Month: July 2005

Cortinaland – EP

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Cortinaland

Originally released 18th July 2005 on Acuarela Records.

 

A five-track EP, Cortinaland consists of tracks taken from Darren’s first solo album ‘Table For One’. Marking a folkier departure from The French’s synths and drum machines, tracks include ‘Leave Your Shoes On’, ‘The Light In Her Room’ (featuring Antony from Hefner on backing vocals and percussion), ‘Crissy M’, the political ‘Little Democracies’, and ‘A Different Kind of Me’, featuring guitar from Dave Watkins.
Originally released 5th October 1998.

 

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Caravan Songs EP

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Caravan Songs

Originally released 14th July 2005 on Static Caravan.

A four-song, 7-inch EP released on Static Caravan, the tracks ‘Caravan Song’, ‘Future Song’ and ‘Loft Song’ were written and recorded in Darren’s wife’s uncle’s caravan at Cresswell Towers Caravan Park in August 2004; ‘Welcome To Cresswell Towers’ was written one year previously in the same location. Born out of the intention to create music with ‘a sparse, folky feel’, all songs were initially recorded with soprano and baritone ukulele and a minidisk machine; other instruments were later overdubbed in Darren’s own home.