Lyric video by Cathy & Simon.
‘The Sea’ EP out today Posted on Sunday 13 October 2013
Our new EP ‘The Sea’ is out today.
A bit more about these songs:
‘The Sea’ is a song about humanity evolving back into living in the sea, driven by an instinctive and melancholy longing for a simpler time. It’s about following a call of the wild, our bodies still in search of that elusive lost golden age. This story of giving up on the whole project of land-dwelling also dovetails nicely with our new album which is all about human evolution and possible futures.
The double A-side on the EP meanwhile, ‘A Distance’, is about our fraught attempts at communicating with each other – how it seems we are always reduced to some sort of echo or projection of ourselves in someone else’s brain. A resolute call for a human hive-mind, or at the very least telepathy.
‘The Wilderness’ is about the call of a different wild: the wilderness inside, the daunting possibilities of life and all the misguided ways we choose to deal with them. It’s about the sad beauty of squandered chances and waiting, waiting for something to happen.
‘Witchi Tai To’ is our tribute to Jim Pepper’s magical and life-affirming adaptation of a traditional native American Peyote song. This song has saved many lives.
New Fanfarlo EP next month – shows in London and around Europe Posted on Friday 9 August 2013
We have a few exciting pieces of news. The 30th of September will see a release of the EP ‘The Sea’, followed the next day by a small London show at Hoxton Plaza, the October 1st. Also in September, shows at Botanique in Brussels and Rotown in Rotterdam. As a reminder we are also playing a free show in Santiago de Compostela at the Cidade Da Cultura on 31 August. Ticket links below. More shows around Europe to follow!
Fanfarlo x x
31/8 Santiago de Compostela, Cidade Da Cultura
http://www.cidadedacultura.org/gl/evento/atardecer-no-gaias-0
25/9 Botanique, Brussels
http://www.botanique.be/fr/activite/fanfarlo-25092013
26/9 Rotown, Rotterdam
http://www.rotown.nl/26-09-2013/fanfarlo?ticket=177
1/10 Hoxton Plaza, London
http://www.gigsandtours.com/event/fanfarlo/hoxton-plaza/731435/
Cosmic Garbage Party mix tape by Simon Balthazar Posted on Tuesday 30 July 2013
Here’s a Disco/Kraut/Soul/Psych mix tape. Enjoy!
Simon x
What Am I Going To Do? – The Dovers
Gott Gott Elektron – Chrisma
Fire – Lizzy Mercier Descloux
Butterbean – B52s
Just About Enough – Ryuichi Sakamoto featuring Robin Scott
Tryouts For The Human Race – Sparks
Cosmic Surfin’ – YMO
Shutout – Walker Brothers
A Spectacle – Can
Hold On To Your Love – Neil Young
Program – Silver Apples
High Pressure Days – Units
Shack Up – A Certain Ratio
TV – The Flying Lizards
Put Yourself In My Place – Jan Panter
Elijah Rockin’ With Soul – Hank Jacobs
He Cried – The Shangri Las
Garbage Party – John S. Hall & Kramer
Fanfarlo are playing Green Man festival 2013 Posted on Wednesday 10 July 2013
After having made our new record over several trips to houses and studios in Wales this spring and last autumn, it feels good that we are coming back next month to play this year’s Green Man festival, on August the 18th.
Tickets here:
www.greenman.net/tickets