2023's picks Drops Steven Adams SKU: FIKA098LP Barcode: 5057998043675 21.00 £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fika Recordings Released Date: 10th November 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “A national musical treasure” The Guardian Steven Adams, formerly of The Broken Family Band releases new album DROPS on Fika Recordings in November 2023. 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. “Every record I’ve made has been in a hurry of some sort” says Adams of his new album, “and with this one I took my time”. DROPS is the first album to be credited to him as a solo artist since 2016’s Old Magick, his first new music since 2020, 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 up (“I wanted to concentrate on one thing at a time”), 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. “I finally got my head around home recording in 2020, while things were a bit quiet. Once I worked out how to record things I realised I didn’t have to think about time. I could let the songs evolve and change once we had the basic tracks down. After a while I started to think of them as paintings; trying something one morning, painting over it in the afternoon and attempting something completely different… it was about enjoying the process, making some bangers, playing around… and giving Simon the producer a mess to sort out when it came to mixing the record”. Whenever Tom from Fika Recordings checked in to see how the album was progressing Adams would reply, “it’s taking ages but it’ll sound like it was recorded in an afternoon”. 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 the motorik Living in the Local Void to the weirdly funereal Fascists (where Adams imagines the “little skip in our steps” that we’ll have upon outliving some baddies), 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”. Adams says: “I’m preoccupied by the passing of time and the way it affects how we feel. This record is about time and bewilderment and trying to make sense of things”. “…astonishing tenderness in its simplicity … brilliant lyrics.” Q Magazine “…the tunes are instant and uplifting, but the real wallop comes from the lyrical imagery.” The Guardian “…barbed modern life chronicles.” UNCUT Artist Steven Adams Genre Rock And Pop Label Fika Recordings Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Out To Sea Living In The Local Void Moderation Heads Keep Rolling Making Holes Pas Moi Holiday Casual Fascists I Tried To Keep It Light Day Trip Cheap Wine Sad Face Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Madonnatron Madonnatron Rock And Pop | Trashmouth Records | 1LP Released 28th July 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Madonnatron Madonnatron £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Trashmouth Records SKU: TMR13LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th July 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Darwin Deez Darwin Deez Rock And Pop | Lucky Number | 1LP Released 10th April 2010 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Darwin Deez Darwin Deez £13.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Lucky Number SKU: LUCKY039LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th April 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nerina Pallot Fires (Half-speed Remaster) Rock And Pop | Chrysalis | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Half Speed Mastered Released 12th April 2024 £29.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Nerina Pallot Fires (Half-speed Remaster) £29.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Chrysalis SKU: CRV1633 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Half Speed Mastered Released Date: 12th April 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View David Tattersall Group, The The David Tattersall Group Rock And Pop | Bella Union | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 6th October 2023 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders David Tattersall Group, The The David Tattersall Group £28.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Bella Union SKU: BELLA1532V Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 6th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Durutti Column, The A Paean to Wilson (Deluxe Edition) Rock And Pop | Durutti | 3LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 12th November 2021 £39.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Durutti Column, The A Paean to Wilson (Deluxe Edition) £39.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Durutti SKU: LOTTA004 Formats: 3LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 12th November 2021 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Heart Fanatic Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 8th October 2012 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Heart Fanatic £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP621 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 8th October 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bevis Frond Inner Marshland Psychedelia / Garage | Cherry Red | 2LP Released 16th February 2015 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bevis Frond Inner Marshland £26.00 Genre: Psychedelia / Garage Label: Cherry Red SKU: BRED646 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 16th February 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View David Bowie Now Rock And Pop | RSD2018 | 1LP Released 21st April 2018 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders David Bowie Now £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: RSD2018 SKU: RSD2018251 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st April 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Those Pretty Wrongs Those Pretty Wrongs / Zed For Zulu Rock And Pop | Curation Records | 2LP Released 6th May 2022 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Those Pretty Wrongs Those Pretty Wrongs / Zed For Zulu £29.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Curation Records SKU: CURED009LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 6th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Music For Dancefloors The KPM Music Library (Deluxe Version) Rock And Pop | Strut | 2LP, CD Released 2nd April 2013 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Music For Dancefloors The KPM Music Library (Deluxe Version) £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Strut SKU: STRUT106LP Formats: 2LP, CD Released Date: 2nd April 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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