John Sinclair – Beatnik Youth Ambient
Iron Man Records
IMB6033
Distributed by Cargo
All Press enquiries to Sean Newsham : sean@mutante.co.uk
“Incendiary bebop beauty from the renegade poet John Sinclair with hand drawn cover artwork by YOUTH. If we ever needed a passionate beat soul speaking words of wisdom, it’s now, and John Sinclair – Revolutionary, Jazzman – lays it down. Bohemian ex-manager of the MC5, Sinclair was central to 1960’s counterculture. A year or two back he met producer YOUTH (Primal Scream, U2), and got dragged into the 21st Century.
The result is a hypnotic celebration of personal freedom; laid-back thoughts spoken in John Sinclair’s gruff, grainy drawl, draped against blues, bebop and trip-hop.
Do It, with it’s lonesome sax, echoes Paddy McAloon’s intimate I Trawl The Megahertz: “In those days, to make poetry and art…that wasn’t called for. But you did it, even though you knew you would never get paid…”
Brilliant Corners is a wild tribute to Jack Kerouac, and Sitarrtha offers, “If we’re lucky, music will bring us through, and we’ll wake up singing.” What a dude.” – Glyn Brown **** Mojo Magazine August 2017.
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John Sinclair – Beatnik Youth Ambient UK Press/Radio feedback – Released July 28th 2017
BBC6Music – Gideon Coe played ‘Do It’ on last nights show – 8th June.
BBC6Music Jon Hillcock (sitting in for Gideon Coe) played ‘Do It’ on 31st May
BBC6Music – Jon Hillcock (sitting in for Gideon Coe) played ’Sitarratha’ on 30th May.
BBC Radio Lancashire – On The Wire – Steve Barker played ‘Do It’ on 17th June
Shoreditch Radio (London) The RealMusik Radio Show – Peter Coulston played ‘Do It’ on 2 August
Confirmed Features
Bandcamp Magazine feature – Saby Reyes-Kulkarni interviewed John and Youth
Mojo Magazine – Eyewitness feature – Pat Gilbert – for issue out end of June – interview done – out now
– skype with Gus Ironside done earlier this week email Q&A with Youth
Confirmed Album Reviews
Electronic Sound Magazine
Louder Than War Magazine – Gus Ironside – out now
Mojo Magazine – Glyn Brown – out now
Record Collector – Kris Needs
Shindig Magazine – Chris Twomey
Uncut Magazine – John Lewis – out now
Vive Le Rock
Digital Press
Cone Magazine – http://www.conemagazine.com/john-sinclair/
DMC World Ben Hogwood
Monolith Cocktail – http://bit.ly/2uIiQRk
Sunday Experience – https://marklosingtoday.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/john-sinclair-2/
Whisperin & Hollerin – Carl Martin
The Seventh Wave (Birmingham) Chris MacAdams – playing tracks
