Altsounds - Chris T-T - New single 'A-Z'

"Surreal tales and a friendly but firm political clout. Check out this singular talent." MOJO

“British pop’s street-poet laureate and unsung genius returns.” Sunday Times

On 17th March 2008 Chris T-T will release his eagerly awaited album ‘Capital’ through Xtra Mile Recordings preceded by the euphoric, call-to-arms single ‘A-Z’ on 10th March 2008.

Following on from the success of recent EP ‘This Gun Is Not A Gun’ - championed by Sunday Times, Rocksound, the Sun and played on XFM, 6Music and Radio 1 - the album is the final chapter in Chris T-T’s much loved London trilogy and brings the story of a modern gritty city fraught with prejudice and fear to a climactic end. "The whole thing's just a big clunky metaphor for modern urban decay," explains Chris. It is yet another brilliantly intricate and hilariously acerbic album, with musical styles ranging from electronic synth-pop to moody piano-led folk.
On his past albums – including the first two parts of the trilogy ‘The 253’ (2001) and ‘London Is Sinking’ (2003), as well as overtly political mini-album ‘9 Red Songs’ (2005) – Chris T-T tackles life's grand themes of war, money, politics, love, sex, and death, and transforms them into highly personal and highly emotional songs. It’s a talent that has been championed by everyone from NME, Rolling Stone, and Q to Radio 1, Radio 3, and 6Music.

‘Capital’ was produced by Jon Clayton (Pete and the Pirates and Charlotte Hatherley) at One Cat Studios in London and features the world-class drumming of Andy Burrows (Razorlight), the award-winning folk stylings of Timothy Victor - infamous extra member / producer of Broken Family Band - Jon Boden of Spiers & Boden, Eliza Carthy Band and Bellowhead fame, and friend Jim Bob from Carter USM lends his unique vocals to the record. With such a wealth of talent 'Capital' reaches a depth too few albums try to attain.

After a jaunt around America’s West Coast with label-mate Frank Turner, Chris T-T will be embarking on a full UK tour with a band throughout March/April.

MARCH
25 Manchester Night and Day
26 Birmingham Bar Academy
27 Bath Moles
31 Bristol Louisiana

APRIL
2 Cambridge Portland Arms
3 Cheltenham
4 Hull Adelphi
5 Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
6 York Junction
7 London Luminaire
8 Brighton Komedia Bar

" A seductive, highly contemporary brand of 21st-century English psychedelia."
The Telegraph

"The genius of Chris T-T's songwriting is his ability to humanise even the most outlandish conceits. They seem instead like brilliant ideas that no-one else could've come up with."
The Guardian

Chris T-T
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