The Painted Side of The Rocket, by Fosca (CD on But Is It Art?)

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Fosca is the eccentric UK pop band fronted by Highgate-based dandy and wordsmith Dickon Edwards. Since forming in 1998, they’ve released four singles and 3 albums, toured several times across Europe, received BBC radio play by John Peel, and found their lyrics quoted in a Swedish novel (Martina Lowden’s “Allt). After leaving the slightly acclaimed group Orlando, Mr Edwards started Fosca with a revolving line-up of London musicians, recruited partly down to their musical prowess, but mostly on what he thought of their dress sense at the time (Mr Edwards still has a strict ‘no trainers’ rule, believing running shoes are for running in, not for playing guitar in). However, some members have managed to stick around for the duration, notably Rachel Stevenson (keyboards/vocals). From 2000 - 2002, Fosca were signed to Shinkansen Recordings, recording two albums with Saint Etienne producer Ian Catt. The results won fans all over the world, with NYC label Secret Crush Records taking their name from the Fosca single “Secret Crush On Third Trombone. Two unofficial videos were made by separate groups of fans - both from Sweden - for “Secret Crushand for the obscure b-side “Confused And Proud. Given its curious popularity beyond its status, this latter song has now been reworked and re-recorded for the third album. For the last five years, Mr Edwards has concentrated on non-Fosca activities, such as appearing on BBC1’s “Imaginein his dubious capacity as a pioneer blogger; writing music and film reviews for Plan B Magazine, DJ-ing for dress-up club nights like The Beautiful & Damned (including four nights at the 2007 Latitude Festival); collaborating with the Monochrome Set’s Bid for his group Scarlet’s Well, writing a new Afterword for Jerome K Jerome’s “The Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow(Snowbooks) and contributing an article about a trip to Tangier with Shane MacGowan, for “The Decadent Handbook(Dedalus Books), where he was described by the “Daily Telegraphas possessing a certain ‘wonky charm’. After much idling, bouts of ill health and general misfortune, the third Fosca album was finally completed in a Hackney basement in summer 2007, with Tom Edwards (guitar/pro-gramming) and Kate Dornan (keyboards, recorder, vocals). As Shinkansen had wound down, Sweden’s But is it Art? stepped in to release the album. And no, Fosca still have no idea why their most devoted fans tend to be Swedish. “The Painted Side of the Rocketis long awaited. It’s Foscas first album in six years. Their previous work has received high critical acclaim. Fosca should attract attention from fans of Sarah Records and Shinkansen Recordings. “The Painted Side of the Rocketcarries all the pop brilliance that Dickon Edwards and Fosca is synonymous of. Exquisite pop music with sharp and poetic lyrics, that is. Dickon Edwards used to be a member of Shelley, Orlando and Spearmint. Dickon Edwards is one of the worlds most renown bloggers. His online diary “The Diary at the Centre of the Earthattracts 100 000 visits per month.

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