Fanatic Promotion: the black watch drops new EP “The Paper Boats,” simultaneously announces completion of (sweet) 16th full-length album “Witches!”

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

the black watch drops new EP “The Paper Boats,” simultaneously announces completion of (sweet) 16th full-length album “Witches!”

L.A.-based, multi-talented songwriter, author John Andrew Fredrick says upcoming work sounds like “if Syd Barrett joined New Order.”

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John Andrew Fredrick of the black watch as photographed by Steve Keros.

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“Brimming with trademark wit and wisdom.” Hear “Oh You Little Witch!” by the black watch at PopMatters or the link below!

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[STREAM | MP3]: https://lnk.to/TheBlackWatch-OhYouLittleWitch

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the black watch – In The Press

“Should’ve become a household name a long time ago.” — USA Today

“Sounds like the holy union of Guided By Voices, The Wedding Present and any number of New Zealand pop heroes.” — Buzzbands.la

“Salutes the great DIY pop canon and trophy hallways of heroes with an illustrious array of pepped up jangle pop.” — Impose

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Los Angeles!

This Friday, May 11^th at 8PM at Stories Books and Cafe (1716 W. Sunset Blvd.) in Echo Park: Songwriter and author John Andrew Fredrick presents “Songs & Stories” in celebration of the latest EP, “The Paper Boats,” by the black watch. More info here.

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“This song’s all in good fun - no harm, no foul,” says John Andrew Fredrick, the lone and long-standing constant leader of Los Angeles-based dreampop outfit the black watch about “Oh You Little Witch!,” his most recent single, recently premiered via PopMatters, and available now on “The Paper Boats,” the new EP from the black watch.

“I often metaphorically enter into other people’s consciousnesses, trying to imagine what it’s like to be them.” Fredrick continues. “But at some point one stops doing that. As the song declares, ‘I never wonder what it’s like to be you.’ You look at someone and go ‘Someone, somewhere used to be so interested in that person, and now they never hardly ever pay them any nevermind!’”

“The Paper Boats” represents the latest in a long, long line of releases by Fredrick (more than most artists conjure in a lifetime.) Some 25 or so releases, in fact, comprised of albums, EPs, and books, which will now be added to with the announcement of another “witchy” title.

“Witches!” is the just-completed new album by the black watch.

Further release details of the new album “that sounds like if Syd Barrett had joined New Order,” according to Fredrick, are forthcoming.

For now, Fredrick coyly notes that he was deeply engrossed in obsessively listening exclusively (“I mean, I didn’t even put on any Beatles”) to The Pink Floyd (unlike the band itself, Fredrick never stopped using the “The”) when writing and recording the follow-up to 2017’s The Gospel According To John. “Witches!” promises to be a serious departure for this long-running band of never-say-die indie rockers.

“The Paper Boats” EP by the black watch is out now on the eskimo record label. John Andrew Fredrick is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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“The Paper Boats” EP

(The Eskimo Record Label)

Out Now