PHILIP OAKEY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE NEW ALBUM

 

 

THE SONGWRITING

The songs are gonna be a little bit less complex…less sort of verse/chorus/link/chorus/mid eight stuff, a little be more linear... we're trying to make it catchy.

www.retrorewind.com 11th September 2008

 

I have written a load of stuff with Rob (Barton), our new drummer.
www.remembertheeighties.com 20th August 2008

 

I’ve got six or seven songs with lyrics and vocal lines.

This Is Lancashire 1st August 2008

 

We've got the first five things that actually got vocals on together… We haven't written all the words yet... We've only written one verse that get's repeated.

Stuck In The '80s Sirius Radio 22nd June 2008

 

I’ve been killing myself trying to do some new stuff. I’m in every day dragging out the oldest gear, trying to make it work.

The Big Issue Of North 26th November 2007

 

THE SOUND

A little bit of disco, a little bit of electro, but keeping it very up to date. The beats are going to be heavier than they used to be.

www.retrorewind.com 11th September 2008

 

I love glam and I love disco and I love early electro and together with some sixties vocalising I wanted to go in those directions and there's some odd little

things like The Association, Blood Sweat and Tears, and to have some of that sort of stuff on top of it as well. But it has to be up to date too… I'm very

confident about where the music is going.

www.remembertheeighties.com 20th August 2008

 

It sounds a little bit like a wobbly elephant falling down stairs… It's very much an alternative to your average standard band format.

The Big Issue Of North 26th November 2007

 

The great glam electro album has yet to be made, halfway between Glitterbeat and Cabaret Voltaire.
The Big Issue Of North 26th November 2007

 

THE PRODUCER

I’m sort of producer and engineer now.

Black Night Meditations radio show 30th August 2008


I’m really doing everything including working with computers.

This Is Lancashire 1st August 2008

 

I seem to be the producer now.
The Big Issue Of North 26th November 2007

 

THE RECORD COMPANY

Emerging from a decade in which everyone seems to have spent their time looking backwards we are delighted to have the opportunity to

march forwards once again and attempt to produce new and exciting music in a new and exciting partnership.

Wall Of Sound press release 19th December 2009

 

We have had a little bit of interest from a couple of labels, one of which actually is associated with a major.
Black Night Meditations radio show 30th August 2008


We do have record companies very slightly interested. No majors.
The Big Issue Of North 26th November 2007