Release Date: 31 March 2014
Label: At The Helm
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5052442004813
Release Date: 31 March 2014
Label: At The Helm
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5052442004820
Description
Life & Love' is the second album from New York City pianist, singer, songwriter and performer Hans Chew. After receiving 4-star reviews in both Rolling Stone and Uncut magazine for his debut 'Tennessee & Other Stories', Hans Chew returns with his eagerly anticipated follow up.
The snapshot of a rock and roll band, 'Life & Love' was recorded live in the studio with limited overdubs to allow the listener to feel the immediate raw power of this well-oiled band. With distinct influences of British and southern American classic rock, the album's sound stands on plenty of blues, country, and soul as it bares its teeth.
Conceptually, 'Life & Love' isn't complex: it deals with the experience of life and the role that love plays in it. Its imagery however, betrays another reality: the listener will encounter the creation and rise of civilization, temptations of the flesh from across the railroad tracks, the cool hand of the goddess of mercy, a marriage between a nymph and the son of Zebedee, a prodigal son in goatskin cloaks, Tsars, Boyars, the ripping open of space and time, and last but not least, the Junco Partner himself.Think Led Zeppelin, Arbouretum, James Booker, Endless Boogie and you'll get where Hans is coming from.
"****kicking action on the inspired piano man's second solo LP; like James
Booker inducted into an NYC rocker gang" – Uncut Magazine
"Hot piano player with a voice strangely like Kurt Cobain, taps into the kind of
rollicking Americana that made The Band so appealing" – The Guardian
Description
LTD Vinyl LP with Download Code
Life & Love' is the second album from New York City pianist, singer, songwriter and performer Hans Chew. After receiving 4-star reviews in both Rolling Stone and Uncut magazine for his debut 'Tennessee & Other Stories', Hans Chew returns with his eagerly anticipated follow up.
The snapshot of a rock and roll band, 'Life & Love' was recorded live in the studio with limited overdubs to allow the listener to feel the immediate raw power of this well-oiled band. With distinct influences of British and southern American classic rock, the album's sound stands on plenty of blues, country, and soul as it bares its teeth.
Conceptually, 'Life & Love' isn't complex: it deals with the experience of life and the role that love plays in it. Its imagery however, betrays another reality: the listener will encounter the creation and rise of civilization, temptations of the flesh from across the railroad tracks, the cool hand of the goddess of mercy, a marriage between a nymph and the son of Zebedee, a prodigal son in goatskin cloaks, Tsars, Boyars, the ripping open of space and time, and last but not least, the Junco Partner himself.Think Led Zeppelin, Arbouretum, James Booker, Endless Boogie and you'll get where Hans is coming from.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Beth Bombara
Tim Easton
Jack Harris
Hans Chew
BJ Barham
Amelia White
Hans Chew
Ags Connolly
Hans Chew
Hans Chew
