Richard Dawson has introduced his newest LP, Finish of the Center, which will likely be launched on February 14 through Domino. The follow-up to 2022’s The Ruby Twine is led by the only ‘Polytunnel’, which arrives with a video directed by James Hankins. Test it out and discover the album cowl and tracklist beneath.
“I feel I do know what’s taking place within the music, however hopefully that’ll be totally different for every individual listening,” Dawson stated in a press release. “I like that the road ‘Out the gate and down the lane’ – it might imply happening the allotment, or it might imply going elsewhere. Tunnel is clearly a really loaded phrase. There’s probably quite a lot of drama taking place outdoors of the strains of the music…. Or not. It would simply be a music about an allotment.”
Introducing Finish of the Center, he shared: “I wished this album to be small-scale and really home. To be stripped again, reconnect with the fundamentals and let every part converse for itself – to be actually stark and bare by simply placing the phrases and melodies on the market.”
“It zooms in fairly close-up to try to discover a typical center class English household residence,” he added. “We’re listening to the tales of individuals from three or 4 generations of maybe the identical household. However actually, it’s about how we break sure cycles. I feel the household is a helpful metaphor to look at how issues are handed on generationally.”
Finish of the Center Cowl Art work:
Finish of the Center Tracklist:
1. Bolt
2. Gondola
3. Bullies
4. The query
5. Boxing Day gross sales
6. Knot
7. Polytunnel
8. Removals van
9. Greater than Actual
