Bristol seven-piece LIFTER have announced their debut LP: Clasping Hands with the Moribund is set to arrive on October 25. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new single ‘I Have Done My Waiting’. Check it out and find the album cover and tracklist below.
LIFTER is composed of former Modern Rituals guitarist Harry Fanshawe, bassist and producer Miles Ward, The Death of Pop co-leader Angus James, Swelt guitarist Chris Hicks, cellist Anna Strudwick, backing vocalist Olive Featherstone, and drummer Oliver Cocup. On the new LP, they’re joined by cellist Douglas Evans, violinist Reuben Brunt, and cornet player Harry Furniss.
Speaking about the new single, Fanshaw said: “I was at the end of an era of something in my life when I wrote ‘Waiting’, about how things would be different now, and whether we’d look back and think we’d not made the most of what we had when we had it. The song came together fairly quickly musically, but once the track’s structure was completed, we made adjustments and played it with various different musicians. The result is the inclusion of two different drummers, a violinist, a cellist, a cornet player, Rhodes piano, slide guitar, amongst others.”
The band cited Picastro, Megafaun, XTC, Crazy Horse, and Bill Callahan as some of the influences behind the record. “The album encapsulates 18 months of touring, lineup changes, experiments with various musicians, and dedication,” Fanshaw explained. “Lovingly self-produced, as nearly everything we’ve released before is, it was recorded either in my garden studio, in Miles’ flat, or out in (many) other locations, including St Dunstan’s church in South Bristol. We also had many musicians record remotely, such as the violin from Reuben Brunt in London, and all of Chris Hicks’ guitar parts, which he did from his Bristol flat.”
“Our lineup took many different forms in the recording of the album, sometimes as a full band with driven guitars, a stripped back acoustic trio, with strings, and sometimes with all of the above,” he added. “The title aptly surmises the whole venture – making the most of member switches and viewing things that could be considered obstacles as assets. Clasping Hands with the Moribund means accepting the fate bestowed on you from all the things you can’t control or change, and making the most of it.”
Clasping Hands with the Moribund Cover Artwork:
Clasping Hands with the Moribund Tracklist:
1. The Consul Drinks
2. October
3. I Have Done My Waiting
4. Staunch Dorms
5. Shaper
6. Shooting Match
7. Apparatus
8. Clasping Hands with the Moribund
9. Hedonist In Retreat
10. The Lingering Death Of A Maverick King
