oozes wedges of boot stomping triumphal blasts of brooding bolshyness comprising of a front loaded brass fanfares, synths and strings and reputed to feature members of Ladytron and the Earlies so the blighter can’t do no wrong then. .. ..www.losingtoday.com.... .. -------------------------------------------------.. *SOLD OUT* ........ .. FITZ 004.. BRIAN OLIVE.. See Me Mariona /Calling All Around.. 350 ltd edition 7" vinyl + Badge.... ...... Brian Olive ‘See me Mariona’ (Fitzrovian Phonographic). The other half of the must have Fitzrovian brace of releases features the wig flipping warped out groove of former Greenhornes dude and Soledad Brothers member Brian Olive. Again as previously ultra limited to just 350 copies and adorned in the usual hand numbered packaging containing FR badge type thing. ‘See me Mariona’ is an acid flashbacked nugget fizzing with late 60’s nuances and craftily laced with a nifty psycho-tropic snake like riff and built upon a droning hypnotic grind this honey dripped fuzzed out mind melting babe sounds like Sunray tripping with the Brian Jonestown Massacre which sounds to me well worth the entrance fee alone. Flip over for the jitter bugging shade wearing ‘calling all around’ - a snazzy ‘n’ smoking garage groover that sounds like its fallen off the soundtrack to Tarentino’s ’Pulp Fiction’ - if you cut a smart dash to his site at www.myspace.com/olivedrabandtheetcetras you can hear a rather killer re-cut reshaped as ’love is all around’ replete with trippy lysergic montages and lazy eyed sitars - well f*ckig cool if you ask me. .. ..www.losingtoday.com...... -------------------------------------------------.. *SOLD OUT*.. ...... Fitz 003 .. THE LAST TOWN CHORUS.. Caroline/ Dear City 7" vinyl.. 250 ltd edition 7" vinyl.. 3 badges.. lyric sheet designed by Megan Hickey.. ...... ‘The Last Town Chorus’ - A revolving ensemble led by singer/writer/lap-steel-guitarist Megan Hickey . She’s been described as ‘The only Choir consisting of one voice’ while their live performances have been described as ‘Hyptnotic & Haunting’. With a vocal recalling Gillian Welch & Hope Sandoval it sways with hushed delay & an unhurried twilight ambience. This is outsider country lapsteel heard coming through the window of a brownstone apartment' .. “Floating on the thawed-crystal voice and lap steel of songwriter Megan Hickey...the sound they make is a liquid tension of urban and rural, transplanted souls with an impossible longing for the best of both".. Uncut...... .. ....*ALBUM 'WIRE WALTZ' OUT NOW ON LOOSE RECORDS*.... .. -------------------------------------------------.. *SOLD OUT* .. ........ Fitz 002.. MR DAVID VINER .. Silence Is Gonna Break / Love at First Sight Blues.. 250 ltd edition 7" vinyl.. 2 badges.. Mini lyric sheet.. edition 1 - 30 comes with Gold Sleeve.. edition 31- 100 comes with Silver Sleeve.. ...... “Beautifully packaged release from the London label with capital music legend David Viner doing his Nick Cave meets bluesy folk sound that has made him a regular on the live circuit. A simply beautiful record that has a timeless quality that means it could have been recorded any time over the last 30 years”.. Puregroove.. .. “these two exclusive tracks are the best thing viner has committed to vinyl yet. 'silence is gonna break' is the pick of the two and it's a 4am full band blues lament with sweet female vocals in the chorus”.. Rough Trade...... -------------------------------------------------...... *SOLD OUT*.. ...... .. Fitz 001.. BENJAMIN PROSSER & THE TAP COLLECTIVE.. Killing Flaw / Below The Plough .. 250 ltd edition 7" vinyl.. 2 badges, poster/lyric sheet.. First 25 copies come with hand made booklet by Benjamin Prosser ........ the first release for fitzrovian phonographic, the coolest new diy label in london is a hand made, dinked seven inch limited to 250 copies only with two badges. the artist launching the label is new cross' ben prosser and the tap collective who deliver two tracks of differing styles but similar instantaneous appeal. the a-side is a dirty, psychadelic, blues rocker that could easily be a lost 60's nugget from the likes of 13th floor elevators while the b-side a mellow, verb drenched psyche-folk-infused masterpiece. this could well be one of the singles of the year from what could well be one of the most exciting new labels in the coming months and years.. Rough Trade.... This the debut release from a debut London Label recalls both Gallon Drunk & Jim Foetus affecting a swarthy & malevolent roiling blues steeped melodrama. The flip side is different & equally awesome.. Time Out.... .. .... YOU CAN BUY BENJAMINS FIRST ALBUM.. 'BLUES FOR HARPO' FROM SEXTON MINGS 'RIM RECORDS' SITE :..www.rimrecords.co.uk...... .. -------------------------------------------------....
