{"id":15282,"date":"2021-05-13T10:55:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T10:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=15282"},"modified":"2021-05-13T10:55:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T10:55:17","slug":"indie-rockers-the-gorstey-lea-street-choir-present-bluebird-hollywood-domino-single-with-mark-gardener-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2021\/05\/13\/indie-rockers-the-gorstey-lea-street-choir-present-bluebird-hollywood-domino-single-with-mark-gardener-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Rockers The Gorstey Lea Street Choir present ‘Bluebird, Hollywood… Domino’ single with Mark Gardener support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Britain’sThe Gorstey Lea Street Choir<\/strong><\/a> are gearing up to release their new album ‘…from Prince’s Park to Farsley – Volume I’<\/strong> <\/a>via Britain’s 500 Broadcast Recording Co.<\/strong>  As this 8-track collection won’t be out until July 9, they present us an advance slice of goodness in the lead track ‘Bluebird, Hollywood… Domino’<\/a><\/strong>, along with quite the trippy video<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isone of the watershed moments in the early days of the Gorstey song writing process’ when they first started working together after a friendship that blossomed over 35 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Bluebird, Hollywood… Domino’<\/strong> is a psychedelic upbeat 6\/8 stomp with a nod to ’22 Dreams’ period Weller and British psychedelic rock group Traffic. The overdriven bass and the chiming guitars have a hint of Macca’s ‘Rain’ and Townsend’s ‘Seeker’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gorstey Lea Street Choir are Michael Clapham<\/strong> and Russ Phillips<\/strong>. \u2018Bluebird, Hollywood\u2026 Domino\u2019 was recorded at the Gorstey Shack (Russ\u2019s converted garage) and Magic Garden Studios<\/strong><\/a> in Wolverhampton with producer Gavin Monaghan<\/strong><\/a> (Robert Plant, Editors, Ocean Colour Scene, Scott Matthews, Squeeze, Goldblade)<\/strong>, who also produced and mixed this track. The forthcoming album also involves mixing (and a guest cello performance) by legendary producer George Shilling<\/strong><\/a> (Blur, Primal Scream, Cathal Coughlan, Teenage Fanclub, Mike Oldfield).<\/strong> Ride frontman and renowned producer Mark Gardener<\/strong><\/a> provided oversight and mastering at his OX4 Sound <\/strong>Studio<\/strong><\/a>near Oxford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based in the former Staffordshire mining town of Burntwood, their music runs with the moods, widely described as dystopian, electric, hopeful, hopeless and thoughtful… The sort of sounds Henry Spencer would have played if he had a Sony Walkman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018\u2026from Prince\u2019s Park to Farsley – Volume I\u2019 is the follow up to the duo’s \u2018extended play one\u2019<\/strong><\/a>album, which was released in December 2020 and received support from BBC 6 Music, BBC Introducing, Amazing Radio, and a whole host of DAB and worldwide radio stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band is essentially two friends on a life-long journey, having met as teenagers in the mid-’80s, it took until 2016 for them to turn their teenage plans \u2014 discussed back when both were involved in aspiring Manchester bands \u2014 into a reality with the birth of this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael and Russ formed the band after reuniting for Russ’ birthday party that year and a subsequent impromptu gig. After 15 plus years of not playing an instrument, singing or songwriting, Michael dove back in with a ferver that led to such a massive response from the crowd and landlord alike, with 2 songs turning into 2 hours and a guaranteed booking the next month. \u2018What\u2019s your band name boys? \u2018The Gorstey Lea Street Choir\u2019 is quickly retorted an amalgam of that first meeting point and Van Morrison\u2019s LP \u2018His Band and The Street Choir\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A door is unlocked to a new journey… In 2018, they entered Wolverhampton’s Magic Garden studios to work with an old friend and producer legend\u00a0Gavin Monaghan<\/strong>\u00a0and finally released their brilliant debut single\u00a0‘The British Isles’<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in 2019, featuring an inspired spoken-word intro from their hero – \u00a0Joe Strummer<\/strong>. Chris Hawkins from BBC Radio 6 Music picked up on the track, kicking things off again after a hiatus of 35 years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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