All I See Is Trouble... BEATOWLS express a delirious melancholic state
Shadows dance with dark secrets as Liverpool’s cult synth-noir trio, BEATOWLS take cold hand in cold hand to release their shattered-heart single: ALL I SEE IS TROUBLE
Working where stillness and tension meets kinetic drama, vocalists Darcie Chazen and Tom Roberts, forming Beatowls with musician, Carl Cook, draw ears, eyes and curious minds to the latest, filmic single from their debut album, MARMA
Having referenced Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland, The XX’s, Portishead, Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra, Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch, Broadcast and the roster of Warp Records in past communications, the unholy congregation of Beatowls walk towards the light of existence-mining musical pioneers, whilst stacking their own freedoms and self-imposed limitations on top of each other. An unhurried pursuit of fractured perfection, whereas, in the world beyond their studio door, there’s the anxious sound of the rush to get nowhere.
Roberts explains: “It starts with one word, one line, one note, one phrase at a time. No considerations as to where it will go or who will hear it. No timeframe. Read over it, play over it, revise, tweak. Steal? Remove and redo. Record. Make it personal, make it universal. Get better. Happy accidents. Small victories. The idea is everything. Keep going. The idea reveals itself more. Revise, tweak and refine. Steal a bit more. Record again. Make connections, play with its fire. Make it the best you can. Rewrite and record again.”
Beatowls’ rare live expeditions will continue into 2024, while two more dates confirmed for the coming months. The three-piece will appear at:
Sun 17 Dec - Liverpool, Leaf - for the Violette Revue
Wed 28 Feb – London, Soho Theatre
Violette Records, not only home to the La Violette Società performance nights in Liverpool, where Beatowls were encouraged to perform live for the first time, but also previous releases by artists including Michael Head, Jim McCulloch and Studio Electrophonique, released MARMA on limited vinyl and digital formats.
To connect with Beatowls, discovering more about MARMA, each upcoming single release and live announcements, find the band online at:
https://twitter.com/beatowlsinfo
https://www.instagram.com/beatowls_uk/
https://soundcloud.com/beatowlsuk
Connect with Violette Records on social media at:
http://www.facebook.com/VioletteRecords
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http://www.instagram.com/violette_records
Photograph (c) Mark McNulty