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Carl, Danny & James..contact: ..carl@thesocial.com..danny@heavenlyrecordings.com..james@acidbeats.co.uk
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.. *CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER FITZ007 'JOENSUU 1685' FROM ROUGH TRADE * .... ........ .......... ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............................................................. FITZROVIAN ARTISTS.... .............. BENJAMIN PROSSER........Benjamin Prosser was born in Wiltshire in 1974. He started recording at the age of 12 using two tape recorders to double and triple track instrumentals using organ, piano and drums. After studying painting he moved to london in 1998 and formed folk hollering with school friend Mark Arend creating a warped, stompy blues, recording an ep at Toe Rag Studios in 2000 (which was subsequently never released) and playing shows with many underground bands including Reverend Pike, Penny Dreadful, The Tasty Ones, Angel Racing Food and The Gossip. During this period he also founded The Coffin Press specialising in underground/dole poetry publishing six of his own books (Fire Animals, For the Fallen, The Sandman is Coming, The Cunt of Hope, Fear of Women, 27 Reasons To Hate Me) and two by others whilst reading his work around London. After folk hollering split he formed the painting group The TAP ('They're All Prostitutes') Collective ('for those who sign on and make art') centred around a south London homeless drop-in shelter where he volunteered running arts workshops. Benjamin curated several exhibitions of paintings, prints and drawings there. The TAP Collective recorded an lp 'old wood, new fire' in early 2002 and this was released along with his first solo compilation lp 'The Cunt of Hope' on his own imprint Black Spot Records. A further LP 'In Her Arms Again' was compiled but due to lack of funds was never released. Benjamin moved to Barcelona in 2002 and spent 6 months making paintings and collages exhibiting them at Granja de Gava in the Ravel district of the city. After moving back to London he formed a short lived duo Jamboree, playing shows with The Parkinsons, Archie Bronson Outfit and Kramer among others. Finding this a dispiriting experience Benjamin decided to return to making music alone. 'The Cunt of Hope' was re-named 'Blues for Harpo' and reissued on Sexton Ming's Rim Records in 2004 getting a lot of airplay on Irwin Chusid's (author of 'music in the key of z') show on WFMU in the USA whilst an early version of 'Killing Flaw' was used in the Australian film 'Playing with Piranhas.' After many years without or in part-time work he decided to seek full-time employment. He now works at a hostel in New Cross London specialising in the rehabilitaion of mentally disordered offenders and shows his art work at the Kiroh Gallery Edinburgh. ...... www.myspace.com/benjaminprosser...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. MR DAVID VINER......This is not "garage blues", "nu blues", or even "contemporary blues" - it is just blues and folk music - as beautiful and simple and perfect as it can be played. It's Mr. David Viner - a gaunt young man in a cheap suit, possessor of a worldly knowledge beyond his years, and a heart of stone...One misty morning a real bluesman and his bluesmen friends were staggering along the banks of the Mississippi river on their way back from a drinking/jammin'/bluesy session at their local bar when they stumbled upon a basket with a tiny pink skinny baby inside. The note attached told them to look after the infant 'David' and to bring him up as they would their own. The real bluesman knelt down and put his hand in the basket. Just as he did this the baby grabbed his finger and started topick away at it, like you would a guitar. Not any guitar. No sir. This be a blues guitar. The real bluesman hooted and howled proclaiming how this child will be a born bluesman. "We'll name him 'Viner', theres no name finer!" So they picked him up, and took him back to the condo where they all lived. They made a bed for him in one of their draws where he slept 'till he was ten. By then he had mastered the Blues and was drinkin' boob scotch mornin and night to keep his music real gritty sounding. But he spoke with an English accent and the bluesmen could never understand how he got it, so he decided to travel to london because there weren't many bluesmen there and Mississippi was getting over run with 'em. So there he stayed like a street urchin living off his busking tips until a band from Detroit called the Von Bondies needed a guy to sell their tour merchandise. So David said he would because he turned out to be a nice guy like that. He would play his guitar for them