ARTIST: The Real Tuesday Weld
TITLE: At the End of the World
LABEL: Six Degrees
GENRE: Jazz
BITRATE: 174kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 28m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-06-17
RIP DATE: 2008-06-19
Track List
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1. Intro 1:19
2. I'll See You in My Dreams 4:11
3. Epitaph for a Dream 3:56
4. Over the Hillsides 2:40
5. Black Birdies Come 2:05
6. What it Takes 3:29
7. Nightingales 3:00
8. Dreaming of You 3:23
9. Valentines 2:46
10. Outro 1:17
Release Notes:
Originally inspired by a dream of British 1930s crooner Al Bowlly and American
actress Tuesday Weld, Stephen Coates began to create music to try to recreate
the sounds he heard in his childhood home - 'the crackling of radios playing
swing and easy listening in some distant room.' As The Real Tuesday Weld, Coates
doesn't hesitate to put those sounds to subversive use much like some of his
most illustrious forebears and influences--such as Serge Gainsbourg and Ennio
Morricone.
From his first EP 'The Valentine' on Dreamy records and through many singles,
eps and compilation tracks with Motorway Records, Kindercore and Bambini records
to the album 'Cupid Meets Psyche' he has developed the sound known as 'Antique
Beat'.
The album 'I, Lucifer', was conceived as a 'soundtrack' and companion piece to
Glen Duncan's novel of the same name, a mischievous view of the Devil's take on
humanity - A song cycle of love, loss and redemption set to a jazz, elctronic
and pop collage - written as the devil's advocate, so to speak.
'The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid' released in 2005, was no less audacious in
its potent mixture of classic and modern sounds and styles and reprised older
songs to tell the story of a love affair from before its beginning until after
its end. The album's sounds cover a much wider stylistic range, extending beyond
cabaret and swing to embrace breezy bossa nova, classic pop and gentle
psychedelia--adding Jopo Gilberto, Martin Denny, Brian Wilson and the Beatles to
the sonic mix.
The last album 'The London Book of the Dead' is another song cycle describing
the soul's adventure through birth, life, death and rebirth is about to emerge.
It features the Jacques Van Rhijn, Clive Painter, Don Brosnan and Jed Woodhouse
from the live band and special guest appearances by Cibelle, The Puppini
Sisters, David Piper, Aurelia Thierree and Moses Strongpeace.
The Real Tuesday Weld is a British band, fronted by lead singer and founder
Stephen Coates. They are known for producing jazzy cabaret-style music with
subtle electronica influences, a style dubbed 'antique beat' by Coates. Track
List: 1 Intro 2 I'll See You in My Dreams 3 Epitaph for a Dream 4 Over the
Hillsides 5 Black Birdies Come 6 What It Takes 7 Nightingales 8 Dreaming of You
9 Valentines 10 Outro The band is named after American film actress Tuesday
Weld. Coates once had a dream involving Weld and 30s vocalist Al Bowlly. Coates
and others often cite the dream as inspiration for the band and its particular
style.