View basket “Loud Hailer” has been added to your basket. Unknown Sire Hans Chew SKU: LPDBZ006 Barcode: 711574797011 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Divided By Zero Records Released Date: 2nd September 2016 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Hans Chew’s music explores the existential. Beginning with 2010‘s Tennessee & Other Stories… and continuing on 2014’s Life & Love, his albums have revolved around finding meaning in life, death, love and rebirth. Now on his latest release Chew drives deeper at the essence of the matter: From where does the human soul emerge? From what obscurity arises the urge to create? In Sailing To Byzantium, W.B. Yeats describes the human heart: ‘sick with desire, and fastened to a dying animal, it knows not what it is’. Or in Hans Chew’s words on this his third album: The human animal is of unknown sire. As the themes Chew explores on Unknown Sire are expanded, so is the material. The familiar sonic territory of opening track “Easy Money” with its boogie piano and laid back Tulsa groove recedes quickly from view, its cynical lyric serving almost as notice that these are merely headwaters. The album shifts tones into the erstwhile title track “Tell Me,” whereupon its journey begins in earnest: “What are you afraid of? Is it everything unknown, is it what you’re made of?” Not unusually, Chew’s writing here spans multiple genres, but the recordings mark the first appearance of synthesizers in his work, and tracks like “Early Light Waltz”, “No Existe,” and “The Sign” blur the lines between psych-rock, folk, electro and R&B, while also melding concepts of the beginning of time, the passing of time, the illusion of time, and the end of times. Unknown Sire was recorded by long-time Chew collaborator Jason Meagher at Black Dirt Studio, who plays multiple instruments on the album, and was mixed by Jeff Ziegler at Uniform Recordings. Perhaps best known for his keyboard work with artists such as Steve Gunn, Hiss Golden Messenger, and Jack Rose, Hans Chew has established himself as a versatile singer, songwriter, and performer in his own right. A native Tennessean, Chew‘s style has been described in wide fashion, with comparisons to artists like James Booker, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Feat, Nirvana, Little Richard, and Leon Russell. 2010‘s Tennessee & Other Stories… received four stars from Rolling Stone and was heralded by Uncut as one of the top 25 albums of the year. 2014 saw the release of Chew ‘s second LP, Life & Love, which Classic Rock magazine called ‘an excellent album, a further development of the sound Chew revealed on his debut… ‘. Also a dynamic live performer, iTunes‘s Music Editor sums it up: ‘Hans Chew cranks up the tempo and the manic rock ‘n‘ roll performance until it feels like you‘ve landed in the early ‘70s, when Derek & The Dominos were piecing together Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs and The Rolling Stones were waiting around Nellcote to record the bits and pieces of Exile on Main St. Chew lives and works in New York City. Artist Hans Chew Genre Rock And Pop Label Divided By Zero Records Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Easy Money Tell Me Early Light Waltz Oh Where My Heart Will Overflow No Existe Everything Proof The Sign I Don’t Know Maybe Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Hans Chew and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Hans Chew Open Sea Americana / Country | At The Helm Records | 1LP Released 19th January 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hans Chew Open Sea £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: At The Helm Records SKU: ATH197519LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hans Chew Life & Love Americana / Country | At The Helm Records | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 17th March 2014 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hans Chew Life & Love £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: At The Helm Records SKU: ATH19754LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 17th March 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Harry Nilsson Nilsson Sings Newman Rock And Pop | Speakers Corner / RCA | 180g, 1LP Released 17th September 2013 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Harry Nilsson Nilsson Sings Newman £34.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Speakers Corner / RCA SKU: LSP4289 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 17th September 2013 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Glitterbust Glitterbust Rock And Pop | Burger Records | 2LP Released 8th April 2016 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Glitterbust Glitterbust £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Burger Records SKU: BRGR1001LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 8th April 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hard Working Americans Hard Working Americans Americana / Country | Melvin Records | 1LP Released 17th February 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hard Working Americans Hard Working Americans £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Melvin Records SKU: MR223471 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th February 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View To Rococo Rot Veiculo Rock And Pop | City Slang | 1LP, Includes CD Released 19th November 2012 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders To Rococo Rot Veiculo £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: City Slang SKU: SLANG50025LP Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 19th November 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Louis Armstrong Collected Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 29th June 2018 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Louis Armstrong Collected £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2161C Formats: 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 29th June 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Peter Doherty The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime Rock And Pop | Strap Originals | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 18th March 2022 £18.00 - £20.00 Select options