Mill City Nights presents "Stereophonics" on Sept. 29
STEREOPHONICS
September 29 at Mill City Nights
Presented by AEG Live
Stereophonics release their eagerly awaited new album Graffiti On A Train' on March 4th on their own Stylus Records label. In the past 15 years theyve toured virtually all over the world, chalking up five UK Number One albums along the way. Theyve headlined Cardiffs Millennium Stadium and hung out with rocks glitterati from London to LA. But it was the decision to stop touring for a year that propelled them into their new album and an unforeseen change in the groups direction.
Following their Best Of compilation A Decade In the Sun which sold over a million copies in 2008 and their last LP Keep Calm And Carry On, released in 2009, the group quit Universal Records, acquired a new rehearsal den in west London and breathed a sigh of relief.
It was the screen-play though, Graffiti On A Train ,which helped inspire the bands new record and gave it its title; a fascinating, filmic LP unlike anything the group have attempted in the past. Loosely telling the story of two friends who flee the country after a tragic accident, the record is both reflective and surprisingly fragile. Its also more experimental and spontaneous than previous albums, while still possessing Kelly Jones key lyrical writing traits (the eye for minutiae and the detailed sketching of the songs characters). The germ of the idea meanwhile, came from (literally) close to the singers west London home.
Spacious and sombre, it builds up to a bustling, chaotic, string-swept climax: a tale of love and madness. Inspired by a riff Kelly had on his phone, they added a Wurlitzer keyboard line and Jones improvised the lyrics over the top. In two hours it was there in the room and I was thinking where did that come from?
Violins along with Roll The Dice, an impetuous, stomping brassy number, are two of Jones personal favourites on the record and where, in his mind, the sound of the band was going. But there are other tangents on the record too. Theres the stripped back, bluesy one-take wonder Been Caught Cheating, the Tom Petty-esque Indian Summer which was a late adition to the record and the smouldering, seductive Take Me, a kind of Nick Cave Murder Ballads, except with Kelly dueting with Jakki Healy.
I love Tom Waits and Nick Cave and the Grinderman stuff and all the noises in the background we pinched from people like that. But she came in to do the demo and we thought, well thats beautiful, and we never touched it again. I like the lap steel at the end as well. Never done that before. The new album will be the first on their own label Stylus records, which is another unspoken hint that the band are preparing for another phase in their career. Jones alludes to this album being the first part of a two-part story, with a second album to follow. Stereophonics are: Kelly Jones (Vocals/Guitar), Richard Jones (Bass), Adam Zindani (guitar) and Jamie Morrison (drums).
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Event Details: Stereophonics
Venue: Mill City Nights
Show Date/Time: September 29 at 9pm. Doors open at 8pm. Ages 18+
GA Tickets: $22 ($25 DOS)
Tickets on sale Friday, May 31 at 10am at the Mill City Nights box office, online at AXS.com, at the Electric Fetus Minneapolis location, or by calling 1-888-9-AXS-TIX. For more information, please visit www.millcitynights.com.
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