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Already supporting the likes of Wednesday and Bar Italia, Bristol 7-piece LIFTER today announce their debut album Clasping Hands with the Moribund alongside new single ‘I Have Done My Waiting’, and sharing details of an Autumn headline UK Tour
With the lineup on the album consisting of the core duo of the group, former Modern Rituals guitarist Harry Fanshawe and bassist and producer Miles Ward, the band were joined on the recording of these tracks by The Death of Pop co-leader Angus James, Swelt guitarist Chris Hicks, cellists Douglas Evans and Anna Strudwick, violinist Reuben Brunt, backing vocalist Olive Featherstone, cornet player Harry Furniss, and drummers Stevie Fry and Oliver Cocup.
Frontman Harry said of the track, "I was at the end of an era of something in my life when I wrote ‘Waiting', about how things would be different now, and whether we’d look back and think we’d not made the most of what we had when we had it
He continues, “The song came together fairly quickly musically, but once the track's structure was completed, we made adjustments and played it with various different musicians. The result is the inclusion of two different drummers, a violinist, a cellist, a cornet player, Rhodes piano, slide guitar, amongst others."
In this current incarnation, the band take musical cues from a diverse range of sources, including slowcore, folk, country, and indie rock, and deftly showcase this throughout this latest release. A handful of influences would include Picastro, Megafaun, XTC, Crazy Horse, and Bill Callahan. Their earlier material often drew comparisons to the likes of Silver Jews and Sparklehorse, all in all adding to a much scrappier and heavier sound in comparison to this more intricate and pastoral sound they’ve begun to adopt.
"The album encapsulates 18 months of touring, lineup changes, experiments with various musicians, and dedication. Lovingly self-produced, as nearly everything we've released before is, it was recorded either in my garden studio, in Miles' flat, or out in (many) other locations, including St Dunstan's church in South Bristol. We also had many musicians record remotely, such as the violin from Reuben Brunt in London, and all of Chris Hicks' guitar parts, which he did from his Bristol flat.”, Harry says on the album.
”Our lineup took many different forms in the recording of the album, sometimes as a full band with driven guitars, a stripped back acoustic trio, with strings, and sometimes with all of the above. The title aptly surmises the whole venture - making the most of member switches and viewing things that could be considered obstacles as assets. Clasping Hands with the Moribund means accepting the fate bestowed on you from all the things you can't control or change, and making the most of it."
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