Step into the sonic whirlwind of "Down!" by North London indie art rock collective Fake Turins and your eyes will widen, pulse quicken and your head might bob in interesting ways. The dense bits of sound, the deep cut percussive groove might suggest in your head, a more rabid version of divergent artists like Talking Heads or Thievery Corporation with a punk hearted infusion of Gang of Four with Dead Or Alive thrown in for good measure. Bassist and vocalist Dominic Rose adds an intensity to the musical fray, that offers progressive tendencies and whimsy at the same time, pushing hard on the vocal delivery that he chews up a bit. Of the track he offers:
“'Down!' is a song that exists against the daily struggles of depression, cataloguing a personal experience of cynicism fighting nothingness. The song itself masks the tragedy with a raucous psychedelic mayhem, tonally shifting into something darker as we collectively scream all of the reasons the Down has found us. Both verses respectively explore these mundane & profound responses to grief, expressing both the sanctity of life & the meaninglessness of it.”
The live band consists of Dominic Rose (vocals/ bass), Amy Wilson (clarinet), Rose Wilson (saxophone), George Traylen (drums), Jonny Dickens (guitar), Saul Gonwrong (guitar), Mars Washington (orchestral guitar), Mark, (noise/ effects) Jessie B (percussion) and Pierre Cat (synth).
[Due June 11th via Hideous Mink Records, "Down!" is the first single to be cut from their debut EP "Time Flowers Now", which arrives July 23rd alongside a short film. The first two singles will be available to purchase on 7-inch vinyl with the EP in full available on cassette through Hideous Mink Records.]
-Robb Donker Curtius
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At the end of 2019, North London collective Fake Turins decamped to the market town of Farnham to record their debut EP with longtime friend and producer James Traylen. The EP was recorded over two days within the dimly-lit basement home studio, capturing and forging an underlying tensity and darkness to the band’s sound.
The first track to be shared from those sessions is ‘Down!’, sonically a rigid and restless ode to the dancefloor, splintered by a windswept reed section (clarinet and saxophone) and bolstered by a big band feel of textured guitars, percussion and the heartfelt vocal of bassist and frontman Dominic Rose. Lyrically the track reflects wrestling with depression and the invisibility of ongoing grapples with the mind, eventually spawning into a group exorcism of screams exploring why each voice has a unique cross to bear.
Vocalist Dominic Rose states:
“Down!” is a song that exists against the daily struggles of depression, cataloguing a personal experience of cynicism fighting nothingness. The song itself masks the tragedy with a raucous psychedelic mayhem, tonally shifting into something darker as we collectively scream all of the reasons the Down has found us. Both verses respectively explore these mundane & profound responses to grief, expressing both the sanctity of life & the meaninglessness of it.”
Fake Turins released a string of singles through 2019 and were longlisted for Glastonbury Emerging Talent competition as a result. In 2020 the band returned with new single 'Legs' and were set to play their first UK festival in Standon Calling and European festival in Left Of The Dial, only for it to be cancelled due to the global pandemic. 'Legs' was named John Kennedy's 'Hot One' on Radio X and received praise and plays from Amazing Radio on both sides of the Atlantic. The release caught the attention of a wide range of press with So Young Magazine summing it up best as “Lyrically subversive yet audibly untouchable.”
2021 saw the release of ‘Evergrown’, a journey into floral big band psychedelia. The Fake Turins wider collective is made up of a range of creatives that produce their music videos, artwork and fashion shoots, including a new series of short visual broadcasts entitled ‘Fake TV’.
post rock funk, new wave-ish rock, UK, psychedelic rock, indie rock, Farnham, Fake Turins, deep groove rock, Dominic Rose, frontman, bass, vox, Hideous Mink Records, "Down!", debut album Time Flowers Now"
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THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
spotify
bandcamp
youtube
At the end of 2019, North London collective Fake Turins decamped to the market town of Farnham to record their debut EP with longtime friend and producer James Traylen. The EP was recorded over two days within the dimly-lit basement home studio, capturing and forging an underlying tensity and darkness to the band’s sound.
The first track to be shared from those sessions is ‘Down!’, sonically a rigid and restless ode to the dancefloor, splintered by a windswept reed section (clarinet and saxophone) and bolstered by a big band feel of textured guitars, percussion and the heartfelt vocal of bassist and frontman Dominic Rose. Lyrically the track reflects wrestling with depression and the invisibility of ongoing grapples with the mind, eventually spawning into a group exorcism of screams exploring why each voice has a unique cross to bear.
Vocalist Dominic Rose states:
“Down!” is a song that exists against the daily struggles of depression, cataloguing a personal experience of cynicism fighting nothingness. The song itself masks the tragedy with a raucous psychedelic mayhem, tonally shifting into something darker as we collectively scream all of the reasons the Down has found us. Both verses respectively explore these mundane & profound responses to grief, expressing both the sanctity of life & the meaninglessness of it.”
Fake Turins released a string of singles through 2019 and were longlisted for Glastonbury Emerging Talent competition as a result. In 2020 the band returned with new single 'Legs' and were set to play their first UK festival in Standon Calling and European festival in Left Of The Dial, only for it to be cancelled due to the global pandemic. 'Legs' was named John Kennedy's 'Hot One' on Radio X and received praise and plays from Amazing Radio on both sides of the Atlantic. The release caught the attention of a wide range of press with So Young Magazine summing it up best as “Lyrically subversive yet audibly untouchable.”
2021 saw the release of ‘Evergrown’, a journey into floral big band psychedelia. The Fake Turins wider collective is made up of a range of creatives that produce their music videos, artwork and fashion shoots, including a new series of short visual broadcasts entitled ‘Fake TV’.
post rock funk, new wave-ish rock, UK, psychedelic rock, indie rock, Farnham, Fake Turins, deep groove rock, Dominic Rose, frontman, bass, vox, Hideous Mink Records, "Down!", debut album Time Flowers Now"
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