639852105719

To Us, The Beautiful!

Franz Nicolay

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Format: LP

Cat No: XMR097LP

Release Date:  19 January 2015

Label:  Xtra Mile Recordings Ltd. / Xtra Mile Recordings

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  639852105719

Genres:  Folk  Singer Songwriter  

  • Description

    New album from the wonderful (former Hold Steady man) Franz Nicolay which features Against Me!'s Andrew Seward on Bass and Leftover Crack's Ara Babajian on drums and recorded by J. Robbins. Franz Nicolay returns with 'To Us, The Beautiful' - the anthemic follow-up to 2012's 'Do the Struggle' - released by Xtra Mile Recordings on January 19th. Renowned for his unique delivery and absorption of widely-diverse styles, Franz has shared stages and song writing time with The Hold Steady, New York gypsy-punks Guignol, and Against Me!, as well as playing on records by Frank Turner, The Living End, The Dresden Dolls and The Loved One. Taking its title from a rather lucid Ukrainian toast – "To us the beautiful, and to those who disagree, may their eyes fall out" - the album has far more of the joyous celebration than the dark acid tongue to it. Realised in a mere 6 days of rehearsals and recording, with Andrew Seward of Against Me! on bass and J. Robbins of the legendary Jawbox and Burning Airlines producing, 'To Us, The Beautiful!' is bulging with hooks and elegant melodies. Influences and inspirations for the record, a list that includes: the Waterboys, Leo Strauss, Ivor Cutler, future of the left, a Scottish girl, a pet rat in Southampton, John Cooper Clarke, the Egyptian Book of the Dead and "other things (that) are in there too," says Franz himself.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. To Us
      • 2. The Beautiful!
      • 3. Marfa Lights
      • 4. Talk To Him In Shallow Water
      • 5. Bright White
      • 6. Imperfect Rhyme

      Side 2

      • 1. Everything Is Going According To Plan
      • 2. Open With The Wrestlers
      • 3. The Pilot Inside
      • 4. Bring Me A Mirror
      • 5. Jerusalem Against Athens
      • 6. Your Body
      • . And The Bordeline