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Release Date: Mar 18, 2022
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The bonus track "Life In Mono - (Alice Band mix)" is available only on the U.S. release of FORMICA BLUES.
Mono: Siobhan De Mare (vocals); Martin Virgo (guitar, piano, keyboards, bass, programming).
Additional personnel: Martin McColl, James Thorp (guitar); Geoff Smith (dulcimer); Chris Margary (saxophone); Colin Graham (trumpet); Matt Coleman (trombone); Jim Abbiss (keyboards, tambourine, programming); Bernard O'Neil (acoustic bass); The Lauren Hughes Experience (triangle); Mikey Hartwell (percussion); Lee Hubbard (programming); Paulo De Oliveira (background vocals).
Engineers: Jim Abbiss, Luke Gifford, Paul Motion, Martin Virgo.
Recorded at The Strongroom, London, England.
The sounds that emanate from FORMICA BLUES seem like they were born in a lounge laboratory where an alcohol-soaked, smoky-voiced chanteuse is experimenting with multi-million dollar mixing boards in order to create French pop circa 1966. Siobhan De Mare is that chanteuse, but she leaves the part of the nerdy programmer to lab rat Martin Virgo, who's previously filled that role for Bjork and Massive Attack. What emerges is full-bodied sonic architecture built out of manic, John Barry-like strings, Staxian rhythm guitars, a wall of electronics and accompanying beats. It's all splashed with a Technicolor, Gamble-Huff-style production; in short, Portishead without the overwhelming sense of desperation. Which is not to say that De Mare is all that happy-go-lucky, just that FORMICA BLUES is not made of brooding alone.
Mono: Siobhan De Mare (vocals); Martin Virgo (guitar, piano, keyboards, bass, programming).
Additional personnel: Martin McColl, James Thorp (guitar); Geoff Smith (dulcimer); Chris Margary (saxophone); Colin Graham (trumpet); Matt Coleman (trombone); Jim Abbiss (keyboards, tambourine, programming); Bernard O'Neil (acoustic bass); The Lauren Hughes Experience (triangle); Mikey Hartwell (percussion); Lee Hubbard (programming); Paulo De Oliveira (background vocals).
Engineers: Jim Abbiss, Luke Gifford, Paul Motion, Martin Virgo.
Recorded at The Strongroom, London, England.
The sounds that emanate from FORMICA BLUES seem like they were born in a lounge laboratory where an alcohol-soaked, smoky-voiced chanteuse is experimenting with multi-million dollar mixing boards in order to create French pop circa 1966. Siobhan De Mare is that chanteuse, but she leaves the part of the nerdy programmer to lab rat Martin Virgo, who's previously filled that role for Bjork and Massive Attack. What emerges is full-bodied sonic architecture built out of manic, John Barry-like strings, Staxian rhythm guitars, a wall of electronics and accompanying beats. It's all splashed with a Technicolor, Gamble-Huff-style production; in short, Portishead without the overwhelming sense of desperation. Which is not to say that De Mare is all that happy-go-lucky, just that FORMICA BLUES is not made of brooding alone.