From Loudersound.
Elvis Costello has announced that his new studio album Hey Clockface will be released on October 30 via Concord Records.
It was recorded between Helsinki, Paris and New York and was mixed in Los Angeles by Sebastian Krys – and to mark the news, Costello has released a video for the track We Are All Cowards Now.
For the Paris sessions, Costello was joined by a group of musicians he dubbed Le Quintette Saint Germain: Steve Nieve, Mickaél Gasche, Pierre-François ‘Titi’ Dufour and Renaud-Gabriel Pion.
Costello says: “I sang live on the studio floor, directing from the vocal booth. We cut nine songs in two days. We spoke very little. Almost everything the musicians played was a spontaneous response to the song I was singing. I’d had a dream of recording in Paris like this, one day.”
The New York sessions were produced by composer, arranger and trumpet player Michael Leonhart in collaboration with guitarists Bill Frisell and Nels Cline.
Costello adds: “I wanted to write ‘Helsinki-Paris-???’ on the record jacket like this was a perfume or an advertising agency. London was a possibility for the third city but London is forever. We’ll be there again.
“Michael sent this music to me from New York at the perfect time. It connected to elements in both of the previous sessions and completed the picture.
“I wanted the record to be vivid, whether the songs demanded playing that was loud and jagged or intimate and beautiful.”
Hey Clockface is now available to pre-order.
Elvis Costello: Hey Clockface
1. Revolution #49
2. No Flag
3. They’re Not Laughing At Me Now
4. Newspaper Pane
5. I Do (Zula’s Song)
6. We Are All Cowards Now
7. Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me?
8. The Whirlwind
9. Hetty O’Hara Confidential
10. The Last Confession of Vivian Whip
11. What Is It That I Need That I Don’t Already Have?
12. Radio Is Everything
13. I Can’t Say Her Name
14. Byline
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ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS Armed Forces (1979 UK limited edition 12-track LP, complete with the bonus 3-track vinyl 7" live EP featuring Accidents Will Happen, Alison & Watching The Detectives in its own picture sleeve, four postcards [one for each band member], the illustrated lyric inner & fold-out custom stickered picture sleeve. The sleeve displays minimal wear & the vinyl remains in Near Mint condition with little signs of play. Now hard to find fully complete RAD14)
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ELVIS COSTELLO Armed Forces (1979 UK 12-track vinyl LP, their third studio album including the singles Oliver's Army and Accidents Will Happen. The fold-out picture sleeve shows a little shelfwear and comes with the illustrated card inner inside while the vinyl displays only light signs of play RAD14)
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ELVIS COSTELLO Spike (1989 UK German-pressed 14-track LP, including Let Him Dangle, Veronica & Tramp The Dirt Down, featuring guest appearances from Paul McCartney, Roger McGuinn, T Bone Burnett, Christy Moore & Davy Spillane. Picture sleeve with lyric inner. The glossy picture sleeve has minor edgewear and retains its custom sticker to the front and the vinyl appears barely played WX238)
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ELVIS COSTELLO Less Than Zero (1977 UK solid centre 7" single on Stiff, also featuring Radio Sweetheart - this Nick Lowe produced seven inch was only the third single in Costello's career & is a great example of his early sound. The picture sleeve shows some minor ringwear and the vinyl is in excellentt condition BUY11)
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