Revel In The Drama Ren Harvieu SKU: 19.00 19.00 £19.00 £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Bella Union Released Date: 3rd April 2020 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code 180g 1LP Includes Download Code Buying Options Choose an option180g 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code180g 1LP Includes Download CodeClear Revel In The Drama quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Ren Harvieu announces her long-awaited new album ‘Revel In The Drama’, via Bella Union. The album is a brilliant, bolder and broader take on her timeless pop classicism, a compelling diary of a struggle with selfbelief and a celebration of liberation and survival, seven years after her Top 5 debut album and having overcome a life-threatening injury. Think of ‘Revel In The Drama’ as Harvieu’s second debut album; a new beginning. Harvieu’s defiance against the odds and her willingness to lay herself open to make what she believed was within her is baked into every groove of the record, across every stylistic turn: the giddy pop of ‘Strange Thing’, the gothic swoon of ‘Cruel Disguise’, the smoky seductiveness of ‘Yes Please’ through to the stirring torchsong finale ‘My Body She Is Alive’. Harvieu has come a long way from the 17-year-old who was signed to Island Records and who had no intention of becoming a singer-songwriter. Even when she made her debut album ‘Through The Night’, her confidence was low. “I did help write a few of the songs on that record, which I’m still very fond of, but I felt more of a mouthpiece for someone else’s talent, which eats away at you especially because I had so much to say lyrically I just hadn’t learnt how to as yet.” Her injury – a broken spine following “a freak accident” between recording and releasing her debut album – undermined Harvieu even further. Likewise, Island parted ways with her six months after its release, despite a Top 5 chart entry, making the BBC’s Sound Of 2012, a 5-star live review from The Guardian and TV exposure. What followed was what Harvieu describes as “some very dark years” which she addresses in songs like ‘Spirit Me Away’ and the 50’s ballad-evoking ‘You Don’t Know Me’. A split with her long-term partner, her manager and then her beloved Salford. “In one fell swoop everything was gone. I knew I had to get away, start again, rebuild myself.” It wasn’t until 2015 to be exact, when she met Romeo Stodart, the Magic Numbers frontman and songwriter who had emailed after seeing her perform on Later… With Jools Holland, to ask if she’d consider writing together. “When we started, the energy was immediately different to anyone I’d worked with before, there was this insane instant musical connection” she says. “I loved that Romeo really embraced who I was and encouraged it, I was starting to realise that I didn’t have to be anything other than myself.” The pair spent the next two years co-writing: “I wasn’t in a massive hurry, because at last I was having fun” Harvieu says. “We’d stay up all night drinking, dancing and playing music, I felt like I was re-discovering a girl who had been hidden, quietened. I’d tell Romeo, I don’t just want to paint pretty pictures I want to revel in the drama of my life, the good and the bad, before I was afraid to say something in my lyrics, but no longer. I felt free.” The album was co-produced by Romeo Stodart and Dave Izumi Lynch, owner of Echo Zoo studio in Eastbourne where recording took place. “It was a truly magical experience working with Dave & Romeo, they are two absolute nurturing musical wizards.” says Harvieu. Harvieu’s lyrical confidence is evident throughout the album and has you leaning in to absorb line after line. Her voice, soaring and caressing in equal measure, is matched in force by her flirtatious personality. From the album’s opening lyric “Let me put my paws on you, strange thing” through to the feminine bite of ‘Curves And Swerves’ – “I’ve got some curves and some swerves, what you gonna do about it?” which crackles with sexual tension and an aching vulnerability. Among Harvieu’s new songs are messages of hope to her younger, anxious self. To the teenage goth Ren in ‘Little Raven’, she says: “I want you to know, that I’m starting to feel, but its gonna take time, but I’m ready to heal.” ‘Tomorrow Girl Today’ is to the Ren “who would make bad decisions… we can all be very selfdestructive, but will we make it this time?” LP pressed on 180g vinyl with digital download code. Available to independent retailers on 180g clear vinyl with digital download code. Artist Ren Harvieu Genre Rock And Pop Label Bella Union Buying Options 180g 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code , 180g 1LP Includes Download Code Format 180g , 1LP , Coloured Vinyl , Includes Download Code Condition New Country UK Track Listings Strange Thing Teenage Mascara This Is How You Make Me Feel Curves And Swerves Cruel Disguise Yes Please Spirit Me Away This Is Our Love You Don’t Need Me Tomorrow’s Girl Today Little Raven My Body She Is Alive Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Grateful Dead In The Dark Rock And Pop | Mobile Fidelity | 180g, 1LP Released 3rd July 2012 £50.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Grateful Dead In The Dark £50.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Mobile Fidelity SKU: MFSL1369 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 3rd July 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moon Duo Stars Are The Light Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th September 2019 £22.00 - £23.00 Select options Moon Duo Stars Are The Light £22.00 - £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th September 2019 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Enya And Winter Came Rock And Pop | Rhino | 1LP Released 11th October 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Enya And Winter Came £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rhino SKU: 0190295963347 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cure, The Paris – 30th Anniversary Edition Rock And Pop | UMR / Polydor | 2LP Released 22nd March 2024 £39.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Cure, The Paris – 30th Anniversary Edition £39.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMR / Polydor SKU: 4847991 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 22nd March 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Comanechi Crime Of Love Rock And Pop | Merok | Miscellaneous Released 7th December 2009 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Comanechi Crime Of Love £13.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Merok SKU: ME025LP Formats: Miscellaneous Released Date: 7th December 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pharrell Williams Girl Rock And Pop | Columbia | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 8th May 2014 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pharrell Williams Girl £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Columbia SKU: 88843057271 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 8th May 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul's picks View Product Quick View Bonnie Prince Billy/Matt Sweeney Superwolves Rock And Pop | Domino | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 16th July 2021 £25.00 - £26.00 Select options Reserve View Reservations Bonnie Prince Billy/Matt Sweeney Superwolves £25.00 - £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Domino Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 16th July 2021 Reserve View Reservations Read More Select options View Product Quick View Magnetic Fields, The The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees Rock And Pop | Domino | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 13th February 2017 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Magnetic Fields, The The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Domino SKU: REWIGLP13 Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 13th February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Humble Pie Winterland 1973 Rock And Pop | Lilith | 180g, 2LP, Includes CD Released 2nd July 2012 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Humble Pie Winterland 1973 £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Lilith SKU: LR339DLP Formats: 180g, 2LP, Includes CD Released Date: 2nd July 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dave Davis 21st Century Rock And Pop | Cooking Vinyl | 7", Single Released 25th November 2022 £11.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dave Davis 21st Century £11.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Cooking Vinyl SKU: RRESV210 Formats: 7", Single Released Date: 25th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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