Wednesday 15 October 2014

GBFBM Pre-Order

There's a pre-order up on the Moshi Moshi site for the new LP - http://shop.moshimoshimusic.com/Shop/DownloadDetails?rid=MMR_RE_117

And it includes a tracklisting! I'm intrigued to know how the song-writing collaboration worked. In debuting Pea Green Coat on his show, Marc Riley disclosed it was him who put Billy Childish and The Wave Pictures in touch last December. Considering City Forgiveness was supposedly written in a burst after the 2012 US tour with Allo Darlin, and was then recorded in September 2012 and January 2013, that seems like at least a year of songwriting in between the two records. For someone as prolific as Tattersall I can't believe there weren't other songs in that period. Are they sitting on another big batch of songs? Did they scrap them in the wake of the Childish sessions? Am I getting greedy? Time will tell.....

1.     Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon
2.     I Could Hear The Telephone (3 Floors Above Me)
3.     Katie
4.     At Dusk You Took Down The Blinds
5.     All The Birds Lined Up Dot Dot Dot
6.     Frogs Sing Loudly In The Ditches
7.     Sinister Purpose
8.     Green River
9.     Fake Fox Fur Pillowcase
10. The Fire Alarm
11. The Goldfish
12. We Fell Asleep In The Blue Tent
13. Pea Green Coat
I Could Hear The Telephone (3 Floors Above Me)
Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon is the new album from English national treasures The Wave Pictures, due for release on Moshi Moshi in February 2015. The album was co-written and produced by one of their all time heroes Billy Childish and every note tingles with excitement at the collaboration. Bursting with energy and ignited with a garage-rock spark, the album rings loud and bold, showcasing Dave Tattersall’s searing guitar solos and sharp lyrical wit. Tattersall describes the experience of working with Billy Childish like this:
“We first met Billy in his painting studio in Chatham. It’s daunting to meet your heroes, but he was great – just chatting away in his overalls and beret. Everything from that point on seemed so easy and so exciting. Billy is inspired. He knows exactly what he’s doing.”
The Wave Pictures trio – Jonny Helm, Dave Tattersall and Franic Rozycki – love a good collaboration and over the years have worked as backing band to musicians such as Daniel Johnston, Stanley Brinks and Darren Hayman. Having formed when Dave and Franic were teenagers in 1998, they have always been incredibly prolific, with Dave writing so many songs that the band have made at least one album every year since they moved to London in 2006. Their varied discography captures a range of styles and influences, from garage rock to afro-pop to country punk, all recorded live with few overdubs. They never use keyboards or guitar effects pedals yet they have all they need to create the perfect rock and roll record.
Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon really lays its influences bare. Those who might not usually look past Tattersall’s distinctive vocal stylings might miss hearing touches of The Who in the title track or The Troggs in “All The Birds Lined Up Dot Dot Dot”. Tattersall swears that the song “I Could Hear The Telephone (3 Floors Above Me)” is; “The Wave Pictures in a nutshell: The Modern Lovers with Rory Gallagher on lead guitar.” It was while recording the song “Frogs Sing Loudly In The Ditches”that Billy commented that the band sounded like “a weird Cream” and proceeded to put the heaviest, bassiest feedback under it. He also suggested doing two Creedence Clearwater Revival songs back-to-back, as Dave reminisces, “He said ‘that way people will know you’ve really got an issue!’ and burst out laughing.”
Billy Childish helped to bring out a different side to The Wave Pictures and inject a renewed enthusiasm to the recording process. Tattersall said that he; “was a joy to work with and we love the record. It was the most fun we’ve ever had making a record and to us it’s the most exciting sounding thing we’ve ever done.”

Saturday 11 October 2014

Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon

Here's the first shared track from the upcoming WP's LP, Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon, which will be out in February 2015. It looks like Billy Childish not only produced/recorded the record but co-wrote it too. Should be interesting, and as you can hear below the WP's are taking on his raw sound too.



<br />  More detail here: http://diymag.com/2014/10/10/the-wave-pictures-announce-new-great-big-flamingo-burning-moon-album 

More imminently are the Artistic Vice shows. D Tattersall gives a brief interview to promote them here: http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11527694.The_Wave_Pictures_cover_Daniel_Johnson_in_new_show/


The Wave Pictures

First published in News
Last updated 11:16 Friday 10 October 2014
by
THERE’S a difference between songs and records. Some great records don’t have particularly good songs, but Daniel Johnston’s songs are almost better than his records.”
When The Wave Pictures were approached to play a favourite classic album in its entirety for a Spanish festival, frontman David Tattersall admits finding the right subject was surprisingly tough.
“I thought there would be so many to choose from, as there are so many albums I love,” he says. “But it’s hard to find one where you would want to do all the songs.”
Initially the band hit on the idea of doing the first Rolling Stones album – a cover of a covers album.
“There’s Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly’s Not Fade Away on there,” says Tattersall. “It seemed like a fun idea – but when we had a go at it we didn’t sound as good as The Rolling Stones, so we gave up on that idea.”
Having backed the singer-songwriter on a UK tour in 2009 the band already regularly covered troubled musician Daniel Johnston’s songs My Life Is Starting Over and Happy Soul. It seemed natural to choose their parent album.
1990’s Artistic Vice was Johnston’s first album recorded in a studio, following a series of self-produced live tapes recorded in basements and garages.
It was released not long after Johnston’s infamous manic episode following an appearance at South By South West festival in Austin, Texas – leading to his father having to crash land the two-seater private plane taking them back home to West Virginia.
The incident led to Johnston being committed to a mental institution with schizophrenia and a bipolar disorder, starting a long period of treatment.
Having already been championed by Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain in the early 1990s, while Johnston was still in hospital, the singer-songwriter’s story was captured in the brilliant 2006 documentary The Devil And Daniel Johnston. His songs have been covered by the likes of Tom Waits, Sparklehorse, Eels, Beck, Bright Eyes and The Flaming Lips.
Johnston, who released his last album Space Ducks in 2012, is now managed by his brother Dick. He has played shows in Brighton backed by British Sea Power in 2012 and The Wave Pictures and Laura Marling in 2009.
“He seems pretty happy,” says Tattersall recalling their time together. “I would have thought it was the best possible life he could be living, because he’s really not very well.
“He was childlike most of the time – he wanted to talk about Queen and The Beatles and comic books. He’s not a dark person to be around.”
Having turned the festival show of Artistic Vice into a tour-only album and touring beast, Tattersall admits to enjoying playing the songs live.
“They are very uplifting songs,” says Tattersall. “We knew we could change the songs quite a lot and do what we wanted with them, but still retain their character.”
With the follow-up to Wave Pictures’ 2013 double album City Forgiveness due for release in February, Tattersall admits covering Johnston’s work hasn’t filtered into his own songwriting.
“There is something so honest about his songs,” he says. “They are very true, simple and direct expressions of how he’s feeling.
“I find myself drawn to more mysterious lyrics where you’re not entirely sure what the story is or what the motivations are.
“Honest lyrics and simple chords are something I should do more – but I think the simplest things are often the hardest to do. Doing the shows hasn’t changed the way I write songs – but I have considered the possibility.”