Three Quarter Skies - Fade In
Three Quarter Skies – the new band formed by Simon Scott from Slowdive – release their debut album Fade In. It was recorded by Simon and mixed with the help of elusive Flying Saucer Attack mainman Dave Pearce. The eight-track album includes the singles ‘Crows’ and ‘Leave A Light On’, a Nick Drake cover and brand new versions of ‘Holy Water’ and ‘Pieces Of Roslin’, which was originally released on last year’s introductory EP, Universal Flames.
While that grew out of a semi-improvised live recording, the new album is as focused as it is ferocious; a cohesive body of work that came together after a fertile creative period following the death of Simon’s mother earlier this year.“My creative well was already beginning to overflow and losing my mum pushed me over the edge,” says Simon. “I didn’t want to write pretty tunes, or sentimental and saccharine music about love or pretend how happy and healthy the world is.
Three Quarter Skies’ songs are angry, noisy, turbulent, stubborn and petulant.” As a result, Fade In is a heavy listen – opener ‘Slight Betrayal’ has a nagging sense of motion sickness before the fuzzy hopefulness of ‘Leave A Light On’; there’s the post-new normal rumble of ‘Superwoman’, the feedback folk of ‘In The Night’ and ‘Crows’, with its “vivid and surreal” attempts to process grief.“It’s an album of profound despair, anxiety, frustration and loss,” says Simon. “It’s been therapeutic to scream into walls of feedback.”
TRACKLISTING
A1. Slight Betrayal
A2. Horn
A3. Leave A Light On
A4. Crows
B1. Holy Water
B2.Superwoman
B3. Pieces Of Roslin
B4. In The Night
PRODUCT DETAILS
Artist: Three Quarter Skies
Label: Sonic Cathedral
Condition: New
Genre: Indie, Rock & Alternative
Format: Vinyl LP
Cat Number: SCR240LP
Released: 6th August 2024