The Real Tuesday Weld’s first Six Degrees release, I, Lucifer, was conceived as no less than a companion piece to Glen Duncan’s novel of the same name, a mischievous view of the Devil’s take on humanity. As the devil’s advocate, so to speak, The Real Tuesday Weld created music described by W magazine as "oddball electronica-goes-Tin Pan Alley… a hit of aural Ecstasy with a champagne chaser." Writing in The New York Times, Stephen Merritt of the popular alternative band Magnetic Fields admired the album’s blend of "accordion ballads and dance floor fodder," calling it "fun for actually listening too." Putting his money where his pen was, Merritt has since taken The Real Tuesday Weld out on the road with him.
The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid is no less audacious in its potent mixture of ancient and modern sounds and styles. In fact, the album’s songs actually covers a much wider stylistic range, extending beyond cabaret and swing to embrace breezy bossa nova, classic pop and gentle psychedelia—adding Joao Gilberto, Martin Denny, Brian Wilson and the Beatles to the sonic mix.
Stephen Coates, the artist behind The Real Tuesday Weld says,"The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid is, like I, Lucifer, a kind of concept album: the story of a love affair from before its beginning to after its end," he explains. "Like a love affair, the record stayed with me after I thought it was finished. You know how it is—things are never black-and-white and neatly packaged." In this particular case, certain songs were dropped, replaced by a handful of tunes The Real Tuesday Weld had previously recorded for his debut on the Kindercore label. "Also, on a very pragmatic level, we were playing these songs live; some became favorites, so there was a great desire to make them available again. So I put everything back into the mixer, and what emerged is, I suppose, a new record."
The end result of Coates’ creative concepts are newly recorded versions of such live favorites as "Daisies", "Anything But Love" and "I Love the Rain" sitting comfortably with such brand new tracks as "Lavender Hill", "Something Beautiful" and "Bruises"
For everyone intrigued by I, Lucifer, The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid shows a fascinating new musical voice who has now truly arrived at the peak of his songwriting powers.
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ASIN: B0009NSDFW Release Date: 2005-06-21 |
Tracks:
- Waking Up (Intro)
- Anything But Love
- On Lavender Hill
- At The House Of The Clerkenwell Kid
- L'Amour Et La Morte
- Bruises
- Turn On The Sun Again
- Close Your Eyes When You Read This
- Daisies
- Something Beautiful
- Deja Vu
- The Birds And The Bees
- Little White Birds
- I Love The Rain
- Asteroids
- Am I In Love?
- Goodbye Stephen
Album Description
The Real Tuesday Weld's first Six Degrees release, I, Lucifer, was conceived as no less than a companion piece to Glen Duncan's novel of the same name, a mischievous view of the Devil's take on humanity. As the devil's advocate, so to speak, The Real Tuesday Weld created music described by W magazine as "oddball electronica-goes-Tin Pan Alley… a hit of aural Ecstasy with a champagne chaser." Writing in The New York Times, Stephen Merritt of the popular alternative band Magnetic Fields admired the album's blend of "accordion ballads and dance floor fodder," calling it "fun for actually listening too." Putting his money where his pen was, Merritt has since taken The Real Tuesday Weld out on the road with him.The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid is no less audacious in its potent mixture of ancient and modern sounds and styles. In fact, the album's songs actually covers a much wider stylistic range, extending beyond cabaret and swing to embrace breezy bossa nova, classic pop and gentle psychedelia—adding Joao Gilberto, Martin Denny, Brian Wilson and the Beatles to the sonic mix.
Stephen Coates, the artist behind The Real Tuesday Weld says,"The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid is, like I, Lucifer, a kind of concept album: the story of a love affair from before its beginning to after its end," he explains. "Like a love affair, the record stayed with me after I thought it was finished. You know how it is—things are never black-and-white and neatly packaged." In this particular case, certain songs were dropped, replaced by a handful of tunes The Real Tuesday Weld had previously recorded for his debut on the Kindercore label. "Also, on a very pragmatic level, we were playing these songs live; some became favorites, so there was a great desire to make them available again. So I put everything back into the mixer, and what emerged is, I suppose, a new record."
The end result of Coates' creative concepts are newly recorded versions of such live favorites as "Daisies", "Anything But Love" and "I Love the Rain" sitting comfortably with such brand new tracks as "Lavender Hill", "Something Beautiful" and "Bruises"
For everyone intrigued by I, Lucifer, The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid shows a fascinating new musical voice who has now truly arrived at the peak of his songwriting powers.
Customer Reviews:
Deep Blue Ocean Planetary Groove.......2006-01-14
Give it up to in a nostalgic swim down into the deep blue green of a sparkling silver lined ocean you giant grouper. Be launched into space exploring distant planets where you will find the mystic secrets of The Real Tuesday Weld apeal.
Here's lookin at ya ...
The kid is back!.......2005-07-28
British musician Real Tuesday Weld (real name: Stephen Coates) made a critical hit with "I Lucifer," a slyly oddball concept album. Now he has produced the softer follow-up, a delightful mixture of electronica and old-style jazz. Bright and sunny, but just a little weird.
After a muffled string intro, the music slips into a soft guitar/piano groove, with the odd whistle and horn. "Something's wrong, cause I'm always wasted/Something's gone, and I just gotta face it," Coates sings softly. "Well I don't need much/to make me feel good/no I don't need/anything but love..."
From there on, he takes things into stranger territory: piano-jazz with an electronic twist, gentle acoustic ballads with angelic backing vocals, sunny trip-hop, and dark haunted electropop. And woven in are little blips and whistles, as well as samples of birdsong and other sounds.
It's not exactly an identifiable sound: for instance, "Little White Birds" is even filtered so that it sounds like it's playing on an old radio. It's split between the old-style jazz and pop, and the more modern keyboard stuff. And surprisingly, it meshes together with only a few brief stumbles, little glitches here and there.
This time around, the Real Tuesday Weld isn't dabbling in the more controversial matter of "I Lucifer," or even really on a story. Instead, he's focused on love, on how love affects our life, and even death. For a song theme that has been recycled through a thousand bad pop ballads, it's amazing how smart and introspective the Real Tuesday Weld can get.
But surprisingly, this doesn't get morbid or boring. The last song, for instance, is Coates imagining his own funeral. But "Goodbye Stephen" isn't a sad song; instead, it's a happy, sweet, funny song that bids people, "So don't cry/or ask why/it's hard enough as it is."
With "The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid," the Real Tuesday Weld goes all out for something just a little different. Charming, weird and sunny.
Very different from I, Lucifer.......2005-07-05
I don't know if you will like it or not, give a listen to the samples. You may just be pleasantly surprised.
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