Name: Yawn
Brand: Bill Ryder-Jones

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WIGLP383

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Black Heavyweight Vinyl with printed inner sleeve and Download.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-11-02

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Supplier GB

PIAS

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Standard:20

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0887828038312

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

WIGCD383

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Housed in printed inner wallet with 9 panel (18-page) poster booklet

0887828038329

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Bill Ryder-Jones

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Alternative / Modern

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Domino

Bill Ryder-Jones is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and film score composer hailing from West Kirby, Merseyside. With a diverse range of talents, he has made a name for himself in the music industry. From his early beginnings as a member of The Coral to his successful solo career, Bill has captivated audiences with his unique sound and heartfelt lyrics. Whether you're a fan of indie rock or atmospheric film scores, Bill Ryder-Jones is an artist worth exploring.

Domino is an independent label founded in Putney, South West London by *a694357* and his partner Jacqui Rice in 1993. The label initially focused on American acts such as *Sebadoh*, *Pavement* or *Royal Trux* before signing British acts in the late '90s.

The label operates a US division, located in Brooklyn, which output was initially identified by its own catalogue number schemes, DOMUS then DNO (used until 2013), when the releases handled by the UK headquarters are identified by WIG (albums) and RUG (singles and EPs) catalogue numbers.

The company operating the label, *Warp Records*, diversified, establishing a publishing arm and a series of labels (*Double Six Recordings*, *Weird World Record Co.*, *Rephlex*, ...).

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With a healthy output as producer, arranger, composer and of course multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter these 10 songs make up West Kirby man Bill’s fourth album and features The Orielles and Our Girl on guest vocals plus Rod Skip on Cello. PS. Bill was the guitarist for and co-founder of The Coral. A bell like guitar chimes out. A smooth wash and gentle fuzzy guitar ripple like the fur on a Persian cat in the woody bass rumble. Soft almost crooning hushed choruses of vocals weave coaxing, enticing spells. A hazy dream-washed guitar hovers and swoops it’s somnolent sounds. Songs build, swell and permeate your heart. A languorous stretch of an album easing into beleaguered ears with a treacly flow of comfort.

This musical belief of delayed gratification is something Bill learnt from classical music as a child, from Elgar and Debussy in particular – and over the long hall of his short life, you can hear these riches being polished on Yawn. Most of the 10 songs clock-in over the 5 minute mark and this wide-angle lens affords us time to interpret and translate meaning – or just to revel in it.

Multi-instrumentalist, producer, string-arranger and composer Bill Ryder-Jones has had a career spanning 15 years, a rarity in a world that so often looks to the new. From his musical interpretation of Italo Calvino’s If On A Winters Night A Traveller (If… in 2011), 2013’s A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart, the acclaimed West Kirby County Primary (2015) and now to Yawn, Bill has constantly widened his scope, weaving in an overarching sense of authenticity, intimacy and wryness as he goes.

Yawn was recorded and produced entirely by Bill himself, with a little help from friends including guest vocals from The Orielles and Our Girl, cello by Rod Skip and mixing by Craig Silvey (Portishead, The Horrors, Arcade Fire). Bill has also been steadily building up a list of album production credits for other musicians including Our Girl, Hooton Tennis Club, Brooke Bentham and Holly Macve, who he records at his own place in West Kirby, aptly titled Yawn Studios.

Yawn

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Discover Yawn by Bill Ryder-Jones. Vinyl and CD formats available. A mesmerizing album featuring guest vocals and a soothing blend of guitar and vocals. Label: Domino.