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 Spiritualized Fucked Up Inside Rock And Pop | Glass Records Redux | 180g, 1LP Released 28th September 2018 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Spiritualized Fucked Up Inside £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Glass Records Redux SKU: REDUXLP009B Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 28th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Days of Abandon Rock And Pop | Fierce Panda | 1LP Released 5th June 2014 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Days of Abandon £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fierce Panda SKU: NONG88LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 5th June 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Animal Collective Tangerine Reef Rock And Pop | Domino | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 17th August 2018 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Animal Collective Tangerine Reef £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Domino SKU: WIGLP430 Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 17th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dr John The Night Tripper Rock And Pop | Demon | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th November 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dr John The Night Tripper £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Demon SKU: DEMREC786 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th November 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Geese Projector Rock And Pop | Partisan Records | 1LP Released 3rd December 2021 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Geese Projector £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Partisan Records SKU: PTPS05LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd December 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tim Kinsella Tim Kinsella Sings The Songs of Marvin Tate By Leroy Bach Featuring Angel Olsen Rock And Pop | Joyful Noise Recordings | 1LP Released 9th December 2013 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tim Kinsella Tim Kinsella Sings The Songs of Marvin Tate By Leroy Bach Featuring Angel Olsen £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Joyful Noise Recordings SKU: JNR129LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th December 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jefferson Airplane The Worst Of Rock And Pop | Friday Music | 180g, 1LP Released 26th May 2011 £38.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jefferson Airplane The Worst Of £38.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Friday Music SKU: FRMLP4459 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 26th May 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Innocence Mission, The Befriended Rock And Pop | Badman | 1LP Released 23rd August 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Innocence Mission, The Befriended £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Badman SKU: BRC971 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd August 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders On Sale View Product Quick View Tim Hecker Konoyo Electronica | Kranky | 2LP Released 26th September 2018 £15.99 £26.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Tim Hecker Konoyo £15.99 £26.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Kranky SKU: KRANK219LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 26th September 2018 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Script, The Science And Faith Rock And Pop | Sony Legacy | 180g, 1LP Released 25th March 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Script, The Science And Faith £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Legacy SKU: 88875159431 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th March 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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