Veteran British alternative rock singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock has unveiled his new album, The Confuser, available everywhere now via Tiny Ghost Records. Various physical variants and new merch is also on offer, including CD, standard black vinyl, limited-edition two-tone vinyl, t-shirt, and a limited-edition signed poster, exclusively at the official Tiny Ghost Records shop.
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Hitchcock’s 25th solo studio album is his first collection of original songs in nearly four years.
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Recorded at studios in Hitchcock’s longtime home base of Nashville by Brad Jones (Josh Rouse, Jill Sobule) and Jordan Lehning (Kacey Musgraves, Rodney Crowell, Emma Swift), The Confuser features accompaniment from Music City session experts including electric guitarist Jeremy Fetzer (Steelism, Lambchop, Kesha), bass guitarist Todd Bolden, and drummer/percussionist Eric Slick (Dr. Dog, Adrian Belew, Taylor Swift).
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Recorded at studios in Hitchcock’s longtime home base of Nashville by Brad Jones (Josh Rouse, Jill Sobule) and Jordan Lehning (Kacey Musgraves, Rodney Crowell, Emma Swift), The Confuser features accompaniment from Music City session experts including electric guitarist Jeremy Fetzer (Steelism, Lambchop, Kesha), bass guitarist Todd Bolden, and drummer/percussionist Eric Slick (Dr. Dog, Adrian Belew, Taylor Swift).
Special guests include Gillian Welch (contributing vocals to “Ghost in Sunlight”) and Kimberley Rew (co-founder, with Hitchcock, of The Soft Boys), who lends additional guitar to “Breathless,” “How To Feel Alright,” “Ghost in Sunlight,” and “Growing From The Ruins.”
As ever, Hitchcock carries the flame for a particular brand of traditional singer-songcraft, a deeply personal penchant sparked by his Summer of Love adolescence (detailed in his acclaimed first memoir, 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left) and furthered throughout the myriad cultural metamorphoses that followed.
“One of my roles has been to keep a certain kind of music alive,” says Hitchcock. “I didn’t invent this field of music, but I’ve perpetuated it. Arguably, the Soft Boys did that, amongst other things. It wasn’t peace and love or ‘oh wow, man, look at these trippy flowers,’ it wasn’t any of that. It was simply a certain kind of sound and a certain kind of feeling that was in those records made between 1965 and 1968 which are now seen as the Big Bang of classic rock, or whatever you want to call it. I’ve just kept that approach to music alive – verse, chorus, middle eight, harmonies, guitar solos, and free-range lyrics. I’m very lucky to be able to do this. I can’t believe I’m still allowed to do it. But nobody’s stopped me, and I’m kind of touching wood that I can carry on doing it a bit longer.”
This month has also seen the publication of Hitchcock’s second memoir, Stranded in the Future (Akashic Books), on sale now wherever books are sold; a limited edition package including a copy of the book and numbered Giclée print, both autographed by Hitchcock, is also available.
Spanning 1968 to 1978, Stranded in the Future explores the formation of Hitchcock’s seminal 1970s band, the Soft Boys, as well as the obsessions that fueled his early creative output.
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Hitchcock has an international tour schedule that includes book signings, solo performances, and full band shows across North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe through October. Additional dates will be announced. For complete details and ticket availability, please visit www.robynhitchcock.com/tour.
Track list:
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Hitchcock has an international tour schedule that includes book signings, solo performances, and full band shows across North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe through October. Additional dates will be announced. For complete details and ticket availability, please visit www.robynhitchcock.com/tour.
Track list:
I Am This Thing
How To Feel Alright
My Dead Astronaut
Breathless
Ghost in Sunlight
Growing From The Ruins
The Vanishing Kind
Yesterday’s Rain
Wasted
Monday For Me
Live appearances:
How To Feel Alright
My Dead Astronaut
Breathless
Ghost in Sunlight
Growing From The Ruins
The Vanishing Kind
Yesterday’s Rain
Wasted
Monday For Me
Live appearances:
JULY
27 – Boston, MA – Porter Square Books *
30 – Chicago, IL – Exile in Bookville *
SEPTEMBER
19 – Saint Leonards-on-Sea, UK – Kino-Teatr
23 – Cambridge, UK – Portland Arms
24 – Ipswich, UK – The Church
25 – Cardiff, UK – Acapela Studio
26 – Manchester, UK – Hallé at St Michaels
27 – Gateshead, UK – The Central
29 – Glasgow, UK – Cottiers Theatre
OCTOBER
1 – Belfast, UK – The Deer’s Head
2 – Dublin, Ireland – The Sugar Club
4 – Galway, Ireland – Roisin Dubh
6 – Hebden Bridge, UK – Trades Club
7 – Reading, UK – South Street Arts Centre
8 – Bath, UK – Komedia Bath
9 – Twyford, UK – St Mary’s Church, Twyford
10 – London, UK – Union Chapel
11 – Paris, France – Les Trois Baudets
17 – Landsberg Am Lech, Germany – Stadttheater Landsberg
18 – Berlin, Germany – Privatclub
20 – Bergen, Norway – Ole Bull Scene
21 – Trondheim, Norway – Bar Moskus
23 – Drammen, Norway – Drammen Kulturhus
24 – Randaberg, Norway – Tungenes Fyr
25 – Oslo, Norway – BLÅ
27 – København S, Denmark – DR Koncerthuset
28 – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Hornstulls Strand
30 – Helsinki, Finland – KULT
30 – Chicago, IL – Exile in Bookville *
SEPTEMBER
19 – Saint Leonards-on-Sea, UK – Kino-Teatr
23 – Cambridge, UK – Portland Arms
24 – Ipswich, UK – The Church
25 – Cardiff, UK – Acapela Studio
26 – Manchester, UK – Hallé at St Michaels
27 – Gateshead, UK – The Central
29 – Glasgow, UK – Cottiers Theatre
OCTOBER
1 – Belfast, UK – The Deer’s Head
2 – Dublin, Ireland – The Sugar Club
4 – Galway, Ireland – Roisin Dubh
6 – Hebden Bridge, UK – Trades Club
7 – Reading, UK – South Street Arts Centre
8 – Bath, UK – Komedia Bath
9 – Twyford, UK – St Mary’s Church, Twyford
10 – London, UK – Union Chapel
11 – Paris, France – Les Trois Baudets
17 – Landsberg Am Lech, Germany – Stadttheater Landsberg
18 – Berlin, Germany – Privatclub
20 – Bergen, Norway – Ole Bull Scene
21 – Trondheim, Norway – Bar Moskus
23 – Drammen, Norway – Drammen Kulturhus
24 – Randaberg, Norway – Tungenes Fyr
25 – Oslo, Norway – BLÅ
27 – København S, Denmark – DR Koncerthuset
28 – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Hornstulls Strand
30 – Helsinki, Finland – KULT
NOVEMBER
21 – Birmingham, AL - Saturn
* In Conversation + Book Signing
21 – Birmingham, AL - Saturn
* In Conversation + Book Signing