H. Hawkline Details New Cate Le Bon-Produced Album 'Milk For Flowers', Posts Title Track
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Ren Faulkner
H. Hawkline, real name Huw Evans, has announced a new album.
'Milk For Flowers' was produced by his frequent collaborator Cate Le Bon, and will arrive on March 10 via Heavenly Recordings.
The pair, who have previously played on each other's albums, worked on the record at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, Wales, with contributions from Davey Newington (Boy Azooga) on drums, Paul Jones (Group Listening) on piano, Tim Presley (White Fence, DRINKS) on guitar, Stephen Black (Sweet Baboo) and Euan Hinshelwood (Younghusband, Cate Le Bon) on saxophone, Harry Bohay (Aldous Harding) on pedal steel and John Parish (PJ Harvey, Aldous Harding) on "infrequent bongo." Le Bon commented:
"I watched my dear friend, H. Hawkline, fold into himself and extract from a terrible time an album so exquisitely raw, yet deftly graceful. I had the extreme honour of being trusted as producer and gently helped him tease this beautiful work into existence. He writes music and lyrics that are porous to all the hues of a day. He sits melancholy at the table with absurdity, and no-one bats an eye. Not without effort but always with a natural hand moving pieces around from the inside out. It’s a beautiful thing to be continuously moved and surprised by an old friend."
As a preview, Evans has shared the LP's first single and title track, an expansive, piano-led offering that comes paired with a video. The clip is the first of three in a series that Evans says, "are a way of trying to express that sensation in the most direct way possible. Every day, an audition. At least I choose the soundtrack."
Of the song, he added: "Grief is a song that can’t be unheard: from the moment you learn it, you never stop singing. Its music paints the scenery - pulling the strings of every day. Forgotten corners and untended gardens can become rich with sickly vegetation, ice rinks and playgrounds decaying with every chord."
Evans will play headline shows across the UK next spring, alongside dates supporting Aldous Harding on her UK and European tour.
'Milk For Flowers' tracklist:
1. Milk For Flowers
2. Plastic Man
3. Suppression Street
4. I Need Him
5. Denver
6. Athens At Night
7. Like You Do
8. It’s A Living
9. Mostly
10. Empty Room
H Hawkline Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri March 10 2023 - CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
Sat March 11 2023 - MANCHESTER YES (The Pink Room)
Sun March 12 2023 - DUBLIN Workmans Cellar
Mon March 13 2023 - GLASGOW Hug and Pint
Tue March 14 2023 - LEEDS Brudenell Social Club
Wed March 15 2023 - BRIGHTON Hope and Ruin Brighton
Thu March 16 2023 - LONDON Omeara
Fri March 17 2023 - BRISTOL Rough Trade Bristol
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