Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-RLR-021

Colour

Black

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-12-15

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

191402802115

Total Cap

Black LP

CD-RLR-021

191402802122

Artist

John Francis Flynn

Genre US

Folk

Label US

River Lea Records

John Francis Flynn is a talented singer, guitarist, and flautist. He is also skilled in playing the double tin whistle. In addition to his solo work, John is a valued member of the renowned traditional group Skipper’s Alley.
With his captivating performances and impressive musical abilities, John has established himself as a prominent figure in the music industry. His passion for traditional Irish music shines through in every note he plays.
Whether he's performing on stage or recording in the studio, John's artistry leaves a lasting impression on listeners. His unique blend of vocals and instrumental skills creates an enchanting experience that transports audiences to another time and place.

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"You can't sing all the songs... Well, some people do. But you can tell if someone doesn't connect with that song..."

Unlike what we might expect, traditional music is not one-size-fts-all. Each song has its own story, history and characters which the singers must serve, rather than themselves. On his new album, Look Over The Wall, See The Sky, John Francis Flynn delicately unpicks these traditional songs and rearranges them with an emotional force that sometimes leaves them unanchored, floating in a surreal space between the past and the present, the analogue and the digital, between love and tragedy.

In his first single, Mole In The Ground, a cover of an American anti-establishment folk song recorded by Bascom Lamar Lunsford in 1928, John allows the surrealism of the song to take centre stage, opting to speak rather than sing the words. His voice, too, lives beneath the ground of the melody, burrowing its way beneath hypnotic drums, dancing guitars, and sliding violins. By taking away the nursery rhyme-like melody of the song, we focus on our narrators' fantasies and desires, but also on "the weirdness of the song, and its aggressiveness. The last line is: I don't like the railroad man/ the railroad man will kill you when he can/ and he'll drink up your blood like red wine, and I wanted to get to grips with that emotion."

Look Over The Wall, See The Sky

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Discover Look Over The Wall, See The Sky by John Francis Flynn. Delicately rearranged traditional songs with emotional force. River Lea Records.