Sydney, AU. (Top40 Charts/ EMI MUSIC Australia) - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge is the stunning debut album from London-based Dev Hynes, aka Lightspeed Champion, released on January 19th 2008.
The highly prolific and diverse Dev � recently announced on the 2007 NME Cool List - shot to prominence this year writing, touring and collaborating with a multitude of artists including The Chemical Brothers, The Klaxons, Bright Eyes, Whirlwind Heat, Tilly and The Wall and Patrick Wolf; however with Falling Off The Lavender Bridge, the spotlight will be firmly back on his incredible solo work.
Recorded in Omaha by Saddle Creek's resident producer, Mike Mogis, the album is a semi-acoustic country-rock folk-pop gem that bathes in Americana. Layered with ambitious instrumentation, from strings, to cello, oboe, pedal steel, clarinet and flute, it's a gentler more contemplative sound, light years away from the critically-lauded indie noise-punk metal of 21-year-old Dev's previous act, Test Icicles.
Backed by an informal band of multi-instrumentalists Nate Walcott and Mike Mogis, the Faint's drummer Clark Baechle, and guest vocalist Emmy The Great - plus moonlighting members of Cursive and Tilly And The Wall - Dev was able to imbue his gently humorous, open-hearted songs with an unaffected warmth.
The autobiographical album takes us on an emotional journey, from infectious debut single Galaxy Of The Lost through the dark worlds of Midnight Surprise and Devil Tricks For A Bitch. I Could Have Done This Myself refers humorously to embarrassing memories of losing ones virginity, whilst Everyone I know is Listening to Crunk is probably the most lovably personal - a country love song updated for our trend-saturated times. The album closes on the soul searching of No Surprise (For Wendela), a song written for his mother.
Falling Off The Lavender Bridge tracklisting is as follows:
1. Number One
2. Galaxy Of The Lost
3. Tell Me What It's Worth
4. All To Shit
5. Midnight Surprise
6. Devil Tricks For A Bitch
7. I Could Have Done This Myself
8. Salty Water
9. Dry Lips
10. Everyone I Know Is Listening To Crunk
11. Let The Bitches Die
12. No Surprise (For Wendela) / Midnight Surprise (Reprise)
The Album 'Falling Off The Lavender Bridge' In stores January 19th, 2008
featuring the single 'Tell Me What It's Worth' at media December 3
