Tellison - Edith

NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION 7" SINGLE (300)

West London’s cult alt-indie four piece Tellison release their new single ‘Edith’ on 2nd
October through Naim Edge Records, the second from this summer’s much loved new,
Peter Miles (The King Blues, Frank Turner, We Are The Ocean) produced album ‘The
Wages Of Fear’.

‘Edith’ is the quintessence of Tellison’s charming capability to candidly express
contemporary anguish through classic inspirations. Front man and guitarist Stephen
Davidson explains the meaning behind the new single; “Edith Wharton writes a mean
story. Her writing, though not particularly fashionable today, earned her a Pulitzer prize in
1921 and the deep devotion of countless readers the world over. In other words she
knows where it's at. The Pulitzer was awarded to her novel "The Age Of Innocence". I read
that book in a small attic room in Cambridge in 2008 and immediately afterwards wrote a
song. The song's title namechecks Edith herself whilst its lyrics reference a few of her
literary inventions. There's also some stuff about real life not being as compelling,
powerful, ordered, dramatic or satisfying as fiction (particularly hers) in there too.”

Accompanying the digital single release of ‘Edith’ will be a limited edition (numbered) 7”
vinyl, complete with b side from Manchester’s TCTS, the official SoundCloud Remix
Competition winner, as judged by Tellison themselves.

Tellison’s new album ‘The Wages Of Fear’, despite a ball-busting piracy leak ahead of its
June release, has rapidly forged new ground for one of Britain’s most-loved underground
alt-indie phenomena. It is only getting busier for Tellison as they release their first US
single ‘Freud Links The Teeth And The Heart’ through Family Records this Autumn and will
tour Europe to promote their album release before the year is out.

The album was recorded last summer in a Scottish mansion once owned by Glenmorangie
himself, fueled by Bruce Springsteen and, inevitably, whiskey. It is also the name of a
French film from 1953 directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot in which the desperate
inhabitants of a dead-end South American town are hired by a manipulative and dishonest
oil company to complete a near suicidal task in the vain hope of earning their passage out
of a situation full of horror because it presents no opportunities and no chance of
redemption.

Live wise, over the last 2 years the band have covered the length and breadth of the UK
building up a rabid fan-base, touring extensively as a headline act, along the way playing
shows and joining tours with the likes of Good Shoes, I Was A Cub Scout, Walter Shriefels,
Gallows, Emmy The Great, Mumford and Sons, Noah & the Whale, Get Cape, Wear Cape,
Fly, Frank Turner, Biffy Clyro, Bombay Bicycle Club, Sam Sparro, Johnny Foreigner, Esser,
Tubelord, Rolo Tomassi and MC RUT.

After much demand, Tellison also follow up the recent June ‘The Wages Of Fear’ tour with
further dates throughout October. The band will be taking their (tragically leaking) van
across the UK once more and visit the more ‘out of the way’ venues this Country has to
offer. Expect histrionics, guitar throwing and thousand yard stares. Expect sweat, blood,
smiles and spit. Expect classic British indie rock, people like you, inexplicably on a stage,
doing their god-damned best

Tracks:

Edith / Edith (TCTS Remix)

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