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Southern Minimalist Futurist Ridiculous

by Eddie The Wheel

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    12" Black vinyl
    Original Art work by Aidan Cooke on Silver Foil
    Design by Craig Sharpe

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1.
2.
Leave Behind 03:36
3.
Lesser Than 05:18
4.
Discovery 03:48
5.
6.
1133 04:45
7.
Lets be Nice 04:48
8.
All of Us 03:03
9.
Reverse 07:33
10.
Tuesday 07:06

about

"Athens, GA songwriter and visual artist Eddie Whelan releases his long-awaited debut album on Vibe/Anti-Vibe. A gorgeously-layered record borne out of home recordings with drum machines and synths before being brought to its final, shiny (literally, the LP is released with a reflective mirror board sleeve) state thanks to mixing from Hank Sullivant (MGMT). Originating from Athens Georgia (home to REM, the B-52’s, Deerhunter, Pylon and other indie rock luminaries) in America (RIP), Eddie Whelan relocated to London in 2013 to pursue a career as a visual artist where he honed his craft working on Fashion Week shows, directing music videos for Jarvis Cocker and giving art direction to major fashion brands. During this time Eddie was also amassing a collection of bedroom recordings as part of his Eddie the Wheel solo project. Eddie enlisted friends and acquaintances to contribute to recordings whilst in London before sending the songs back across the Atlantic to be mixed by Hank Sullivant (MGMT) where the songs took a new life of their own, becoming ‘Southern Minimalist Futurist Ridiculous’. After releasing lead single ‘Leave Behind’ digitally and on tape for Cassette Store Day, a drum machine-led track which blends Eddie’s positive, uplifting vocals with driving guitar and heartening synths, reached 900,000 plays on Spotify leading to Eddie being invited to be official tour support for Amen Dunes (Sacred Bones Recordings) on his tour across the UK and Europe. The record starts with a bum note from a wild guitar before ceremoniously drifting into the slacker dreampop of ‘Automatic Speed’. Although the LP starts loose, it quickly tightens up with the endearingly and lightly anthemic ‘Leave Behind’ and ‘Lesser Than’. Eddie’s positive truisms, beautiful guitar runs and swirling synths gradually reveal themselves over the propulsion of a drum machine which drives the songs on their own psych-pop adventures. Guitars drone, arpeggiate, slide into synthesis and there’s even a hint of Mogwai-esque post-rock. The other face to the record features Eddie going on unexpected spaced-out synth and techno side quests (‘11:33’, ‘Tuesday’) which further create the sci-fi world this record seems to inhibit. If those jaunts add a coldness to the project, it’s love songs like ‘Number One’ and ‘Reverse’ which bring the LP back down to earth and more present concerns. The latter featuring a scrapped recording session, flipped into reverse with Eddie writing a new track over the existing effort and guesting Eddie’s wife on whispered vocals on the final few minutes of the song. Maybe this was just a curious experiment but Eddie unassumingly contributed one of the highlights of the record by salvaging the abandoned recording session. Although a solo project, the list of contributors Eddie invited to play or produce songs for the record reads as a who’s who of the London/Athens GA DIY underground scene, including Hank Sullivant (The Whigs / Kuroma / MGMT), Rory Attwell (Bratwell recordings / Test Icicles / Warm Brains), Robin Christian (Male Bonding / Public Parts / Bullet Union), Nate Nelson (White Violet), Christopher Smith (Kluster Rooms studio) and Craig Sharp (Dancehall / Spoilers). The record is released courtesy of Vibe/Anti-Vibe Recordings, a record label run by Eddie, Craig Sharp and Christopher Smith which has been steadily releasing records, tapes, CDs and paraphernalia for a variety of artists from the London scene from their studio and defacto base in Cable Street Studios, London."

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released October 22, 2021

Artwork By – Aidan Cooke
Graphic Design – Craig Sharp
Mixed By, Producer – Hank Sullivant
Photography – Sarah Piantadosi
Written By – Eddie Whelan

A1 Automatic Speed
Bass – Chris Smith
Recorded By – Chris Smith
Bass – Chris Smith
Recorded By – Chris Smith
4:36
A2 Leave Behind
Recorded By – Nate Nelson
Synth, Bass – Nate Nelson
Recorded By – Nate Nelson
Synth, Bass – Nate Nelson
3:37
A3 Lesser Than
Percussion – Mario Daddabbo
Synth – Hank Sullivant
Percussion – Mario Daddabbo
Synth – Hank Sullivant
5:18
A4 Discovery
Guitar, Written By – Craig Sharp
Guitar, Written By – Craig Sharp
3:49
A5 Number One
Bass, Synth, Shaker, Tambourine, Recorded By – Nate Nelson
Bass, Synth, Shaker, Tambourine, Recorded By – Nate Nelson
6:07
B1 Reverse
Backing Vocals – Helena Whelan
Drums – Robin Silas Christian
Recorded By – Rory Attwell
Backing Vocals – Helena Whelan
Drums – Robin Silas Christian
Recorded By – Rory Attwell
7:33
B2 All of Us
Organ – Hank Sullivant
Organ – Hank Sullivant
3:03
B3 11:33
Synth – Hank Sullivant
Synth – Hank Sullivant
4:46
B4 Tuesday
Synth – Hank Sullivant
Synth – Hank Sullivant
7:07

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