L.A.-based Fredrick says upcoming Witches! is dance record without drums that 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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the black watch – In The Press
“One of music’s most perfect and unheralded rock
outfits.” — MAGNET
“Should’ve become a household name a long time ago.” —
USA Today
“Salutes the great DIY pop canon and trophy hallways
of heroes.” — Impose
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PLAY, POST
& SHARE
[YOUTUBE]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0gGBfuKkX4
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Two college professors spend
an hour chatting about The Jazz
Butcher, the pursuit of perfection, and being called the California version
of The Cure. Listen
to Alex Green of the Stereo Embers podcast with John Andrew Fredrick of the black watch here.
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“Sounds like
the holy union of Guided By Voices, The Wedding Present and any number of New
Zealand pop heroes.” — Buzzbands.la
the black
watch will release Witches!,
the follow-up to last year’s The Gospel According To John, and
the band’s 16th album (July
27th, Atom Records.)
Witches!
was recorded acoustically on acoustic guitar and Beatles-esque Epiphone Casino by self-professed
frontman-loudmouth-quiet guy-author, John
Andrew Fredrick at Rob Campanella’s
(The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Tyde, Mystic Braves) Hollywood studio, then seriously sonically
embellished by producer/mixer/noisemaker Scott
Campbell (Stevie Nicks, Shelby Lynne, Acetone.)
Of the track, Fredrick
explains, “Georgette, Georgette,” was the last song written for the record. I wrote the blasted thing at a
backyard party at Rob Campanella’s
house. I met a woman called Georgette
and when she found out I was a songwriter, she challenged me to write a song
with her name in it. I went into Rob’s
studio control room and came out and played it for her maybe fifteen minutes
later.’
About Witches!, Fredrick coyly notes that he was “deeply engrossed in obsessively
listening exclusively (“and I mean I didn’t even put on any Beatles!’) to “The Pink Floyd” (Fredrick
always includes the band’s original “The.”)
The new collection reflects Fredrick’s
goal to make something ‘that sounds like if Syd Barrett had joined New
Order.
Sixteen albums in, Fredrick is candid about his career, saying, “I reckon at this
stage you could call me an artist who has been driven a bit mad by incessant
creation. I know I cannot stop making things. Witches! is the work of a
wee bit mad person. A functioning one -- an over-functioning one! Aren’t we
all?
Witches! by
the black watch arrives July 27th, 2018 via Atom Records. The album’s preceding EP “The Paper Boats” is out now. John Andrew Fredrick is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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the black watch
Witches!
(Atom Records)
July 27th, 2018
Track Listing:
01. Dances For Sad Footsteps Slow
02. When We First Met
03. The Beginning of The End
04. Legerdemain
05. Graymalkin Comes
07. From Hampstead Heath
08. The Weird Sisters
09. Ode To Spring
10. 1966 Or So
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the black watch
“The Paper Boats” EP
(The Eskimo Record Label)
Out Now
Track Listing:
02. Oh You Little Witch! (YOUTUBE |
STREAM | MP3)
03. Jingle-Jangle Loop De Loop
04. Your So Dark Sleep/Goodbye (VIDEO)
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the black watch – Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
WEBSITE
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