Clubhouse Newsletter #58

Don’t miss This Is The Train: Brighton janglers, Raving Beauties, go twangy sunshine soul on new single

As summer slowly turns to autumn, Raving Beauties have created the perfect soundtrack with their gorgeous new single, This Is The Train. 

An optimistic and irresistible, harmony-laden guitar pop song, it sees the Brighton-based collective shifting from jangle to twangle and adding some classic Northern Soul influences.

With some stunning and melodic twangy lead guitar by special guest, gunslinger James Walbourne (The Pretenders, The Rails), and organ, bass and glockenspiel by Ian Parton (The Go! Team), who also mixed the track, Raving Beauties have created a shimmering and soulful thing of, er, beauty that deserves to be heard playing loudly through open car windows.

Watch the lovely new video here

This Is The Train is timeless, but also fresh and vibrant – it’s an ideal song for these strange and uncertain times, as we look towards a brighter future. It’s like meeting up with an old friend or loved one you haven’t seen for ages and heading off to the coast to escape from the humdrum routine of everyday life.

“The song’s not literally about trains, but I guess you could say it’s sort of about coming out a dark tunnel into the light,” says Raving Beauties supremo, Brian Bell, who lives in Brighton, but hails from Belfast.

“One of the main influences on the album we’re putting the finishing touches to (Over Yonder) is the early ‘70s Island Records vibe. We’d been thinking about covering a John Martyn or Nick Drake song in a more up-tempo, jangly style, but we ended up binning that idea – This Is The Train emerged from me putting a new vocal melody and lyrics to some of the folky chord progressions that Tom Collison (producer/multi-instrumentalist /main collaborator) had been playing around with.”

There’s another new recruit too – Scottish folknik and acoustic guitar maestro, Callum Johnstone, who provides the harmony vocal. “It’s a nice bit of serendipity in that the original Raving Beauties album [released in 2015] came about because of a Belfast-Edinburgh alliance with singer-songwriter Gordon Grahame. Things have come full circle, as Callum is a proud Edinburgher,” says Bell.

Completing the line-up is drummer Grant Allardyce – another Sussex-based, Belfast expat. “He’s primarily a jazz dude, so brings a swing to whatever he plays on,” enthuses Bell.

This Is The Train by Raving Beauties is out now on all your favourite digital platforms – got on board.

Luke Tuchscherer & The Penny Dreadfuls with David Banks & The Loose Change play The Water Rats, London – Friday 3^rd December. 

Both Luke and David will be playing full sets with their rockin’ bands including songs from their critically acclaimed solo records as well as couple of rare outings from the Whybirds back catalogue. 

The show is hosted by our friends at Black Cat Promotions and doors are at 7pm with music starting at 7.30pm.

Tickets are available now at just £12, this really is going to be a great show in a terrific venue and we hope to see a few of you there.

Looking to record…?

On the subject of David Banks….

Not only is David a top bloke and an incredible musician but a brilliant producer and has been working on a range of albums for other artists before he gets started on his follow-up to Until The End. As well as more established musicians, Dave offers his services to people who have always wanted to record something but didn’t know where to start. Dave can take the simplest of demos and turn them into fully produced, multi-instrument, radio-ready tracks. He can record remotely or in person.

Check out his website for more info and contact David from the site, if you mention Clubhouse Records then you get 10% off your first session!  www.thelittleredrecordingstudio.com

and finally.... did you realise it's nearly 10 years to the day that we released Case Hardin's 'Every Dirty Mirror'? What followed was a long and fruitful relationship with the band and an enduring partnership with frontman Pete Gow, and here's to many more years of brilliant songs. A decade on we still think it's a cracking record, take a listen here .

See you soon

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