Granfalloon will release Lysistrata -
their first single of 2019 on 14th June - which will be followed by their
second long player in Autumn 2019.
Granfalloon, initially began as the Manchester
based folktronica recording project of Richard Lomax, and the debut
album, Down There For Dancing, was released in 2017. Lomax, who is
now proudly backed by a group of musicians from the EU, makes a hybrid of lo-fi
folk, experimental music, and electronica - weaving oddball elements, such
as Omnichords and vintage drum machines, into dreamy cinematic soundscapes.
Friday
brings a monumental event, long awaited by many in the UK – Prime Minister
Theresa May finally steps down from office. Many times described as a “a safe
pair of hands” for the UK, she is likely to go down in history as one of the
worst British premiers. Salon’s headline reads “Europe has claimed the career
of yet another Conservative prime minister”. After less than three years in
office, Theresa May faced a disastrous loss of confidence in her leadership among
MPs and cabinet ministers, ultimately pushed to announce her resignation.
Earlier this year, Huddersfield electronic collectiveCabinet of
Millionairesintroduced their own protest
song – simply called ‘Theresa”. Fast forward several months as they now present
their new EP'Theresa, Vol. 3'. Cabinet of Millionaires
bring a scathing attack on the austerity policies of the UK’s Conservative
Party government, referencing the Windrush scandal, the Grenfell Tower tragedy,
and failure to take in enough refugees (whilst selling arms), not to mention
the dismantling of the country’s National Health Service.
In
short, this is remarkable protest music. It is timely and with meaning – this
is a voice the people need to hear, delivered in a format they can also enjoy. This
politically-charged set will release viaBandcampon June 7, well timed for
this occasion, with availability on other online platforms as of June 14.
“Theresa’s
resignation speech was painful. Austerity is clearly NOT over and the
Government’s lack of response to Grenfell was actually pretty shocking, NOT
something to be proud of. We hope you like the package. Its honest. We’re not
saying we are political because its fashionable all of a sudden. The lyrics are
straight to the point. No sitting on the fence. We want the Tories out and a
general election NOW!" said the band’s spokesman Dave C.
A hooky dance tune with a serious underlying
edge and powerful vocals fromPat Fulgoni, this five-song release
includes the original version of this track and four remixes, including one fromUSUK, a collaboration between Leeds-based
award-winning Allen & Heath sponsored DJ/producerMark EGandChad Stegall, an American piano composer and synth addict.
Renowned producerSteve Whitfield (The Cure, The Mission, Terrorvision,
Klammer)also delivers a lush Donna
Summer-meets-Underworld dance remix, in addition to contributing guitar on the
original version of 'Theresa'.Zion Train’s remix of Theresa is a
brutal take down of Theresa May and her Government’s austerity programme.
Cabinet
of Millionaires is an uncompromising project with a ballsy soulful political
message and infectious grooves. CoM is also heavily involved in Love Music Hate
Racism and the Peoples Assembly Against Austerity. Like other protest music,
‘Theresa’ is a song that helps people realize they're not alone in feeling a
spirit of dissent against certain injustices. And this track is so infectious,
you can't help but sing along to the lyrics “come on you're squeezing on the
poor / selling arms for illegal wars / give your austerity a rest / save our
NHS / i'm thinking about those Grenfell babies / I'm thinking about this
Windrush generation / i'm thinking about your failure to take your full quota
of Syrian refugees / I could go on…”
Earlier on, Cabinet of Millionaires released the
singles'Satan's Horses', 'Serve Me'and'Cabinet Of Millionaires', receiving radio support from the likes ofEddy Temple MorrisandNemone (BBC Radio 6),as well as various American college radio stations.
VocalistPat Fulgonihas a fantastic raw soul voice. He singsacross a wide range of genres including his own live
blues band, even massive Drum & Bass artists like Camo & Krooked, Teddy
Killerz, Bcee, Logistics and The Vanguard Project. Technimatic’s 2019 single
“Sometimes” received support from Annie Mac and Rene La Vice on BBC Radio 1.
He's toured the planet with various acts from the USA to China and throughout
Europe. His activism began in the 1990’s when he collaborated with Tony Benn MP
and organised the No Compromize CD against the introduction of tuition fees in
the UK.
On June 7, 'Theresa, Vol. 3' will be available
for digital download across online stores such asApple Music and streaming platforms likeSpotify. It can already be obtained viaBandcamphere.
Phildel – Wave Your
Flags CD / DL Out Now British singer,
pianist and songwriter returns with new album. It’s been quite a
five years since the release of the staggering Disappearance Of The Girl. Over 100 million streams on Spotify and performing
the miracle of birth by bringing twin boys Dylan and Finn into the world have
not precluded Phildel Ng from recording a new album, Wave Your Flags. It hasn’t been an
easy process for her and artist Chris Young, her long-time partner and musical collaborator. As a child, Phildel suffered an often abusive
relationship with her stepfather in a home where music was banned. Maybe this melody restriction fuelled her
passion for music where she hid a lone cd in her desk. At the cost of a family relationship, she recently
attempted to bring him to justice to no avail, and now finds herself estranged
from her mother and sister. Wave Your Flags acts
as something of a healing process for her.
An album of self-repair which involved a self-referral to hospital for
her own safety, an album where she finds strength from the things she values
and loves and above all, an album of quite breath-taking quality. Imagine a Venn
diagram made up of Tori Amos, Alison Goldfrapp and Dido, and Phildel will
attempt to sit on the periphery of the trio whilst presenting a voice that is
one on its own. She doesn’t warble or
wail like many of today’s new voices, instead she has a pure and perfect voice
that is warming, angelic and often sends shivers down your spine. Make no mistake, there is a huge star here
waiting to burst into the world. From the opening
bars of The Deep is it clear that Wave Your Flags is a near perfect album,
sounds and voices are positioned and timed with a clinical precision, each
syllable is sung with seeming ease and every sound fits snugly to its
counterpart. With songs of fissure and
healing, Wave Your Flags is powerful yet gentle, therapeutic and provoking. Lead single,
Electric Heights is gloriously empty. A
void filled with wisps of vocal accompaniment, snitches of sound and well placed
echoes creating a great expanse of calm and warm feeling. Oh Love expresses her gratitude at the
support from Chris after she imagined turning herself into the Thames expressed
in The Great Wave. As with Disappearance
Of The Girl, there are fascinations with the sea, adding to the fluidity of
Wave Your Flags with Wild Sea, Floods and Great Wave and second single from the
album, Glide Dog oozes a sexy tension akin to that of Alison Goldfrapp in a
song that entices a mild horror to proceedings – “I need more blood than you
can pour love.” The album closes with
its most commercial offering in Glorious, a track that will no doubt feature on
tv commercials, adverts and incidental music in the future. It’s catchy and memorable, lifts the pace to
a pop height and ends the album on a massive crescendo. Phildel is a huge star in the waiting, doing
things her way, in her time and on her rules, make no mistake, she is an enormous
talent.