Following the release of “You Say You Love Me” as a super-limited split 7″ in late 2011, Trash Aesthetics (Richmond Fontaine, Bloc Party, Chuck Prophet, Treecreeper, Luke Vibert) are proud to present the “Black Domino Box” EP – the latest chapter in H. Hawkline’s impeccable recorded output. Mentor, and co-producer of this collection, Gruff Rhys is perhaps best placed to bring you up to date with the story so far:

H.Hawkline is the beatiest thing to emerge from Lundy Island since the 2007 Norovirus outbreak.

The “Black Domino Box” EP finds Mr Hawkline in a state of flux. Whereas his previous albums “A Cup Of Salt” and “The Strange Uses Of Ox Gall”, were vinyl exercises in Sandy Bull powered finger picking and field recordings, with only a pinch of songwriting, Hawkline has undergone a Dylanesque electrical epiphany, becoming a jangling guitar hero of 1983 to 1996 vintage in the process, simultaneously fully embracing, for the first time, The Song.

Lyrically, Hawkline channels his idol Richard Brautigan through a rough cement mixture of sludge rock, Felt and seaweed, listing his possessions in his rented room in what is a poignant appraisal of a dispossessed generation of multi-tasking, rarely paid young musicians.

12″ + poster , printed sleeve on reverse board (matt)