More Break-Up Songs New Starts SKU: FIKA102LP Barcode: 5057998043460 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Fika Recordings Released Date: 16th August 2024 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info New Starts are a spikey, fresh sounding band recalling the poppier ends of new wave and angular guitar rock. Their influences include The Cars, Breeders, Bay City Rollers, The Velvet Underground and ZZ Top. Lead singer Darren Hayman has his own long career running from the late 90s with John Peel faves Hefner to his more recent thematic and historical albums dealing with the English Civil War, William Morris and forgotten rural idylls. “I wanted a band again,” says Hayman, “and not a band that just backed me up and played my old songs. When we form our first bands in our teens we just find some friends and work through the musical differences. I usually look for players who play in a way I’m used to. This time I looked for variance and was led by people’s personality.” Guitarist Joely Smith [of South London’s noise-pop adults and recently DIY-punks Fresh] was recommended by a mutual friend who said, ‘She makes everything better’. Hayman and Smith shared a coffee and agreed on the correct number of guitar pedals and decided to proceed without an audition. “There is a tendency for me to make my chords too pretty. Joely cuts against that and plays in the opposite direction.” Hayman is a fan of rules and constraints and employed a new, oblique strategy on this record. “Even though I wrote all the songs, I wanted the songs to belong to everyone during arrangement. I decided that I would say ‘yes’ to every suggestion from the band, regardless of my instinct.” This made the songs warp and bend into new shapes and ensured that the record was the product of four individuals. Bassist Giles Barrett and drummer Will Connor come from funky afro beat influenced band Tigercats. “Pretty much the only rhythm I use, left to my own devices, is the ‘road runner’ rhythm. Will takes to care to find where the drum beat can be and we always end up somewhere I didn’t expect.” More Break Up Songs is a collection of 12 Break Up songs because Darren broke up with someone. Again. “I suck’, he says, “But it’s never anyone’s fault. It makes me very sad but I do have to work through these things in song and there’s always something to learn. I try to make songs about breakups that could be understood by both parties. I’m not interested in nasty songs.” Opening song ‘Little Stone in my Heart’ blisters along with Joely’s wildest guitars. The protagonist will do anything to make things right, but nothing ever is. ‘Under the Striplights’ has driving, choppy, incessant riffs, and is about the need to be anywhere but somewhere other than here. We could be under the moon or under the strip lights as long as we have each other. Another barely kept rule that Darren instigated on this album was that each song would be a tonal equivalent to one from The Velvet Underground’s third album. To that end ‘Don’t Need Persuading’ is this record’s ‘Pale Blue Eyes’ with the narrator being unable to break free of a vortex, knowing they will stay the night against all better judgment. ‘I’ve had a long standing distrust of the guitar,’ says Darren, ‘despite it being my primary instrument for twenty years. I thought it was time I made a record with two guitars and drums and bass. I wanted it to be bright, immediate and young sounding, despite the fact I’m old. We recorded it in four days and I think this might be the record a lot of my audience has wanted me to make for a long time.’ “bold and unique” – The Sunday Times “Hayman has hit a creative purple patch… a treat” – Mojo “uniquely intimate and very satisfying” – BBC Artist New Starts Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Fika Recordings Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings A Little Stone Under The Striplights Tease The Corners Don’t Need Persuading What I Specifically Love Home Becomes A Lantern Asbestos Roof A Place To Be Pumpkins I Think You Need To Say I Love You I Was Trying To Make You Miss Me Let Me Start Again Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Dinosaur Jr Where You Been (Deluxe Expanded Edition) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Cherry Red | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 27th September 2019 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dinosaur Jr Where You Been (Deluxe Expanded Edition) £34.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Cherry Red SKU: PBREDD757 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 27th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View PET NEEDS Intermittent Fast Living Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Xtra Mile | 1LP Released 12th July 2024 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders PET NEEDS Intermittent Fast Living £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Xtra Mile SKU: XMR187LPY Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th July 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Weakened Friends Common Blah Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Don Giovanni | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 24th May 2024 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Weakened Friends Common Blah £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Don Giovanni SKU: LPDG178C2 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 24th May 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nashville Pussy Pleased To Eat You Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Ear Music | 1LP Released 28th September 2018 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nashville Pussy Pleased To Eat You £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Ear Music SKU: 0213408EMU Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gregory Uhlmann Neighborhood Watch Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Topshelf | 1LP Released 24th July 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gregory Uhlmann Neighborhood Watch £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Topshelf SKU: LPTSR220 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th July 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mineral The Power Of Failing Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Xtra Mile | 2LP, 45rpm Released 6th November 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mineral The Power Of Failing £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Xtra Mile SKU: XMR093LP Formats: 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 6th November 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View AFI Sing The Sorrow Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | UMR | 2LP Released 27th September 2024 £33.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders AFI Sing The Sorrow £33.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: UMR SKU: 6598266 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 27th September 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Explosions In The Sky The Rescue (Anniversary Edition) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Temporary Residence | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 16th August 2019 £21.00 - £24.00 Select options Explosions In The Sky The Rescue (Anniversary Edition) £21.00 - £24.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Temporary Residence Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th August 2019 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Dirty Nil, The Master Volume (Deluxe) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Dine Alone | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 1st May 2020 £43.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dirty Nil, The Master Volume (Deluxe) £43.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Dine Alone SKU: DAV244 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 1st May 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pile All Fiction Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Exploding in Sound Records | 1LP Released 17th March 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pile All Fiction £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Exploding in Sound Records SKU: LPEIS118 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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