Steven Adams: Drops - COMPACT DISCS

Steven Adams: Drops - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Drops

Artist:

Steven Adams

Label:

Fika Recordings

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5057998043651

Genre:

Rock

Release Date:

2023-12-15

Number of Discs:

1

Steven Adams, formerly of The Broken Family Band releases new album DROPS. Since calling time on TBFB at the height of their success, Adams has released half a dozen albums under various names (Singing Adams, Steven James Adams, Steven Adams & The French Drops), his witty, incisive lyrics and melodic sensibilities taking in DIY indie rock, folky introspection, and off-kilter pop hooks. Originally from South Wales, Adams now lives in East London. DROPS is the first album to be credited to him as a solo artist since 2016's Old Magick, and his noisiest record to date. Armed with a new batch of material, he began by upping sticks to the Welsh countryside to experiment with drummer Daniel Fordham and bassist David Stewart - both formerly of psych oddballs The Drink. The trio then took the songs to Big Jelly, a converted chapel on the south coast, with co-producer Simon Trought (Comet Gain, Johnny Flynn, The Wave Pictures) to lay down the basic tracks for DROPS. Eschewing a full band set, recording sessions in East London followed with Laurie Earle (Absentee) on guitar and Michael Wood (Hayman Kupa Band, Michaelmas) on keyboards. Adams then took the recordings home and to the French countryside, to work alone. The result is a dynamic and spirited collection of songs, with Adams's love of 90/00s US underground rock (Pavement's Bob Nastanovich is a fan) to the fore. DROPS is a sonically compelling piece of work: from bleak/exultant opener Out to Sea and motorik Living in the Local Void to the weirdly funereal Fascists, and Day Trip's psychedelia in miniature. There are also moments of tenderness: the avalanche of empathy on closing track Cheap Wine Sad Face, and I Tried to Keep it Light's "worse things could happen... I don't know how, but give me time."1. Out To Sea 2. Living In The Local Void3. Moderation4. Heads Keep Rolling5. Making Holes6. Pas Moi7. Holiday Casual8. Fascists9. I Tried To Keep It Light10. Day Trip11. Cheap Wine Sad Face

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