too, which they liked a whole lot. One day they asked him if he would want to play for the crowd before they went on. David accepted this invitation, and asked Carrie, who is the super lovely bassist with the band, if she would mind making him some boob scotch for his performances. But he would have to observe the process to make sure she was doing it right. Sadly Carrie declined his request and said she'd "kick his ass" if he ever tried to pull that one again. After this David learned to sing and play his guitar on regular scotch. Even though really he should drink bourbon, it's better... .... www.mrdavidviner.com.... ...... .. THE LAST TOWN CHORUS......The Last Town Chorus "She sings like an angel and plays lap steel guitar like the Devil. Audio Narcotics." (Village Voice) The Last Town Chorus is a revolving ensemble led by Megan Hickey, and whose live performances range from solo sets to large ensembles that feature collaborators from pop, classical, and rock worlds. "The Last Town Chorus is the only choir consisting of one voice -- and it belongs to Brooklyn's Megan Hickey, who croons languidly while her idiosyncratic lap steel guitar yawns and stretches seductively. Megan's music is spatial, unhurried, and tinged with sorrow. She proves you don't have to play loud and fast to be heard." ..(Irwin Chusid, WFMU).. "Dont feel bad if you walk away a little slackjawed after seeing Last Town Chorus for the first time. Its hard not to. The Brooklyn act is fronted by Megan Hickey, whose cover-girl looks fall completely out of context with her instrument of choice: lap steel (and a cheap, 60-year-old one at that). However unlikely the combination, Hickey is not just convincing, but utterly spellbinding as she sits at the lip of the stage, eyes closed, drenching her songs of heartbreak and city life with bottomless longing. It just sounds like I feel, she says of the lap steel, which she uses to send us floating in space or rolling down an endless big-sky highway. Her delay-rich style veers into both avant Americana and the ethereal, recalling Beth Orton and Hope Sandoval. Its an unlikely path for a Pittsburgh girl who grew up on the likes of Yaz and Erasure (shes even recorded glacial covers of Bowies Modern Love and Culture Clubs Do You Really Want to Hurt Me.). A former bandmate introduced her to the lap steel a few years ago, and her life hasnt been the same since: It was like magic in my living room... Relix Magazine, US (August 2005) ...... www.thelasttownchorus...... .. .. BRIAN OLIVE.... ......www.myspace.com/brian42olive...... .. .. JACOB FLETCHER.... .. Jacob Fletcher Started song writing in Manchester in 2002 under the wings of I Am Kloot, Elbow & Indigo Jones. He then formed Grand transmitter in 2003. Upon releasing critically acclaimed debut “Under the Wheel” Tours followed with Spiritualized & Keane & a performance on the Glastonbury John Peel Stage! Jacob started performing under his own name releasing “All the dead roads to the kingdom” with members of Ladytron & the Earlies contributing Synth and string arrangements. The Album was written & recorded on Journeys down highway 61 in the US and in Eastern Europe & Russia! Time out described it as “Rich, Fine solo song craft” & “Art Blues” Jacob & his band (Rich Watts, Tess Oakley, Sarah Wain & Nick Foot, known as the Mini Orchestra) are starting work on the second LP & playing out live!.. ....www.myspace.com/jacobfletcher...... .. .. BLACK ACID.... .... Black Acid were formed in New York by former Death In Vegas man Richard Fearless with Oliver Ackermann from A Place To Bury Strangers. ......www.myspace.com/officialblackacid...... .. .. JOENSUU 1685...... ..Joensuu 1685 is a rock trio from Finland, formed in Helsinki 2007 by two brothers Mikko Joensuu, Markus Joensuu and (of same name but not a relative) Risto Joensuu, all in their early twenties. They love to get drowned in overtones, feedbacks and noises, due to paint a soft but sizzling stream of big beauty. Repetitive bass riffs, powerful yet pretty restrained drumming, extensive guitar overtones, pastoral organs and Mikko's singing creates original soundscapes and adds something new to the scenes where they might draw their influences from: bluesy garage psychedelia from the late 60s to the wall of sounds in the 80s and early 90s. ....www.myspace.com/joensuu1685...... .. ..............FITZ 001. The Tap Collective/Benjamin Prosser -SOLD OUT..FITZ 002. Mr David Viner - SOLD OUT..FITZ 003. The Last Town Chorus - SOLD OUT ..FITZ 004. Brian Olive - SOLD OUT..FITZ 005. Jacob Fletcher - available ..FITZ 006. Black Acid - TUNED IN, DROPPED OUT, SOLD OUT ..FITZ 007. Joensuu 1685 - OUT NOW in ROUGH TRADE & PICCADILLY.... .. Fitzrovian Phonographic..5 Little Portland Street..Fitzrovia..London..W1 ..