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HICCUPS RELEASE NOTES
‘On a recent tour of the US, drummer Bree Van Reyk and myself took a detour from our path on the greyhound bus to visit the fairytale town of pop music, Athens, Georgia. We completed three songs in three days in a fibro house by the railway tracks just on the outskirts of town by engineer Chris Bishop. Mr. Bishop couldn’t work out how to fix a hot water system but could sure get some lovely sounds. All the cold showers and microwaved cups of tea strangely added to the overall effect and organic feel of the finished product.
The upbeat circus-pop of “And the days were just packed” recalls adolescent years spent trapped in small towns.
The vaudevillian ballad ‘Eli Wallach’ centres around my obsession with an 87-year-old actor of yesteryear and his most famous role as ‘the ugly’ in the spaghetti western classic ‘the Good, the Bad and the Ugly’. It features the piano playing of local Athenian and former keyboard player of those elephant 6 heroes ‘the Olivia Tremor Control’, Peter Erchick. After a year of stalking the man, I also managed to interview my hero while on the American tour and a transcript of which appears in the liner notes of the CD.
‘Lights’ finishes off the recording with the end of a relationship suffocated with a pillow of 1940’s Hammond organ, bells and drum machine. It may leave you melancholic but hopefully also optimistic that there’s better days ahead.’
HISTORY
After many years playign bass in the Simpletons (and pushing beers down at the local pub), Darren started building a healthy following as a solo artist. Helped along by national radio play and successful touring overseas, as well as in Australia with artists such as Augie March and Magnetic Fields, Darren's debut cd-ep, Early Days was a favourite amongst indie pop fans.
Following hot on the heels of his successful debut cd-ep, Early Days, on Candle Records, Darren has recorded two great songs for this single. Video Party Sleepover is a rockin' pop song and finds Darren at his catchy best. The single is backed with an alternate version of Video Store (that originally appeared on Early Days) featuring guest backing vocals by Lee from Sea Life Park.
During his overseas tour he supported Billy Bragg in Toronto, Canada and on his Ireland tour. This year he toured Australia with Augie March and supported New York's Magnetic Fields on their May Tour. Mid-2001 saw Darren perform his first ever Australian headline tour with sell-out shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. He also played at this years Livid Festival and supported at Evan Dando's Sydney show. Currently he's working on his debut album which will be released early 2002. Darren Hanlon Website:
http://www.candlerecords.com.au Darren Hanlon Releases
Little Chills
Early Days
Hello Stranger
Write Your Adventures Down: A Tribute to the Go Betweens
Hamper - A Candle Records Collection
Hiccups - EP
Feast - A Candle Records Collection
Banter - A Candle Records Collection
Flipside - A Candle Records Collection
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