ANDY WHITE RELEASES BRAND NEW ABUM ‘HOW THINGS ARE’
UK TOUR JAN/FEB 2014 – FEATURING PETUNIA AS LONDON SUPPORT
“From rage to sage, it ain’t too late to discover one of our best kept secrets” MOJO
“I love this man, and his music. Rave on! ” JANICE LONG / BBC RADIO 2
HOW THINGS ARE is Andy’s 11th studio album, and his most intimate to date. Released through Floating World Records, the album contains a beautiful and honest collection of songs, straight from the heart.
Never afraid to write about a difficult situation, HOW THINGS ARE came about after Andy’s 15 year long marriage ended, in order to answer the question “How are things?” Whilst detailing his heartbreak in his writing, Andy’s optimistic and appreciative outlook on life has managed tocreate an empowering and uplifting album, full of promise.
Recorded in his studio The Growlery, with son Sebastian on drums and a one-woman string section, the style ranges from full-on rock to impressionistic acoustic, all shot through with Andy’s trademark wit, and what one critic called his “sheer soul”.
“Writing these songs was my way of coping. All of the songs are intense, but it's not all a sad story. Love at first sight? Yes, that Romeo and Juliet moment does exist. I know how lucky I am that it happened. Even just once is amazing.” ANDY WHITE
Known for his collaborations with Tim Finn (Crowded House) and Liam O’Maonlai (Hothouse Flowers) as well as his solo work, Andy White has been one of Ireland’s most accomplished and respected song-writers since his 1986 debut, Rave on Andy White.
Andy has released 10 studio albums, from ‘Rave On’ to ‘Songwriter’ in 2009, two books of poetry, and ‘21st Century Troubadour’, an on the road journal/novel with accompanying double CD, in 2011. Having worked with the great names of Irish music - Sinead O’Connor, Donal Lunny, Van Morrison - and writing with the likes of Peter Gabriel and Neil and Tim Finn, Andy has won Ireland’s top songwriting awards and toured the world many times over.
Perhaps no one has articulated the experience of growing up in the chaos of Belfast of the 70s and 80s (he was on the stairs of Good Vibrations every Saturday morning), heading out into the world of literature (Andy studied at Cambridge), rock’n’roll (signed to Stiff Records) and travel (yes, he’s a fully paid-up 21st Century Troubadour) quite like Andy White. The new album, in his own words:
"How Things Are is a celebration of, as well as a valediction to, a time that’s gone. More ‘Street Scenes From My Heart’. As well as the end of something, this is a first chapter.”
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