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Aug 19 2022

TO WHERE I AM NOW

29/84 degrees today in Porto and it kept me still all day, I was snookered. But I thought, relax, you’re always busy, do nothing without guilt, so I did – or didn’t so to speak. Although I still managed to clean the shower door inside and out. But the main thing that happened today was that it’s the day of the release of the Salim Nourallah EP See You In Marfa. The first release since I went to Dallas to co-produce a record of his songs with him and join his band as an extra guitarist when I was needed. All this happened in 2018 and soon after we had finished recording the pandemic happened.

It took a while before we were happy with a mix and the project stalled because of that and the silence of the world – then as the world began to wake, Salim and his friend and sometime co-collaborator Billy Harvey found the sound and we suddenly saw the light at the end of the tunnel. The recording has been broken up into two releases, the See You In Marfa EP out today and A Nuclear Winter, the album, which will be released early next year. The 5-track EP is available now from Bandcamp as a digital download and CD.

Glide Magazine – “Brings together the indie rock sensibility of Wilco and the catchy power pop stylings of Tom Petty…feels truly timeless. It also provides further proof that, while Nourallah may not be as recognized as the acts he produces, he is a gem of a writer and musician.”

The Big Takeover – “…bright and breezy…an aural love letter to a cool place and a favorite person.”

Americana Highways – “This is what commercial mainstream should sound like. It’s appealing without being lame, mindless & repetitive with lines that gnaw at the memory.”

Spill Magazine – “Rife with Nourallah’s signature indie-pop/rock and sprinkled with a tiny bit of Americana…The songs sound fresh and vibrant..”

There have been two videos released for two songs from the EP, Hold On To The Night and the title track See You In Marfa.

Salim kindly gave me a credit for the former as I helped finish the track. The track Not Back To Sad was co-written with his brother Faris. The EP’s title track, Hate The Waiting, and Love’s A Promise are all written by Salim. We did plan to do some shows together to support the album but the lockdown closed the door on that idea, we’ll see what happens next year.

Other news today is that UPS has told me to expect a delivery (the loadbox) and I started to catch up on emails. I was distracted by some new releases, that I added to my want-to-listen list, with others that I’d like to get if they aren’t too expensive. Having an archive means buying things and as records are so limited these days, you have to make a decision quickly or they’re gone. Does anyone have a spare copy of the debut Aldous Harding album?

Pink Floyd – Animals Remix
Bowie – Ziggy 50th Anniversary
Suede – Autofiction
Simple Minds – Direction Of The Heart
Interpol – The Other Side Of Make-Believe
Arcade Fire – We
Björk – Fossora
Beth Orton – Weather Alive
Robin Trower – No More Worlds To Conquer
Jack White – Entering Heaven Alive

I have already ordered:
Horsegirl – Versions Of Modern Performance
House Of Love – A State Of Grace
David Sylvian – Manafon and Blemish vinyl
The Mars Volta – The Mars Volta and vinyl back catalogue (I missed them the first time around)

Written by Marty Willson-Piper · Categorized: Blog

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This is my stolen 1965 Rickenbacker 12-string, serial number EB157. If there's any chance of this guitar coming back to me before I go to meet my maker, then that would be wonderful. Please contact me if you have any information.

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A visit in the studio today from old mate Mark Burgess from The Chameleons who has been hanging in Texas recently. I was thinking about the two of us growing up in the northwest of England and all these years later finding ourselves in such an unlikely spot together. We fixed a few issues in the universe and I carried on recording some guitars until Mark had to leave. Mark had played at the Galactic Headquarters next to the studio this year as Olivia and I had four years ago and this reminded me to remind myself to remind everyone to remind their friends that we will be playing there with Salim on Saturday, New Year’s Eve, for the ultimate in intimate performance. You can get tickets here (follow link below).

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Sadness manifested in a building, today we went to visit Paisley Park. Prince built Paisley Park in Chanhassen, about twenty minutes southwest of Minneapolis. It opened in 1987 and he recorded his later albums there. Apart from Prince, REM also recorded and mixed Out Of Time there, recording Kate Pearson’s vocal on Shiny Happy People vocal. Madonna had Prince play guitar on three songs from Like A Prayer and the two co-wrote Love Song, finishing it remotely due to Madonna not being able to stand the cold weather and the rather desolate location of the studio. Of course, there are things around but it’s not in the city and it’s not in the countryside, it’s in a suburb, no distractions, just what Prince wanted.

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Missing

This is my stolen 1965 Rickenbacker 12-string, serial number EB157. If there’s any chance of this guitar coming back to me before I go to meet my maker, then that would be wonderful. Please contact me if you have any information.

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