Newton Faulkner Announces Release Of New Single 'Clouds' & New Album 'Write It On Your Skin'
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Brit nominated, acoustic guitar virtuoso Newton Faulkner is set to release his third album ‘Write It On Your Skin’ on July 9th with it's first single ‘Clouds’ out on July 1st.
It’s been over three years since 2009’s ‘Rebuilt By Humans’ and in that time he’s toured the world, started a family (he has a one year old son, Beau Henry Faulkner-Richards) and some might say helped usher in a new generation of singer-songwriters. Ed Sheeran, Ben Howard and Michael Kiwanuka might be stylistically diverse, but their ‘have-guitar-will-travel’ approach surely flows from the trailblazing example of Newton.
Now, after invention, innovation, reinvention and creation, comes his third album, 'Write It On Your Skin'. This one man band (in every sense) has opened himself up to the talents of other writers and players working with his brother Toby (a former drum and bass MC), hip hop fan Sam Farrar (Phantom Planet) and production writing pair Nexus.
The result? An album bristling with spontaneity, the best kind of DIY imagination, and songs from unlikely sources but with a very likely-lad appeal.
As he says now with a laugh, despite his trademark rust-red dreads, he only seems to get recognized when it’s sunny outdoors: “For some reason if it’s raining it can’t be me – but if the sun’s shining, then it’s definitely me! I’m completely affiliated with the sun. I get that now.”
Newton has previously sold over 1million albums in the UK alone. His debut ‘Hands Built By Robots’ spent over 10 months inside the Top 40 Album Charts and become one of the Top 20 Biggest Selling UK digital albums of all time.
Ahead of the release, Newton will be touring the UK, giving fans the chance to hear new material as well as his classic hits.
Newton Faulkner UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Thu April 26th 2012 - Old Fire Station, Bournemouth
Sat April 28th 2012 - Palace Theatre - Southend, Southend
Sun April 29th 2012 - The Quarterhouse, Folkestone
Tue May 1st 2012 - Scala, London
Wed May 2nd 2012 - Scala, London
Thu May 3rd 2012 - O2 Academy2 Birmingham, Birmingham
Sat May 5th 2012 - O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol
Wed May 9th 2012 - Coal Exchange Cardiff, Cardiff
Thu May 10th 2012 - O2 Academy2 Oxford, Oxford
Sat May 12th 2012 - Open, Norwich
Sun May 13th 2012 - Assembly Rooms, Leamington Spa
Tue May 15th 2012 - Picturedome, Holmfirth
Wed May 16th 2012 - The Cockpit, Leeds
Thu May 17th 2012 - Leadmill, Sheffield
Sat May 19th 2012 - University Academy, Manchester
Sun May 20th 2012 - Stanley Theatre, Liverpool
Thu May 24th 2012 - Glasgow Oran Mor, Glasgow
Sat May 26th 2012 - Limelight, Belfast
Sun May 27th 2012 - Whelans, Dublin
Fri June 29th 2012 - The Great Tew Park, Chipping Norton
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