Bastien Keb

• Standard 180g 33rpm Vinyl LP

Bastien Keb presents his third album, 'The Killing of Eugene Peeps', an ode to Giallo, 70s crime flicks, and French new wave cinema. Befit with downbeat anti-ballads, psychedelic folk, and warped soliloquies, the music is an imagined score to a film that exists only in the mind. Sequenced like a film narrative, songs like 'Lucky (The Oldest Grave)', 'Rabbit Hole', 'Alligator' and mid-album rap tangent 'Paprika' call to mind key, set-piece moments. Evocative instrumental passages shift and link moods and themes between them; from brief minimal-jazz meanders ('Murmurs'), psychedelic funk ('Street Clams') to ethereal romanticism ('All That Love In Your Heart').

A guitarist first and foremost; Keb also plays trumpet, bass, drums, piano, flute and more - many borrowed, donated or found instruments. All the music you hear on 'The Killing of Eugene Peeps' is played live, recorded, engineered, produced and mixed by Keb. Layering his voice to imaginative effect, you may hear influences of Bon Iver or Jai Paul but in truth it’s more indebted to the widescreen soul of The Impressions or The Delfonics. Kenneth Viota, Claudia Kane, Cappo and Camille Limoges contribute a supporting cast of voices across the album.

PERSONNEL:

• All songs written/arranged/performed/recorded by S. Jones
• All instruments played by S. Jones

• Except:
• A2. Lyrics written by Will Morrison
• A7. Vocals written and performed by Claudia Kane
• A8. Additional vocals performed by Natalia Rowley
• B1. Vocals written and performed by Paul Adey
• B8. Vocals performed by Camille Limoges, lyrics by Will Morrison
• B9. Violins performed by Alex Judd

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 Main Title
• A2 Lucky (Oldest Grave)
• A3 Rabbit Hole
• A4 God Bless Your Gutters
• A5 Theme For An Old Man
• A6 Can't Sleep
• A7 All That Love In Your Heart
• A8 Young Ponies
• A9 Street Clams

• SIDE B
• B1 Paprika (Featuring Cappo
• B2 Israel Ate His Own Mind
• B3 Bookie
• B4 The Clerk
• B5 Murmurs
• B6 The Trains Don't Keep Me Up Now
• B7 Lucky (Reprise)
• B8 Alligator
• B9 The World Creaks