Foxhole, by The Proper Ornaments

Foxhole

by The Proper Ornaments

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1.	Back Pages 2 02:44	buy track
2.	Cremated (Blown Away) 03:11	buy track
3.	Memories 05:45	buy track
4.	Just a Dream 03:52	buy track
5.	1969 03:01	buy track
6.	The Frozen Stare 04:16	buy track
7.	Jeremy's Song 02:39	buy track
8.	When We Were Young 02:01	buy track
9.	Bridge By a Tunnel 03:32	buy track
10.	I Know You Know 02:50	buy track
11.	The Devils 03:38	buy track

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Foxhole is the latest album from James Hoare (Ultimate Painting, Veronica Falls) and Max Oscarnold (Toy, Pink Flames) under the name of The Proper Ornaments. On ‘Foxhole’ they’ve sliced away a whole stratum of their sound, removing some distortion and lowering the frequency of plectrum strokes to allow more nuanced, piano-led ideas to emerge.

The title isn’t a reference to Television’s jaunty proto-punk record but seems to be more of a dark, protective interior, a head space sketched out on ‘Jeremy’s Song’. While their particularly recognisable production style (a bright, frozen counterpoint to the airless mixes one encounters more often) remains, three things stand out as likely reasons for the shift in mood. By the time they got around to recording again in James’ bedroom in Finsbury Park that Summer, the instability around the recording of ‘Wooden Head’ (and the five years before) had slid into a deep and seething acrimony. Second, they both bought pianos. Third, when the band, with Daniel Nellis and Bobby Syme joining on bass and drums went to record at Tin Room in Hackney in June, the pinch wheel on the 8 track machine was broken and somehow no one noticed. All but one recording, ‘The Frozen Stare,’ was hopelessly warped, so they went and did it all again from scratch back at James’.

Released on 20th January 2017. Available on limited edition translucent blue vinyl, with a secret two-track 7". Only 250 copies, w/download code

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