Radiosoul by Alfie Templeman
'Radiosoul', Alfie Templeman's second studio album, is an ambitious suite of tracks that showcase a bold new acid-pop direction for the Bedfordshire-born polymath.
The record features production from Templeman as well as Nile Rodgers, Dan Carey, Karma Kid, Oscar Scheller, Will Bloomfield, Justin Young, Josh Scarbrow and Charlie J Perry.
It is an album of self-discovery, one that zips between genres at whim and showcases a newfound incisiveness and acerbic humour to Templeman’s lyricism, whilst retaining the sense of joy that defined his previous releases.
It is the work of a prodigiously talented songwriter truly coming into his own.
Tracklist
| 1. | Radiosoul | 5:15 |
| 2. | Eyes Wide Shut | 3:22 |
| 3. | This Is Just The Beginning | 3:26 |
| 4. | Vultures | 3:32 |
| 5. | Drag | 3:07 |
| 6. | Hello Lonely | 3:31 |
| 7. | Just A Dance (feat. Nile Rodgers) | 2:41 |
| 8. | Submarine | 3:24 |
| 9. | Beckham | 3:27 |
| 10. | Switch | 2:37 |
| 11. | Run To Tomorrow | 4:23 |
Credits
Alfie Templeman – vocals, guitars (all tracks), bass (tracks 1–4, 6–9), drums (1, 2, 4, 8, 9), sound effects (2), synthesizers (3, 5), drum machine (4, 7); theremin, cello (4); tape delay effects (5), organ (6); chamber vocals, bass solo (7); piano (8–10), slide guitar (8); sitar, tape echo effects (10)
Charlie J. Perry – backing vocals, guitars, piano, synthesizers (track 1)
Josh Arcoleo – saxophone (track 1)
Will Bloomfield – backing vocals, sound effects (tracks 2, 6); synthesizers (2, 7), drum programming (6, 7), keyboards (6)
Oscar Scheller – keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming (track 4)
Karma Kid – synth bass, drum programming (5, 10); synthesizers, tape delay effects (5); tape echo, electric bass, sound effects (10)
Russell Graham – synth bass, drum programming (track 7)
Nile Rodgers – guitars (track 7)
Josh Scarbrow – keyboards, bass, percussion, guitars, sound effects (track 8)
Dan Carey – bass, synthesizers, slide guitar (9, 11); Swarmatron, drum machine, vocals, sound effects (9); guitars, drum programming (11)
Technical
Kevin Tuffy – mastering
Cenzo Townshend – mixing
Alfie Templeman – mastering assistance
License
All rights reserved.
Templeman’s songs max on melody, with lovelorn lyrics midway between a resigned shrug and a prolonged swoon, and are uniformly lovely. If this is what he can come up with alone in his room at the age of 15, he has to be one to watch closely.
- The Sunday Times