New album by THE PULL OF AUTUMN feat. members of the Throwing Muses, Boyracer, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Boston-based art rock collective The Pull of Autumn has announced their sophomore album ‘Afterglow’, to be released in late July via Boston-based RBM Records. This 15-track offering follows up their debut eponymous album, released in 2018 on the same label.
The painting ‘Parliament Hill’, featured on the cover artwork was created by James Johnston, founder of Gallon Drunk and also a former member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and recording and touring aritst with PJ Harvey, Lydia Lunch, Ulan Bator, Barry Adamson and Faust.
Ahead of this release, they present ‘Not Coming Down’, which is essentially a collaboration between Daniel Darrow from Johanna’s House of Glamour and Luke ‘Skyscraper’ James, frontman of British new wave pioneers (and I.R.S. recording artist) Fashion.
Luke Skyscraperhad a taste of fame when I.R.S. founder Miles Copeland signed Fashion to his label for their 1979 debut album ‘Product Perfect’. Between 1978 and 1980, they played shows with UB40, Hazel O’Connor, Billy Idol and Toyah Willcox, toured the UK with U2 and The B-52’s, and enjoyed stadium tours of the UK and USA opening for The Police. Back then, the recently formed Duran Duranopened their shows. In June 1980, Luke Skyscraper left Fashion after the band’s final London gig with U2.
A ‘super group’ of sorts, The Pull of Autumn also involves numerous other notable musicians from the Boston / Rhode Island music scene and beyond: Fred Abong, founding member of Belly with Tanya Donelly and early member of Throwing Muses; James Rao (Orange Cake Mix); Stewart Anderson (Boyracer); Apolonia (Seasurfer); Richard Vincent Adams (Hood, The Declining Winter); Bruce MacLeod (Johanna’s House of Glamour, Underwater Kites), British singer Mina Hunt, pianist Maria Kuznetsova, Jeanne Batting (Spindle Shanks), and Matthew Darrow (The Woods Decay and Fall).
‘Afterglow’ represents a progression from the collective’s debut offering. The recordings are far more flushed-out, the tracks more varied and with many more musicians on board. This one twists and turns into a lot of different sounds and voices, with all contributors bring their voices and vision to the music.
“This album is really exciting to me as so many other musicians have reached out to contribute to the new music. All of the artists on board have been playing and releasing music in their respective bands for some time now. Luke Skyscraper James is a brilliant songwriter and I’m glad to have him on board. This album to me is just an amazing moment in my life as a musician. I love all of these tunes,” says Daniel Darrow.
“Afterglow has given me the experience of creating with other likeminded artists too. Just folks who love creating and have Little regard for popular acceptance on any level. These musicians create out of love of the love of making music. Take Stewart Anderson of Boyracer as an example. He’s been playing and releasing music from Boyracer and other bands for over 20 years, all in the spirit the musicians share.”
“The Pull of Autumn has moved forward with trying to incorporate even more genres into our music. One of my goals as a musician is to blur the line from genres and style into just music. I think we have grown in our ability to surprise the listener. There are several curveballs on this album.”
On July 25, ‘The Pull of Autumn’ LP will be released via online stores and streaming platforms, and will be available for pre-order via Bandcamp.
TRACK LIST
1. Injure the Swallow
2. Trouble Time
3. Distance
4. They Went Up
5. Haunted by the Rain feat. Hood
6. Not Coming Down
7. The Stars or The Jungle feat. Underwater Kites
8. Crack the Red feat. Boyracer
9. Sitting by the Window feat. Underwater Kites
10. Sacred Ground
11. Equinox feat. Fred Abong
12. Colder House feat. Hood
13. Stained Glass Windows feat. Orange Cake Mix
14. Hey America!
15. Wallow feat. Apolonia
Bandcamphttps://thepullofautumn.bandcamp.com/album/afterglow
Soundcloudhttps://soundcloud.com/thepullofautumn/not-coming-down
Equinox feat. Fred Abonghttps://thepullofautumn.bandcamp.com
Vanishing Spell feat. Fred Abonghttps://youtu.be/zRcckq3MyxA
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