Adrian Crowley - Dark Eyed Messenger Cassette Tape

Adrian's eighth
album (and fourth for Chemikal), Dark Eyed Messenger comprises 11 songs
crowned with his mahoganied baritone yet untouched by the instrument with
which he is most associated, guitar. This is just one of many surprising yet
bewitching results of the album‚''s stress-free birth at the hands of
American producer and musician Thomas Bartlett, aka Doveman (Sufjan Stevens,
Martha Wainwright, The Magnetic Fields). "Thomas said he had a
potentially controversial suggestion," Adrian recalls. "He asked
how I‚''d Adrian's eighth album (and fourth for Chemikal), Dark Eyed
Messenger comprises 11 songs crowned with his mahoganied baritone yet
untouched by the instrument with which he is most associated, guitar. This is
just one of many surprising yet bewitching results of the album‚''s
stress-free birth at the hands of American producer and musician Thomas
Bartlett, aka Doveman (Sufjan Stevens, Martha Wainwright, The Magnetic
Fields). "Thomas said he had a potentially controversial
suggestion," Adrian recalls. "He asked how I‚''d feel about having
no guitar on the album. I jumped at the idea. The notion of showing up and
just singing appealed to me very much." Recorded over four days in May
2016 in Bartlett‚''s New York studio, the record not only captures Crowley at
the apex of his songwriting powers but also the creative lava that can flow
when two perfectly aligned musical minds come together. "Thomas‚''s
instinct and my vision seemed to work in synergy," says Crowley.
"It was moving to see him conjure these spectral sounds seemingly out of
the air between us."
feel about having no guitar on the album. I jumped at the idea. The notion
of showing up and just singing appealed to me very much."

• Format Detail: LP
• Format: Cassette
• Genre: Indie & Alternative