Roddy Frame - Seven Dials (iTunes Version)
Best known as the leader of Scottish pop group Aztec Camera, Roddy Frame burst onto the U.K. pop scene as a songwriting wunderkind who became a critical favorite while still in his teens. If the stardom expected of him never quite stuck, Frame has earned a reputation as a gifted, literate tunesmith who has enjoyed a long-running and uncompromising career. Roddy Frame was born in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland on January 29, 1964. In his early teens, Frame was inspired by the songcraft of David Bowie, the conversational realism of Mark E. Smith and the Fall, and the sounds of earlier rock innovators such as the Velvet Underground, the Byrds, and Love. Frame took up songwriting, and in 1980 he formed Aztec Camera with like-minded friends Campbell Owens on bass and Dave Mulholland on drums. After making an appearance on a cassette-only compilation of new Glasgow bands, Aztec Camera partnered with celebrated Scottish indie label Postcard Records, which issued their first single, "Just Like Gold" b/w "We Could Send Letters," in March 1981. A second single, "Mattress of Wire" b/w "Lost Outside the Tunnel," appeared a few months later, and Aztec Camera were soon making a name for themselves in the U.K. music press. Rough Trade signed Aztec Camera for the U.K. and Sire Records picked them up for North America; the band's debut album, High Land, Hard Rain was released in the summer of 1983, and critics on both sides of the Atlantic embraced the album, with Frame's literate songs earning frequent comparisons to Elvis Costello. Following his acclaimed and sparsely arranged 2006 album Western Skies, this is the fourth solo studio album from Aztec Camera founder Roddy Frame. Whereas Western Skies was a comparatively low-key affair, Seven Dials has a sunnier, pop-focused sound that very occasionally nods to the approach taken on Love, Aztec Camera's high-charting 1987 album. Recorded in London, these sessions were co-produced by regular Edwyn Collins collaborator Seb Lewsley.
Genres: Alternative, Music, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative
Released: May 06, 2014
℗ 2014 AED Records
Tracklist:
01 White Pony
02 Postcard
03 Into the Sun
04 Rear View Mirror
05 In Orbit
06 Forty Days of Rain
07 English Garden
08 On the Waves
09 The Other Side
10 From a Train
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