James Skelly & The Intenders - Love Undercover (2013)

Artist: James Skelly & The Intenders
Album: Love Undercover
Label: Skeleton Key, Cooking Vinyl
Catalog#: LP - SKLP003
Released 3 June 2013
Recorder: Parr Street Studios
(Liverpool, England)
Genre: Indie, Post-Rock, Post-Punk
Format: FLAC (track+.cue+log)
Bitrate: lossless
Length: 00:40:35

• Love Undercover (Любовь под прикрытием) был записан осенью 2012 года в студии Parr St в Ливерпуле. После выпуска последнего альбома The Coral в 2010 году Butterfly House фронтмен группы Джеймс Скелли при участии музыкантов Coral, Sundowners и Tramp Attack собираются в студии, чтобы начать работу на записью Love Undercover. Записанные быстро, часто за одну или две репитиции, 11 коротких, резких песен Love Undercover удивляют своим прямым и непосредственным подходом. "Песни Coral были все немного более абстрактные, я думаю, — говорит Skelly. — Эти же песни очень реалистичны, как бы приглашают к размышлению, давая слушателям подумать и разобраться в том, к чему призывает звучание моего голоса и моей акустической гитары. В целом же, у меня много мыслей и идей, объединяющие нас: меня, мою группу со всеми участниками записи. Это такая же общность, как, например, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers."

• Love Undercover is the debut studio album by English rock group James Skelly & The Intenders. It was released on 3 June 2013, on Skeleton Key Records and Cooking Vinyl and reached No. 85 on the UK Albums Chart.
• During a hiatus from his band The Coral, Skelly recorded a soul and R&B-influenced album in 2012, produced by himself and Ian Skelly. Rather than being a solo album, numerous musicians contributed to the recoring of Love Undercover, including band mates from The Coral and members of Tramp Attack and The Sundowners, which lead the group being known as James Skelly & The Intenders.
• During the making of Love Undercover, Skelly "was listening to a lot of soul and R&B" which strongly influences the sound of album. Specific influences include Stax Records, Motown, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Bob Marley and the Wailers.
• Skelly has said that for this album " are all conversations", whilst the albums title is due to "all of the songs are sort of about all of the different disguises love comes in". "You've Got It All" came from an unfinished demo by Paul Weller which he'd sent to Skelly to finish. Skelly wrote lyrics to Weller's melody and chords and having previously demoed the song at Weller's studio, recorded the song for Love Undercover. "What a Day" was written by James Skelly and Ian Skelly fifteen years prior to the release of the album and Skelly had an unfinished version of "Searching for the Sun" written with The Coral during the earlier John Leckie sessions.

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  • Side A:
01. You've Got It All (Paul Weller, James Skelly) 03:13
02. Do It Again 03:21
03. Here for You 03:26
04. Sacrifice 03:15
05. Searching for the Sun 03:14
06. You and I 04:28
  • Side B:
01. Set You Free 04:05
02. Turn Away 03:02
03. What a Day (James Skelly, Ian Skelly) 03:10
04. I'm a Man 03:06
05. Darkest Days 06:15

Credits:

James Skelly – guitar, vocals, mixing, horns & saxophone arrangement
Ian Skelly – drums, percussion, backing vocals, string arrangement
James Redmond – bass
Paul Duffy – Hammond organ, guitar, backing vocals, saxophone, horns
Nick Power – piano, harmonica, guitar, synthesizer
Niamh Rowe, Fiona Skelly – backing vocals
Alfie Skelly – guitar
Additional musicians:
Tim Cunningham, Austin "Oz" Murphy – saxophone (track 2)
Lee Southall – lead guitar (tracks 3 and 5)
Laura Mckinlay – strings, string arrangement (track 9)
Alex Dunn, Rob Skipp, Merlyn Stuart – strings (track 9)
Tim Parkin – trumpet (track 10)
Paul Butler – trumpet, baritone saxophone, horns
and saxophone arrangement (track 10)

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