Here’s the new single from Crayola Lectern ahead of the imminent Disasternoon album.

THE NEW ALBUM

This is the first taste from Cayola Lectern’s new album Disasternoon which is due out in August. The new single, Stars Over Louth was produced, recorded and mixed by Chris Anderson himself, the track is scheduled for release via Onomatopoeia Records (Hurtling, Barringtone, The Gasman, William D. Drake).

This track is performed almost exclusively by Chris Anderson on mellotron, rhodes and bass, with Al Strachan on trumpet.

Picture a candle lit scene late into the night. Minimalist piano leads over a muted trumpet, a textured painting of atmospheric tones emerges, accompanied by a twinkling of the night sky. Imagine Frazier meets Edward Hopper, as you sit back and reflect, a glass of your favourite beverage, immersed in the moment, melt away the winter blues, as you contemplate life.

THE TRACK…

Chris explains: “Stars Over Louth came out of a lockdown correspondence with Alfreda Benge, whose husband Robert Wyatt was very complimentary about the unnamed track. I wanted to dedicate it to them and so the title alludes to that. The title also echoes Sunshine on Leith by The Proclaimers. The tune is simple and unpretentious allowing space for reflection and the muted trumpet gives a human voice to the proceedings without the encumbrance of words.”

Crayola Lectern is the project from Chris Anderson. A band often compared to the piano led jazz of Robert Wyatt, the psychedelic folk of Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, with echoes of the visceral vocal tones of Tom Waits. Anderson has even been compared to Reginald Perrin in The Rise and Fall of… for his ironic and self-deprecating lyricism, while searching to find new meaning in the experimentalism of Fred Frith in this carousel of dreams.

Crayola Lectern are considered very much part of the Cardiacs family with Chris Anderson is very much at the helm weaving the sounds and melodies together. The live show can often include appearances from the likes of Jon Poole (Cardiacs, Widhearts) heading-up electronics, gadgets, sounds and keyboard parts, Bob Leith (Cardiacs) on drums, and Bic Hayes (Cardiacs, Dark Star, Levitation) on guitar.

You can even grab a free download of the track HERE

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