with Spissy, Daguerreotype
Ultimate Painting, the duo of Jack Cooper and James Hoare, are pleased
to announce the release of their new album, Dusk, on September 30th
via Trouble In Mind. Recorded to tape by James in his East London flat
and home studio, Dusk is the third album from the London-based duo, a
ten song set that expands the group's sound from their self-titled
debut and their critically acclaimed sophomore effort, Green Lanes.
The band's first single, "Bills," dives head-first into a crystalline
pool of jangle.Ultimate Painting are lucky enough to be comprised of
two singular voices in Jack Cooper and James Hoare, who met when on
tour together with their other bands Mazes and Veronica Falls. The
pair's distinctive songwriting styles began to blur with Green Lanes,
but on Dusk it 's hard to tell where Cooper ends and Hoare begins.
Their tunes weave in and out of each other like the duo's respective
six-strings, spiraling around each other in a laconic dance.Album
opener and first single "Bills" furthers the duo's reputation as
purveyors of the Verlaine/Lloyd legacy, but despite the evident
influence of American guitar pop both past and present, the group has
recorded an album that feels decidedly English. Cooper's abstract
poeticism balances perfectly alongside Hoare's alluring and universal
pop leanings. The group has discovered a simple lushness in Dusk's
arrangements, sometimes only with subtle additions like the recently
acquired Wurlitzer piano that drives tunes like "Lead The Way" or
washes underneath others like "Monday Morning, Somewhere Central."
They've tapped into the subtle grace that infects the mood and
emotions experienced at times like sunrise and dusk, hopefulness,
resignation, ennui.The casual setting during the album's recording
allowed the sessions and songs to unfold naturally, with James and
Jack accompanied by recent live drummer Melissa Rigby, who drums on
the entirety of Dusk. Her skills lend a rhythmic elasticity to songs
like "A Portrait of Jason" and "I Can't Run Anymore," with jazzy
undertones that break from the band's previously unadorned 4/4
leanings. Dusk feels different and cements the group's presence in the
modern world of guitar pop, finding voice in the allure of quietude.
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