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August Darnell’s swaggering alter ego KID CREOLE dons his famed
fedora and gets back in stride with his first high profile studio album in
over 10 years this Summer, ‘I WAKE UP SCREAMING’.
Darnell first came to prominence during the mid-‘70s in New York,
forming Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band with his brother Stony
Browder before producing a slew of eccentric projects for ZE Records
including Cristina, Don Armando’s Seventh Avenue Rumba Band and
Gichy Dan, as well as sporting his trademark zoot suit and fedora for
the first time for the debut recordings by Kid Creole & The Coconuts.
Signing on to Chris Blackwell’s Island Records and Seymour Stein’s
Sire imprint, Darnell would become one of the ‘80s’ most unique and
recognisable figures, scoring a brace of unforgettable chart hits
mixing heavyweight tropical grooves with plenty of lyrical bite – ‘Stool
Pigeon’, ‘Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy’, ‘I’m A Wonderful Thing Baby’
and more.
With cover artwork echoing his love of 1940s film noir, the new album
explores the vibrant mind of Darnell with a variety of themes and
styles. Opener ‘Stony And Cory’, riding a bump ‘n’ hustle rhythm,
recalls the Dr. Buzzard days and the stormy relationship between
lead vocalist Cory Daye and bandleader Stony Browder; the title track
re-works an ‘80s Coconuts classic, ‘Ticket To The Tropics’ and trippy
lead single ‘I Do Believe’ brings in themes of Greek mythology over a
driving groove. Elsewhere, we find rousing ballads ‘Tudor-Jones’ and
the life-affirming ‘Love Remains’, the Compass Point / Island stylings
of ‘This Is My Life’ and madcap falsetto groover, ‘Attitude’.
Recorded at Darnell’s own studio in Sweden and mixed by Brennan
Green (Chinatown Recordings) and Lars Nissen, the new album also
features co-compositions and co-productions with Andy Butler of
Hercules & Love Affair.
‘I Wake Up Screaming’ is an essential return from one of the truly
unique characters in the world of music. The release will be
accompanied by the unmatchable Kid Creole & The Coconuts live
experience worldwide.
voices music & entertainment as
KID CREOLE
& THE COCONUTS
- I WAKE UP SCREAMING
RELEASE: 12.SEPTEMBER 2011
ART: STRUT055CD/LP
PPD: CD4/LP7A
EAN: TBA
LABEL: STRUT
1. STONY AND CORY
2. I WAKE UP SCREAMING (In The Tropics)
3. SOMEBODY'S GOT TO LOSE
4. I DO BELIEVE
5. LONG LIVE THE KING
6. VERILY VERILY VERILY
7. TUDOR-JONES
8. ATTITUDE
9. THIS IS MY LIFE
10. WE'RE ROCKIN' OUT TONIGHT
11. LOVE REMAINS
12. BLOW ME UP
13. JUST BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
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