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Pressed on Black vinyl, housed within a gatefold sleeve.Blur drummer Dave Rowntree is excited to announce details of his debut album,nbspRadio Songs.Radio Songsnbspwill be released on 20thnbspJanuary 2023 via Cooking Vinyl. Its announcement coincides with the release of a new single, his second from the debut record, and its opener too.nbspThe album was produced by Leo Abrahams Brian Eno, Wild Beasts, Ghostpoet.ldquoRadio has been a constant for me,rdquo Rowntree reflects. ldquoItrsquos been one of the steadying factors in my life.rdquoHence the title ofnbspRadio Songs, Dave Rowntreersquos debut solo album. Many of the songs on it began life with his recordings of the weird and wonderful sounds of atmospheric static inbetween stations, using them as the foundations upon which he built the tracks.ldquoThe idea of Radio Songs is me spinning through the dial,rdquo he explains. ldquoIt sounds like yoursquove got a radio tuned to some static and you spin the dial, and the song pops out of it. And then you spin the dial again, and the song dissolves back into the static.rdquo Moreover, each of the songs on the record finds Rowntree exploring significant turning points in his life.Best known as the drummer in Blur, Dave Rowntree is also something of a polymath film and TV composer, podcaster, light aircraft pilot and instructor, lawyer, and former Labour councillor. ldquoIrsquove always been a bit of a nomad,rdquo he laughs. ldquoNever quite satisfied. I suppose Irsquom endlessly ambitious, really.rdquo Those ambitions have led him to the creation ofnbspRadio Songs, which he points out is ldquoan album that Irsquove been musing on and chipping away at for a few years now.rdquonbsp The Times Record Collector DIY Classic Pop810 Uncut
