Name: Springs Eternal
Brand: William Doyle

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

 TLV164LPSIGNEDPRINT

Colour

Blue

Colour details

Eternal Blue

Discogs ID

[r29878447]

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

With Signd Print

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-02-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: Yes

Supplier GB

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5055869550444

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Blue LP | Signed Copy

TLV164LP

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Blue LP

 TLV164CD

5055869550451

Artist

William Doyle

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Tough Love

Formerly known as East India Youth, William Doyle is an artist who has made a name for himself in the music industry. With his unique sound and style, he captivates audiences all over the world. Now recording under his real name, Doyle continues to push boundaries and create music that resonates with listeners.

Inspired by artists such as Jane Weaver, These New Puritans, BC Camplight, and Richard Dawson, Doyle's music blends various genres to create a truly original sound. His experimental approach and attention to detail make each of his songs a work of art.

With a discography that includes albums like "Your Wilderness Revisited" and "Great Spans of Muddy Time," Doyle has proven himself to be a talented musician and songwriter. Whether you're a fan of indie pop or electronic music, there's something for everyone in his diverse repertoire.

Tough Love is a record label based in London, UK. Established in 2005, the label has become a prominent force in the music industry, representing a diverse range of talented artists and releasing groundbreaking music across various genres.
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Serving up art-pop for the anthropocene, Springs Eternal is the Mercury-nominated, critically acclaimed artist William Doyle’s most ambitious and most playful creation to date. Taking a panoramic view of the ecstasies and agonies of life in the 2020s, the record asks how we exist as fragile flesh and blood – our hearts beating and our minds racing – in an unprecedented, almost unimaginable time of runaway climate destruction and technological expansion.

Springs Eternal presents a strange and thrilling cast of characters – from cowboys to castaways – who just might be Doyle, once or twice removed. “Most of the songs are in the first-person, but rather than being autobiographical, I was trying to imagine hyperreality versions of myself,” Doyle says. “What if decisions I made in my life had resulted in the self of each particular song? How many degrees of separation am I from those realities? It’s a frightening thought, and frightening thoughts often make for good songs.”

Across 11 tracks, we hear from narrators teetering on the precipice of global disaster, heartbreak, addiction, indoctrination and mental illness, until they pass into the great unknown. The lyrics, by turns earnest and ironic, upfront and allegorical, are paired with infectious melodies and often outright swagger. Co-produced by indie superproducer Mike Lindsay (Tunng, LUMP) at his MESS studio in Margate, we hear the siren song of the sea washing around pulsating electronics and stirring instrumentation, featuring contributions from musicians Alexander Painter, Genevieve Dawson and Brian Eno.

A recurring theme of water and flooding runs through the record, alluding simultaneously to the global climate crisis and the deluge of overwhelm these parallel-universe Williams are experiencing. “It wasn’t until we were mixing the record that I realised how many water references there are,” Doyle says. “I guess there’s a fluid border between our inner selves and the outside world that allows things to flood in, in unstoppable or perhaps irresistible ways.”

Springs Eternal is the next chapter in the William Doyle sonic odyssey that began with his incarnation as East India Youth (Total Strife Forever, 2014; Culture of Volume, 2015) and developed under his own name, producing the critically acclaimed records Your Wilderness Revisited (2019) and Great Spans of Muddy Time (2021). Alongside his own output, Doyle recently produced Anna B Savage’s celebrated debut album A Common Turn (2021) and plays in Orlando Weeks’ band both live and on his upcoming record.

For fans of&nbsp;Brian Eno, Robyn Hitchcock, Robert Wyatt, Euros Childs, Cleaners from Venus

Springs Eternal

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Discover Springs Eternal by William Doyle. This critically acclaimed art-pop record explores life in the 2020s amidst climate destruction and technological expansion. Available in CD and LP formats, including signed copies. Label: Tough Love.