David Boulter - Yarmouth

Yarmouth

David Boulter

Formats Tracks Price Buy
12" Vinyl Album 14 tracks £18.99 Out of stock
Cassette Album 14 tracks £9.00 Out of stock
CD Album 14 tracks £11.00

Description

David Boulter - Yarmouth






David Boulter is a founding member of Tindersticks, he has made over 20 studio albums and film soundtracks with the band. Nottingham born, but based in Prague since 1998, under his own name he has worked on music for many films. These include an eight-part serial Pustina/Wasteland for HBO Europe, the American movie Five Nights In Maine and recently two documentaries with Turkish/Belgian director Volkan Uce. Yarmouth is his first solo LP.

The inspiration for Yarmouth came when David arrived a day early for a show at the Arts Centre in Norwich, and made an impromptu visit by train to the seaside town where had spent his childhood holidays.

In a year when most of us have been unable to travel, Yarmouth offers an escape to summers past. It recalls the saturated colours of a John Hinde postcard in musical form. With a sound palette based around an old 1970’s Lowrey organ, flutes, violin, vintage tape echo and a Premiere vibraphone, it captures a dreamy side of Yarmouth. Sun-drenched childhood memories, long shadows on the sand, the sound of seagulls and waves breaking on the shore. The magic of the fair - the entrance guarded by a huge mechanical giant, club in hand, while the roller coaster rattles overhead on a backboard of painted mountains peaks. As the sun goes down, noise drifts out from the amusement arcades, and neon flickers on Marine Parade, lighting up the fountains in candy floss colours.

“As I stepped off the train, the weight of time passed hit me. I was overwhelmed by a sense of sadness and loss. As I walked along the streets, looking for Trudy’s, I didn’t expect her, but I did find the house. Slowly, as I recognised buildings, streets, memories. I began to smile. I hadn’t lost anything. Great Yarmouth had changed. So had I. But the warmth of those sunny childhood summers was still there.” David Boulter 2020


Tracklisting

12" Vinyl Album (PIPE 026_LP)
  1. Across Sea to Sand
  2. The Flower Clock
  3. Looking for Trudy
  4. Marine Parade
  5. Sandcastles
  6. The Milk Bar
  7. Rusty Old Pedal Car
  8. Across Sand to Sea – Crab Claws
  9. Roller Skates – the Tower Ballroom
  10. The Morning Mist
  11. Seesaw
  12. Knickerbocker Glory
  13. Roller Coaster Ride
  14. The End of the Pier
Cassette Album (PIPE 026_CASS)
  1. Across Sea to Sand
  2. The Flower Clock
  3. Looking for Trudy
  4. Marine Parade
  5. Sandcastles
  6. The Milk Bar
  7. Rusty Old Pedal Car
  8. Across Sand to Sea – Crab Claws
  9. Roller Skates – the Tower Ballroom
  10. The Morning Mist
  11. Seesaw
  12. Knickerbocker Glory
  13. Roller Coaster Ride
  14. The End of the Pier
CD Album (PIPE 026_CD)
  1. Across Sea to Sand
  2. The Flower Clock
  3. Looking for Trudy
  4. Marine Parade
  5. Sandcastles
  6. The Milk Bar
  7. Rusty Old Pedal Car
  8. Across Sand to Sea – Crab Claws
  9. Roller Skates – the Tower Ballroom
  10. The Morning Mist
  11. Seesaw
  12. Knickerbocker Glory
  13. Roller Coaster Ride
  14. The End of the Pier