Bonus disc

Catalogue number

PITS1325.1

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Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-09-06

Signed copies

Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5400863086169

Total Cap

PITS1325.2

5400863086176

Artist

Keaton Henson

Genre US

Folk

Label US

Play It Again Sam

Keaton Henson is an English folk musician, poet, visual artist, and composer. Born on March 24, 1988 in London, he comes from a talented family with his father being a renowned actor and his mother a former ballerina. With six albums under his belt, Henson has established himself as a versatile artist who also dabbles in designing album sleeves for bands like Enter Shikari.
Throughout his career, Keaton Henson has showcased his artistic prowess through various mediums. From creating heartfelt music that resonates with listeners to crafting beautiful poetry that touches the soul, he captivates audiences with his emotive storytelling. Additionally, Henson's talent extends beyond words and melodies as he delves into the world of visual art.
Not only does Keaton Henson possess an innate ability to create stunning visuals through paintings and illustrations but he has also lent his creative touch to designing album covers for notable bands such as Enter Shikari. His multidisciplinary approach allows him to explore different avenues of expression while leaving an indelible mark on the art world.

Two years after Monument, Keaton Henson comes back with a new studio album, House Party.

About the album, Keaton says: “I wanted to make an upbeat confident pop record about depression and being a performer, written from the viewpoint of an artist who has hollowed himself out over a long career in the name of success, an alternate universe version of me (the guy in the pink suit), who is left empty and lonely from climbing to the top, but is still only able to express these feelings in the language of confident, performative pop songs.”

Henson says that once he knew he was making a pop album, something inside him was allowed to run free. The stakes were somehow lowered. Take, for instance, the blissfully bleary ache of Envy – one of several choruses on the record that resound in your head long after the needle reaches the runout groove. Henson says that when he wrote the song, he was trying to channel the fist-pumping triumphalism of Britpop. However, that’s not something altogether apparent to anyone listening to the song. What you hear instead is perhaps something closer to the tender consolation songs of Teenage Fanclub. It’s almost as if, in this parallel world, the guy in the pink suit –arrestingly depicted on the sleeve of House Party by acclaimed figurative artist Tristan Pigott –is starting to fall apart before real-life Keaton has fully clocked it.

House Party

Music US

Discover House Party by Keaton Henson. A pop album about depression and performance, available in LP and CD formats. Label: Play It Again Sam.