NEW ALBUM - ‘The Beautiful Lie’ released June 5th!
Arguably one of the UK’s most prolific talents, Ed Harcourt is set to release his 5th Album in 6 years! ‘The Beautiful Lie’, follows on from the critical success of ‘Strangers’ and will be released on 5th June on Heavenly Recordings/EMI.
At times ‘The Beautiful Lie’ is an incredibly personal record, and at others it’s subtly political. But the record's main thrust is about Ed falling in love with the idea of stories and inventing other characters and situations. Ed thinks of it as a return to the simplicity and elegance of ‘Maplewood’; the bulk of it recorded, like ‘Maplewood’ was, on an eight-track in his grandmother's house in Sussex, on a piano made for her back in 1917, with the drums set up out in the hallway. The rest was done in East London's Toe Rag studios, where The White Stripes recorded ‘Elephant’ for £4,000 on early '60s equipment. Graham Coxon was on hand to lend his guitar for a track and BJ Cole slid in with some mournful pedal steel. It's a record that Ed thinks of as being very homegrown, less in love with the Southern swampiness of Tom Waits and Sparklehorse, than with the romance of Southern England.
It’s also a record that could be Ed’s first grown-up album. His potential to make a record like this has always been there, brooding beautifully through every song he’s ever wrote. But with ‘The Beautiful Lie’, there’s a certain alchemy at play. Maybe it’s the weight of experience Ed’s had, or the years he’s spent crafting songs finally coming together to create something incredibly special. ‘The Beautiful Lie’ is confident, expressive and moving, wide-eyed, big-hearted and hot-blooded, with a musical ambition that dazzles you. It’s an album he’s grown up with, and an album that wants you to grow with it.
Tracklisting: Whirlwind In D Minor Visit From The Dead Dog (new single) You Only Call Me When You’re Drunk The Last Cigarette Shadowboxing Late Night Partner Revolution In My Heart Until Tomorrow Then Scatterbraine Rain On The Pretty Ones
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