BETH JEANS HOUGHTON + THE HOOVES OF DESTINY
Tuesday 24 Jan '12 - Belfast The Black Box
- Support Katie + The Carnival
- Doors8pm
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{/map} {/venue_google_map}18 - 22 Hill Street
Belfast
BT1 2LA
T: 028 9024 4400
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About BETH JEANS HOUGHTON + THE HOOVES OF DESTINY
“Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose” (Mute Records) introduces one of the most self-assured new artists of the year, a pop polymath whose blend of psychedelia, glam rock and chain gang folk is quite unlike anything else you’re likely to hear in 2012. Like her utterly unique stage outfits, it’s made from disparate individual elements that wouldn’t work on paper, but sing out like a holy choir in the execution.
Three years in the making, this album was created with producer Ben Hiller (Blur / Elbow / Depeche Mode). Initially, Beth had reservations about working with such a big name behind the desk, being almost punk-like in her attitude and resolutely independent in every facet of her career. Over time, Ben and Beth developed a harmonious working relationship, and the albumchanged shape many times in the making: “I write so many songs so quickly they become irrelevant to me really fast, so it’s hard to put together a set that I’m happy with over time,” says the singer. Unusually, the album features a song that Beth wrote about her first relationship at 17, named Veins, which sits alongside brand new tracks
like the ever-changing single Dodecahedron.
Having recorded the album without a record deal to ensure complete creative control, it will be released on Mute, the label described by Houghton as “The one that still believed in my record after everyone else had gone to the pub.” Now ready for release, Beth sees the album as “an animal I’m preparing to ride. Grooming it, feeding it, braiding its hair, and I feel that Ben has built me a saddle that is both practical and comfortable to use. And because of this I feel confident in its release.” Don’t expect such an agonising wait for the next one. “I’m terrified of dying before I do everything I want to do,” she says, somewhat perversely given that she’s still only 21. “It’s a race to get everything out.”
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