![]() ![]() I would bring them the songs, we would start one - I would play it, and second time round people would start singing and playing, and by the time we had done it three or four times we would hit record and we would be ready to go. There was no-one there who didn’t know what to do. Yorkston summarises: “Everyone who was playing in The Second Hand Orchestra, in their own way they are all unique and colourful players. ![]() They followed the same methodology as The Wide, Wide River – apart from James, Nina and KJ, none of The Second Hand Orchestra had heard the music prior to entering the studio – and the arrangements were made up on the spot. With Yorkston’s shift from guitar to piano, they thought about what other changes they could make to their process which led to the involvement of a guest singer and the legendary Nina Persson (The Cardigans) was brought into the fold. The record didn’t start life as a follow up in early 2021, Yorkston began visiting his studio in Cellardyke, Fife and for the first time, starting writing songs on the piano as opposed to his usual guitar as he gazed upon the sea outside his window.Īfter sending the first five or six songs to Karl-Jonas Winqvist (the ringleader/conductor of TSHO), they began to discuss working on the music together. James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra release The Great White Sea Eagle, the follow up to James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra’s The Wide, Wide River - a Guardian Top 10 Folk Album of 2021. “Most of the songs are about universal things everyone can relate to, the small and simple details about difficult connections and overcoming them.” “You’ve got to experience the hard times to appreciate the good times in life,” Tom explains. Following the departure of the band’s long-time keyboard player Jonny Sanders to focus on his film and design work, Peter Cattermoul now leads on keyboard duties and Hiro Amamiya slides seamlessly between drum machine, live drums and even the odd keyboard solo as it captures the bounce of choice cuts from their own DJ sets such as Metronomy or the classic disco of Boney M, Giorgio Moroder, early house music and 80s vibes - all the while doused in their trademark blend of uplifting melancholy. With classic Teleman style, ‘Good Time / Hard Time’ is their most dancefloor-friendly record to date. “I was reading about forests and how trees help each other, they don’t survive on their own, they grow together… as a band we’ve now grown into each other as a triangle shape after having been a square for so long.” “Nature can teach us so much about patience and how you can’t control everything - you just have to let things happen as it intends… it’s great therapy,” tells the band’s singer and guitarist, Thomas Sanders whose garden-dwelling and park strolls to the studio have inevitably wormed their way into Teleman’s songwriting. Music and lyrical stream of consciousness entwined, the album makes sense of a world in chaos and its words of wisdom are a vital reminder that even when things seem heavy, life is precious. For Teleman, the band’s fourth album ‘Good Time / Hard Time’ is their first as a trio and sees them evolve as a force of nature as they navigate new beginnings despite a wealth of experience behind them. With that in mind, we stopped just talking about it, got our shit together and established DINKEDĪ tree may lose its leaves but will continue to grow. We wanted to establish something that allows us to work together more as a united front, celebrating our strengths and differences whilst connecting and bonding us for a common cause. We’re not governed by politics and don’t answer to investors, so we’re able to remain true and authentic. This has many advantages in that we all offer a completely different experience, range of stock, atmosphere and set of knowledge. However, we are facing a whole new world of challenges and pressures: the rising costs of rent, rates, wages, pensions and stock, the increasing level of competition from those wanting to jump on the bandwagon and competition from within our own sector.Īs independent record shops, we all operate entirely individually. It’s true that the renewed interest and investment in vinyl has offered indie record shops a new lifeline and has given us a valid position on the high street again. It’s certainly a long way from the doom and gloom record stores were facing ten years ago, when all the focus was on digital, shops were going under weekly and the outlook was rather bleak for independent record retail. You’ve seen loads of new record shops open their doors in the past few years. You’ve heard about how physical sales are outperforming downloads. You’ve read all about the "vinyl revival”. Four independent retailers coming together to form a new collective of like-minded shops. Dinked was founded in 2018 by Drift, Piccadilly Records, Resident and Transmission. ![]()
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