OWEN PALLETT releases "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt" (RUG360) as the first single from his recent album, "Heartland", on 29th March.
"Lewis Takes Off His Shirt", a beautiful track dense with polyphony, features Owen’s trademark looped violin and vocals augmented by the CZECH SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA. "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt" features an accompanying video directed by M. Blash.
SIMON BOOKISH has delivered a remix of the song "Keep The Dog Quiet" which you can download for free here.
Following his recent show at the Union Chapel in London, OWEN PALLETT will return to the UK and Ireland in March, including a night at Koko in London on 26th March. Support on all shows except for Dublin comes from NEXT LIFE. Full dates are as follows:
18 March - Whelan's, Dublin
25 March - Millenium Music Hall, Cardiff
26 March - Koko, London
27 March - Rainbow Warehouse, Birmingham
28 March - The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Press for "Heartland":
"A songwriter of rare complexity and ambition [...] Heartland has the feel of a masterpiece" – Sunday Times Culture – 4*
"The record is huge and affecting. Trust me" – The Quietus
"An overflowing well of musical creativity" – NME
