by philipchevron Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:14 pm
THE RADIATORS GO TO Heaven
Set for immediate release by the Radiators From Space is their new single "Heaven", taken from their third album Trouble Pilgrim which was released in Ireland last October to rave reviews. "Heaven", a great new pop song by Pete Holidai sung by Pete with Philip Chevron, proved to be an early favourite. The Irish Times called it "beautifully hook-laden", while Hot Press said it was "cool and chart-friendly".
The album itself will be released throughout the wider world in 2007. The Radiators surprised and delighted both fans and critics by making a record which was as different from the previous album, 1979's Ghostown as that album was from their 1977 debut TV Tube Heart. Drawing on a distinctly garage-band sensibility, Trouble Pilgrim is a welcome reminder that seminal American bands like The Beau Brummels and the Count Five were led and shaped by Irish immigrants in the 1960s. Trouble Pilgrim, as the title suggests, is a restless trawl through a common musical history which incorporates rhythm and blues, dancebands, protest songs and folk roots. As ever, in the songs of Philip Chevron and Pete Holidai, the perspective is constantly shifting. Is the brothel in "The Concierge" in Abu Ghraib or Shannon Airport? Why is the soldier's mother baking pretzels for the President in "A Package From Home"? As you leap into the unknown from the 102nd floor of an incendiary building, is your only reference a childhood fear of "The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs"? Is the "Hinterland" a desert in Arabia or a lonely field in Wyoming? And who are the Strangers - contemporary economic migrants or 18th century "Huguenots"? The ambiguity extends even to the showband playing in "Tell Me Why" - a ballroom of romance in Mullingar or a high school hop in Hispanic south Texas?
THE RADIATORS GO TO Heaven
Set for immediate release by the Radiators From Space is their new single "Heaven", taken from their third album Trouble Pilgrim which was released in Ireland last October to rave reviews. "Heaven", a great new pop song by Pete Holidai sung by Pete with Philip Chevron, proved to be an early favourite. The Irish Times called it "beautifully hook-laden", while Hot Press said it was "cool and chart-friendly".
The album itself will be released throughout the wider world in 2007. The Radiators surprised and delighted both fans and critics by making a record which was as different from the previous album, 1979's Ghostown as that album was from their 1977 debut TV Tube Heart. Drawing on a distinctly garage-band sensibility, Trouble Pilgrim is a welcome reminder that seminal American bands like The Beau Brummels and the Count Five were led and shaped by Irish immigrants in the 1960s. Trouble Pilgrim, as the title suggests, is a restless trawl through a common musical history which incorporates rhythm and blues, dancebands, protest songs and folk roots. As ever, in the songs of Philip Chevron and Pete Holidai, the perspective is constantly shifting. Is the brothel in "The Concierge" in Abu Ghraib or Shannon Airport? Why is the soldier's mother baking pretzels for the President in "A Package From Home"? As you leap into the unknown from the 102nd floor of an incendiary building, is your only reference a childhood fear of "The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs"? Is the "Hinterland" a desert in Arabia or a lonely field in Wyoming? And who are the Strangers - contemporary economic migrants or 18th century "Huguenots"? The ambiguity extends even to the showband playing in "Tell Me Why" - a ballroom of romance in Mullingar or a high school hop in Hispanic south Texas?
