Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie, alongside solo artist
and Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth, presents this stunning debut solo
project collection – exploring loss, miscommunication and emotional
inarticulacy that a married couple experience as they realise that their
relationship is breaking down.
‘Utopian Ashes’ draws on the tradition of country soul classics, such
as Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris’s ‘Grievous Angel’ and George
Jones and Tammy Wynette’s ‘We Go Together’, to deal with the heavy
realities of love turning sour.
It’s an album for people who have dealt with the inevitable sadness that
comes with age and acknowledged the realities of life. There is no sweetening
of the pill, but it does achieve what should be the goal of all good art: to
make us feel less alone. And while it’s not autobiographical, it channels
heartfelt truth from the songwriters’ own experiences.
In addition to Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth, the album features Johnny
Hostile (bass) alongside Primal Scream trio Andrew
Innes (guitar), Martin Duffy (piano) and Darrin Mooney (drums).
