A Day Full of You, A Night Tired of Me, by Craig Bethell (CD on Infraction)

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More goodness from Infraction. Oh yes... not one beauty but 2 this week. This one is by Craig Bethell and it's called 'A Day Full Of You, A Night Tired Of Me'. To me it looks like the tracks were recorded in 1997 but they've been refiddled with from 1997 to 2006. I think anyway... I have to admit to being a bit confused about this so apologies if I'm wrong. It takes cack all to confuse me mind you. Craig makes timeless croony gear over some wooshy pretty ambient electronics. In fact those electronics are largely constructed by Mark Van Hoen he of Locust fame. It all sounds very 4AD to me... maybe somewhere between Richard Hawley and This Mortal Coil. I reckon that's spot on actually. Nice!

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A Day Full Of You, A Night Tired Of Me is the debut album by ex-Locust vocalist, Craig Bethell. The album displays a plaintive song-writing style that unashamedly croons its way through a set of eleven varied songs influenced as much by avant-pop baritones Scott Walker and David Sylvian as it is by a troubled and melancholic Chet Baker. Bethells vocals are late night deliveries, a haunting idiom of the post-modern torch song.

Mark Van Hoen (Locust, Mojave 3, Sing Sing) lends production duties and evokes an atmosphere of low-era Bowie, (as on the instrumental overture of December), employs a careful use of Rhodes piano & subtle strings (Bad Blood), as well as vintage synthesizer, distant harp motifs and brushed drums (Finding The Lightâ & History Repeats Itself).

London based songwriter/singer Craig Bethell has sporadically written, recorded and performed his songs since 1983. His working life has largely been devoted to magazine publishing. Through demand from different quarters (die-hard Locust fans, new fans via MySpace etc.), Craig was encouraged to revisit the best of hitherto unreleased material from past sessions with Van Hoen. These works were revised, rerecorded, remixed and revamped, along with some completely new material, to make up A Day Full Of You, A Night Tired Of Me, an album many years in the making.

6 panel digipak, cover (Bundled 1925) courtesy of the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation.

* Edition of 1000 copies. Housed in a deluxe 6 panel digipak.
* Produced by Mark Van Hoen (Locust, Mojave 3, Scala, Sing Sing)

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