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On A Hiding To Nothing EP

by Gordon Bennett

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Double-Breasted Raincloud Suit 03:01
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2.
Brut Resolute 03:04
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It's a tumbledown, ersatz affair You can fill your boots for all I care Trepidation on the window sill If you don't believe it, no-one will You've been so kind Raised from the dead just to fall down again
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The Viscount's Refusal 03:47
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Half A Dozen Snow Days A Year 04:28
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Mustn't grumble Cannot complain Rough and tumble World on the wane Half a dozen snow days a year Half a dozen snow days a year Half a dozen snow days a year Brow-beaten frown Gunmetal sky Moth-eaten gown Time rushing by Half a dozen snow days a year Half a dozen snow days a year Half a dozen snow days a year
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The Milk Float 03:30
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'On A Hiding To Nothing EP' is the second release under the solo alias Gordon Bennett, following last year's 'Bring Your Own Binoculars EP' (which was originally credited to News from Neptune but has since been retroactively attributed to the pseudonym).

Reflecting on another year that proved trickier to navigate than anticipated, it presents sleepy, sad pastoral pop, in its own little world and very much away with the fairies.

Key inspirations would perhaps include The High Llamas, Robert Wyatt, duo-era Microdisney, Woo, The Durutti Column, Oddfellow's Casino, Hamilton Yarns, The Montgolfier Brothers, David Rothon, Oliver Cherer, Hampshire and Foat, The Clientele... and so forth.

The vocals were recorded in a hurry on my phone when no-one else was in the house. I was tempted to redo them but their air of semi-detachment seemed to make a strange sort of sense in context.

Craig Sinclair provides the beautiful artwork and (as you may have guessed) all but one of the track titles while Rory Ballantyne sprinkles the mastering magic dust.

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released December 10, 2021

Written and recorded by David Miller

'Brut Resolute' features a drum machine sample from 'She Slides' by Deux Filles, taken from the 1982 album 'Silence and Wisdom' on Papier Mâché

'The Viscount's Refusal' features a drum sample from 'Symphonie Pacifique' by Greg Foat, taken from the 2020 album 'Symphonie Pacifique' on Strut

Artwork by Craig Sinclair

Mastered by Rory Ballantyne at The Fade in Liverpool

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News from Neptune is an experimental pop duo from Merseyside consisting of multi-instrumentalist David Miller and vocalist Craig Sinclair. The pair also play and write together in Lovecraft, the progressive pop outfit with which Craig made his name locally. ... more

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