About to hit the underground mainstream...
Luke Temple has garnered not an unreasonable amount of fame from releasing music under his own name, a couple EP\'s, and a couple of albums, one of his tracks even found its way onto Grey\'s Anatomy. He is now recording under a new name, with a new sound that is a bit of a departure from his singer/songwriter roots. Now I think he is about to make it pretty big, here is why:
The new songs are amazing.
He and his band are embarking on a US wide tour with Grizzly Bear.
Their sound is a bit Paul SImon / Vampire Weekend, but next level.
Have a listen to Only Pieces, kicking off with trance inducing polyrhythms and multi layered vocals...
The new songs are amazing.
He and his band are embarking on a US wide tour with Grizzly Bear.
Their sound is a bit Paul SImon / Vampire Weekend, but next level.
Have a listen to Only Pieces, kicking off with trance inducing polyrhythms and multi layered vocals...
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A modest character at the coal face of musical culture
The Lone Pigeon’s songs are melodic, often melancholic, with a playfulness and surreal character to the lyrics. Sparkly stuff, this, filled with energy and a forthright spirit.
The song-writing gives the impression of being born of a powerful confidence, and the sheer quantity of output over the years – one source cites ‘over-10,000 songs’ – is staggering.
Gordon Anderson, brother of Kenny (aka King Creosote) invites comparisons with some of the great performers and song-writers of all time. Unsurprising, maybe, that he has had such a troubled passage through life, leaving The Beta Band quite a few years ago in order to mastermind his recovery.
During these eight musically quiet years his brother released some of his solo tracks on Fence Records under the name of Lone Pigeon. The story ends happily with Anderson forming a new band, The Aliens, together with his undeterred former band-mates, and luckily for him – and us – is alive and well.
Gordon Anderson has had considerable success in the music world, but wears it lightly. A series of comparisons would be unhelpful applied to such a diverse figure whose music is that very rare thing – original. As the Fence Collective’s entry on him comments, he is ‘Beguiling, fragile and bereft of ego, vanity or spin [and] crouches almost alone in a popular culture in which he has no interest and little understanding’.
Energetically eccentric band performances, in other words, sit alongside subdued solo appearances from a modest character quietly working at the coal face of musical culture.
Here he is, as the Lone Pigeon, with ‘Boats’, a characteristically listenable track which hopefully captures some of the charm of the man.
The live performance of ‘Unknown Yesterdays’ is a masterpiece of folk performance: consistent, competent and haunting. Even the best efforts of home-recording technology fail to take the edge off an awesome musician’s stirring contribution.
The song-writing gives the impression of being born of a powerful confidence, and the sheer quantity of output over the years – one source cites ‘over-10,000 songs’ – is staggering.
Gordon Anderson, brother of Kenny (aka King Creosote) invites comparisons with some of the great performers and song-writers of all time. Unsurprising, maybe, that he has had such a troubled passage through life, leaving The Beta Band quite a few years ago in order to mastermind his recovery.
During these eight musically quiet years his brother released some of his solo tracks on Fence Records under the name of Lone Pigeon. The story ends happily with Anderson forming a new band, The Aliens, together with his undeterred former band-mates, and luckily for him – and us – is alive and well.
Gordon Anderson has had considerable success in the music world, but wears it lightly. A series of comparisons would be unhelpful applied to such a diverse figure whose music is that very rare thing – original. As the Fence Collective’s entry on him comments, he is ‘Beguiling, fragile and bereft of ego, vanity or spin [and] crouches almost alone in a popular culture in which he has no interest and little understanding’.
Energetically eccentric band performances, in other words, sit alongside subdued solo appearances from a modest character quietly working at the coal face of musical culture.
Here he is, as the Lone Pigeon, with ‘Boats’, a characteristically listenable track which hopefully captures some of the charm of the man.
The live performance of ‘Unknown Yesterdays’ is a masterpiece of folk performance: consistent, competent and haunting. Even the best efforts of home-recording technology fail to take the edge off an awesome musician’s stirring contribution.
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