Peter Doherty The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime £18.00 - £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Strap Originals Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 18th March 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Maroon 5 It Won’t Be Soon Before Long Rock And Pop | UMC | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 26th September 2016 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Maroon 5 It Won’t Be Soon Before Long £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: UMC4035 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 26th September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sparks Hello Young Lovers – Deluxe Remastered Edition Rock And Pop | BMG | 180g, 2LP Released 29th April 2022 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sparks Hello Young Lovers – Deluxe Remastered Edition £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: BMG SKU: 4050538696981 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 29th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View ILL We Are Ill Rock And Pop | Box Records | 1LP Released 11th May 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders ILL We Are Ill £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Box Records SKU: BOXREC27LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Atlas Sound Parallax Rock And Pop | 4AD | 1LP Released 7th November 2011 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Atlas Sound Parallax £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 4AD SKU: CAD3130 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th November 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
View Product Quick View Hans Chew Open Sea Americana / Country | At The Helm Records | 1LP Released 19th January 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hans Chew Open Sea £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: At The Helm Records SKU: ATH197519LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Hans Chew Life & Love Americana / Country | At The Helm Records | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 17th March 2014 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hans Chew Life & Love £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: At The Helm Records SKU: ATH19754LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 17th March 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Harry Nilsson Nilsson Sings Newman Rock And Pop | Speakers Corner / RCA | 180g, 1LP Released 17th September 2013 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Harry Nilsson Nilsson Sings Newman £34.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Speakers Corner / RCA SKU: LSP4289 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 17th September 2013 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket
View Product Quick View Glitterbust Glitterbust Rock And Pop | Burger Records | 2LP Released 8th April 2016 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Glitterbust Glitterbust £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Burger Records SKU: BRGR1001LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 8th April 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Hard Working Americans Hard Working Americans Americana / Country | Melvin Records | 1LP Released 17th February 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hard Working Americans Hard Working Americans £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Melvin Records SKU: MR223471 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th February 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View To Rococo Rot Veiculo Rock And Pop | City Slang | 1LP, Includes CD Released 19th November 2012 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders To Rococo Rot Veiculo £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: City Slang SKU: SLANG50025LP Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 19th November 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Louis Armstrong Collected Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 29th June 2018 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Louis Armstrong Collected £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2161C Formats: 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 29th June 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Peter Doherty The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime Rock And Pop | Strap Originals | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 18th March 2022 £18.00 - £20.00 Select options Peter Doherty The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime £18.00 - £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Strap Originals Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 18th March 2022 Read More Select options
View Product Quick View Maroon 5 It Won’t Be Soon Before Long Rock And Pop | UMC | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 26th September 2016 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Maroon 5 It Won’t Be Soon Before Long £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: UMC4035 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 26th September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Sparks Hello Young Lovers – Deluxe Remastered Edition Rock And Pop | BMG | 180g, 2LP Released 29th April 2022 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sparks Hello Young Lovers – Deluxe Remastered Edition £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: BMG SKU: 4050538696981 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 29th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View ILL We Are Ill Rock And Pop | Box Records | 1LP Released 11th May 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders ILL We Are Ill £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Box Records SKU: BOXREC27LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Atlas Sound Parallax Rock And Pop | 4AD | 1LP Released 7th November 2011 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Atlas Sound Parallax £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 4AD SKU: CAD3130 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th November 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders