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“What would you want with someone who’s only in love with the idea of you?”
Chemikal Underground is delighted to announce a brand-new single from Glasgow band Admiral Fallow; their first new recording in six years. The single, Sleepwalking, is taken from their forthcoming new album to be announced later this year.
Tender, deftly arranged and richly detailed, Sleepwalking is a sublime and succinct hymn to new friendship.
Eloquent and melodically irresistible, the song finds Louis Abbott’s sleepy vocal riding above a humid flow of fingerpicked acoustic guitar and tumbling layers of vocals by Sarah Hayes leading to a climacticsunburned synth solo. Shortly before the three-minute mark the group choose to dismantle and rebuild the chorus … and then it’s over.
Sleepwalking is as accomplished as it is economical. The single sees the continuation of Admiral Fallow’s relationship with producer Paul Savage, who worked on the group’s three albums – Boots Met My Face (2010), Tree Bursts In Snow (2012) and Tiny Rewards (2015) – and marks the first chapter in their new alliance with Chemikal Underground, the Glasgow label affiliated with Chem19, the studio in which Sleepwalking was recorded in 2019.
Sleepwalking finds Admiral Fallow’s line-up unchanged from their debut album: Louis Abbott (guitar, vocals), Kevin Brolly (keys, synths, clarinet), Phil Hague (drums), Sarah Hayes (keys, vocals, flute) and Joe Rattray (bass).
lyrics
Lyrics (Louis Abbott)
Sleepwalking
You were burning up again, I could see it in your face
You talk with your shoulders, my friend
When you quote your favourite phrases
I’d never noticed quite how much beforehand
We made a choir by gently bowing empty cans
And stayed till the room wouldn’t behave itself
What would you want with someone who’s only in love with the idea of you?
So you buried me in notes; I just wanted the clocks to stop
To extol everything you wrote
But I knew I couldn’t drop a hint
When the sun blinked a red reminder on our hands
If we stay it’ll never be the same again
What would you want with someone who’s only in love with the idea of you?
There’s something you need know
As we sleepwalk into this unexpectedly slow
As you tilt your head and fix me with a ‘see you soon’
I’m not sure, but I think you must have hung the moon
What would you want with someone who’s only in love with the idea of you
Burning up again?
credits
released June 2, 2021
Louis Abbott (guitar, vocals)
Kevin Brolly (keys, synths, clarinet)
Phil Hague (drums)
Sarah Hayes (keys, vocals, flute)
Joe Rattray (bass).
Admiral Fallow are a band from Glasgow with four beautifully diverse albums to their name: Boots Met My Face (2011), Tree Bursts In Snow (2012), Tiny Rewards (2015) and The Idea Of You (2021).
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