Belfast post punk up and
comers, Junk Drawer, will be releasing their debut album, Ready For
The House, through Art For Blind, introduced by a series of notable
singles thus far, the latest of which is the extensive seven-minute
album opener, What I've Learned / What I'm Learning.
The new track cites
influence from the fiction written by author, TV host and journalist,
Richard Madeley, while musically it amalgamates a few different
styles that vary from post punk to slacker rock, krautrock and
psychedelia.
Lyricist and vocalist Stevie
Lennox details: "I heard Richard Madeley on the radio talking
about his own books - his monologue inspired the closing line (one of
my favourites on the record): 'The twists and turns, the likes of
which you'd find in a Richard Madeley novel.' I decided to read
consumer reviews of his novels… it appears we are sleeping on
Richard Madeley's written output. A hulking goliath of a writer in
the 'holiday reads for dissatisfied spouses' genre, not one of his
books has slipped under 4 stars - a hope that we couldn't hold for
our album."
What I've Learned / What I'm
Learning marks the only occasion on which Stevie shares vocal duties
with his brother, Jake Lennox. The song comes with a very strong
purpose, dealing with concealed feelings, honesty, emotional openness
and their relationship with mental health.
"The title comes from
the Dunning-Kruger Effect - basically the less you know, the more you
think you know, while the more you know, the less you think you
know," Stevie Lennox further explains. "It was the first
time I wrote with a real purity of intent, allowing myself to let go
of the irony, obfuscation and self-awareness that I felt obscured
some of my previous writing, because of my complete loathing of
heart-on-sleeve earnestness & sincerity.
"I was suffering from a
lot of communication problems, epilepsy and brain fog, and I didn't
realize it until afterwards but it was an expulsion - as much of the
album is."
Ready For The House was
produced by Chris Ryan (Just Mustard), and releases in its entirety
on April 24th, 2020.
Artist photo by Billy Woods
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