Euros Childs To Release New Album 'Summer Special' This August
Wednesday, 01 August 2012
Written by Elliott Batte
Welsh singer-songwriter-musician Euros Childs has revealed that his brand new LP ‘Summer Special’ will see a release on August 27th.
In the mid-1990‘s, Euros Childs was the teenage frontman of Peel Show stalwarts Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. That much-loved band were renowned for their unique ability to reach beyond the confines of their own times and tap into the unfettered pastoral spirits of such then-neglected maverick forebears as Kevin Ayers and Robert Wyatt. Two decades later, Euros Childs has become just that kind of inspirational figure himself.
Additionally, in the last 3 years, Childs started his own label National Elf which has seen the star turn his liberation from label obligations to listeners’ advantage with a thrilling surge of creativity. A work-rate that makes Damon Albarn look like Scott Walker has seen him follow up 2009‘s amazing ‘Son of Euro Child’ with the visceral Kraut-rock carnage of 2010’s ‘Face Dripping’, the exquisite piano/vocal melancholy of 2011’s ‘Ends’, and the collaborative electro-pop breakthrough (imagine a no-budget psychedelic Pet Shop Boys) of 2012’s ‘First Cousins’ - the debut album by spin-off duo (with Euros joined by Race Horses’ Meilyr Jones) Cousins.
All is brought full circle by ‘Summer Special’ – a gorgeous return to the slanted and enchanted pop Childs first made his name with. As he explains, “Because I feel I went somewhere new with the last 3 solo albums, that's enabled me to get excited again about making a more straight-ahead pop record, so that’s what ‘Summer Special’ is”.
You can check out the tracklisting of the album below - as well as an official video for album track ‘That’s Better’.
1. Be Be High
2. That's Better
3. I'm Seeing Her Tonight
4. Headphone Mona
5. Clap a Chan
6. Roogie Boogie
7. Round and Around
8. Painting Pictures Of Summer
9. These Dreams of You
10. That Good Old Fashioned Feeling
11. Skipping and Dancing
12. Good Feeling
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