Unexpected by Brinsley Schwarz

Brinsley Schwarz (himself)
All songs written by Brinsley Schwarz
All Guitars, Bass and Vocals by Brinsley Schwarz

This is the first solo album from Brinsley Schwarz (himself), formerly with Brinsley Schwarz (the band), Ducks Deluxe, and Graham Parker and the Rumour, among others.

Additional musicians include...
James Hallawell (keyboards)
Ralph Salmins (drums)
Simon Taylor (saxophone)
Melvyn Duffy (pedal steel)
Recorded and produced at The Barn, Richmond.
Produced by Brinsley Schwarz and James Hallawell.

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In his sly, sunny, grin-inducing opener, Brinsley Schwarz references a landmark song from his early band days with Nick Lowe and Ian Gomm, prepping listeners that, yes, they're about to taste the melodic delights of seminal, early-70s pub rock. Yet Schwarz's record is no nostalgia trip; it's thoughtful, appealing and thoroughly moving, revealing why he's been a decades-longstanding songwriter and guitarist in Graham Parker's band, The Rumour.
Schwarz's record is so smartly structured, pairing classic folk-pop-rock songwriting with subtle musical touches, you wonder why it took him this long to go solo; it's very close in spirit to the recordings of his old bandmate Gomm over four decades. For fans who've longed for a full B.S. reunion, It turns out you could form a playlist from this record, plus Gomm's and Lowe's output of the past two decades, and swear they're grooving together again, as effortlessly as they did in the days of their sweaty roadwork.

Another record is reportedly due from Schwarz in 2021; hopefully all three gents, as well as former bandmates Bob Andrews and Billy Rankin, are enjoying the fruits of their long laboured love as much as we are. - 'Denver Listener'

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I've had the pleasure of seeing Brinsley quite a few times over the past few years, both with the GP & Rumour and as part of the Graham Parker Duo, his guitar skills are wonderful.
This album came as a complete surprise but what is not a surprise is the quality, definitely 5 stars from me - Amazon USA

More reviews...
Power Pop News
http://powerpopnews.com/2017/pub-rock-brinsley-schwarz-unexpected/

Tracklist

1.	Just Surrendering	3:28

2.	You Miss Again	3:04

3.	Beautiful Loser	5:16

4.	Feel Like This	3:31

5.	Second Best	3:08

6.	George	2:37

7.	Love In Your Eyes	3:37

8.	Waking The Dead	4:32

9.	Looking Here To Stay	4:32

10.	Seal It With A Kiss	3:15

Credits

released May 11, 2022

Recorded and produced at The Barn, Richmond.

Recorded by James Hallawell, except…
‘Feel Like This’ recorded by Andy Eales.
Guitar solo in "Beautiful Loser' recorded by
Andy Eales.

Mixed and mastered by James Hallawell and
Brinsley Schwarz at The Barn, Richmond.

Acoustic Guitar was a 1972 Guild M20.
Electric Guitars were a Gibson Les Paul 1960
Classic Reissue with pickups by Matt at Monty's
Guitars and a Red Thinline Tele built by MJTele,
Andrew Scrimshaw, Andy Eales and Brinsley
Schwarz with Lollar pickups.
Bass was the sixth bass guitar built by Bernie
Goodfellow a long time ago.
Guitar Amp was a 1969 silver face Princeton,
rebuilt by Brinsley Schwarz.
Pedals were Strymon Flint, Wampler Ego
Compressor, Roadrunner Twin by Andy Eales,
Klon Clone by Brinsley Schwarz, Xotic EP
booster.

Front cover photograph by Shaun Keefe at
Guitart, www.shaunkeefe.com

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Many thanks to…
Ralph Salmins, who delayed his vacation for a
few hours to come and play wonderful drums..
he was on his way to Heathrow when we called.
He put his family on a plane to Italy and then
came straight over and played just right.

Melvyn Duffy, who was jet lagged having just
got back from the US but came and played
beautiful pedal steel.

Simon Taylor who played from the heart on
George.

Andy Eales who got me started, and designed
and built me the the Roadrunner Twin, surely
the best overdrive pedal!

Al Duncan whose song title Waking the Dead'
I nicked and whose band The Beautiful Losers'
gave me the idea for the song.

Marcus Batley at dBMasters.

And especially James who did most of the
work, played great keyboards and made it all so
pleasant.

This has been a Schwarz/Hallawell production.

More Brinsley (the man, not the band!) on Fretsore Records...
brinsleyschwarz.bandcamp.com

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