{"product_id":"1854710","title":"Fred Abbott And The Wild Unkno - Shining Under The Soot [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A joyous blast of rollicking rock'n'roll' - Classic Rock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The open-hearted emotional clout of Randy Newman' - Mojo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Top-notch songwriting' - Evening Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFred Abbott is joined by a band of vocalists for his second post-Noah And The Whale 'solo' album. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs first-out-of-the-gate with his 2015 solo album Serious Poke, following the split of NATW, Abbott let loose with the classic rock riffs and infectious hooks that, in hindsight, made his influence apparent on the later NATW material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the intervening years Abbott has been paying the bills as jobbing producer, writer and session player working with a string of upcoming and established artists including Gabriella Cilmi, Tom Chaplin (Keane), Jamie Lawson, Cassyette, Charlotte OC, Kawala, Megan McKenna and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShining Under The Soot finds Abbott returning to the music he loves most. A sound that would ideally have been captured live with a 10-piece band - complete with horn section, backing singers and whirling Leslie cabs, in Muscle Shoals or Sunset Sound - but it was largely recorded piecemeal in a South London windowless basement, below an Eritrean cafe.  Despite the practicalities, all the instruments are real - guitars recorded through cranked up valve amps, a Hammond Organ through a roaring Leslie, every drum skin or cymbal hit with sticks. No piano samples or amp sim plugins in sight. Everything pushed air. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo why 'The Wild Unknown'?  With a day job answering to the creative demands of other artists this was a record made for pure pleasure and the only person to please was Abbott himself.  Fred demoed the songs with his own vocals.  'Listening to the demos I thought 'how could this be better?'', says Abbott 'What would be more fun? The one thing that could be better is the vocals and I know lots of good singers..'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving absorbed the 'History of the Eagles' documentary, Abbott knew that as a band of singers they often all recorded lead vocal on songs and would then pick the best-suited performance for each - a vocal shoot-out. So that's what he did.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteve Llewellyn (Orphan Colours, Ahab), Dave Burn (The Marriage, Ahab), Tom Figgins and Rich Evans all sang lead vocals on every song, in addition to harmonies. Spoiled for choice, Abbott then picked the performance or sound he thought best suited each song. Far from leading to an inconsistent album, the variety ended up adding to the appeal of the record. Despite only singing lead vocals on one track, Fred Abbott's fingerprints are all over this album as producer and multi-instrumentalist, although he did have some help from a team that includes some of the country's top session musicians, Grammy-nominated producer Will Hicks and Grammy-winning mastering engineer Reuben Cohen. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs on Serious Poke Abbott is not afraid to wear his love of Petty, Springsteen et al on his sleeve; but this is no pastiche album. It aspires to be a 'classic rock' record in the truest sense. Yes, every track has a guitar (or sax) solo, but it's certain\u003cp\u003eAct Accordingly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep Down\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Kind Of Trouble\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Way Out Is Through The Door\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShining Under The Soot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriends Of Mine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery Time It Rains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisillusioned\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne More Roll Of The Dice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing Left\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere No Shadows Fall\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54503696466305,"sku":"1854710","price":13.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51_UY5Z7nPL.jpg?v=1753185470","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1854710","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}