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Ben Folds New Album And UK Shows

added 06 April 2005 at 12.59

The new album is entitled ‘Songs For Silverman’ and is out April 25, along with a special edition Ben Folds album, ‘Songs For Goldfish’.

In a statement provides Folds has talked about
the making of the album and it’s new direct style and sound.

"'Songs For Silverman' is the recording of eleven events in the studio.’’ Folds explains. "They're fairly pure and recorded pretty quickly. I think that shows through on first listen. There is overdubbing and arranging as well, but these things happened quickly, almost in a frenzy sometimes so that we could walk out of the studio with a representation... A finished recording rather than a theory.

"The recording is very stark and flat, not often very compressed or hyped, unless I got a sudden hankerin' for some tasty EQ and some aural excitement. We used fewer mics on the entire band than lots of people use on a drumset these days. But when a moment could be better, or a sound could be more magical, we put the time in and went Steely Dan on that shit.’

"I recorded most of these songs while doing the EP's. All by myself. I didn't like them so i just sat on them while I worked on the [William] Shatner album and did some short tours."

Folds has also confirmed an extensive worldwide tour, including some UK dates to promote the albums, kicking off at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on May 31 and concluding at Warwick Arts Centre on June 17.

‘Songs For Silverman’ and ‘Songs For Goldfish’ are both released on April 25 on Sony Music.

The UK tour dates are as follows:

• London Hammersmith Apollo (May 31)
• London Barbican (June 1)
• Brighton Dome (2)
• Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (7)
• Dublin Vicar Street (8)
• Southampton Guildhall (10)
• Manchester Lowry (11)
• Sheffield Octagon (13)
• Leicester De Montford Hall (14)
• Cambridge Corn Exchange (16)
• Warwick Arts Centre (17)

Tracklisting for ‘Songs For Silverman’:

1. ‘Bastard’
2. ‘You To Thank’
3. ‘Jesusland’
4. ‘Landed’
5. ‘Gracie’
6. ‘Trusted’
7. ‘Give Judy My Notice’
8. ‘Late’
9. ‘Sentimental Guy’
10. ‘Time’
11. ‘Prison Food’

Tracklisting for 'Songs For Goldfish':

1. ’In Between Days’
2. ’Gone’
3. ‘Hiro's Song’
4. ‘You To Thank’
5. ‘Weather Channel Music’
6. ‘Evaporated’
7. ‘There's Always Someone Cooler Than You’
8. ‘Rockin' The Suburbs’
9. ‘Radio Jingles for Tokyo's Inter-FM’
10. ‘Side Of The Road’
    

 

 

 

 

 

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