As first-out-of-the-gate with his 2015 solo album Serious Poke, following the split of Noah And The Whale, Fred Abbott let loose with the classic rock riffs and infectious hooks that, in hindsight, made his influence apparent on the later NATW material.
“A joyous blast of rollicking rock’n’roll” – Classic Rock
“The open-hearted emotional clout of Randy Newman” – Mojo
“Top-notch songwriting” – Evening Telegraph
Now, Fred is joined by a band of vocalists for his new album Shining Under the Soot as Fred Abbott and The Wild Unknown.
So why “The Wild Unknown”? With a day job answering to the creative demands of other artists this was a record made for pure pleasure and the only person to please was Abbott himself. Fred demoed the songs with his own vocals. “Listening to the demos I thought “how could this be better?””, says Abbott “What would be more fun? The one thing that could be better is the vocals and I know lots of good singers…”
First single What Kind Of Trouble sees Steve Llewellyn (Orphan Colours, Ahab) step into the lead vocal role and is accompanied by a psychedelic head-spin video that was filmed in a single take using 360 cameras at London’s Karma Studios. Watch the premiere of at Americana UK.
Shining Under the Soot is set to be released on the 7th of July and is available to pre-order now.
Female First have premiered the 3rd acoustic video from the deluxe edition of Fred Abbott‘s Serious Poke album. One Hot Night is one of three acoustic tracks recorded live in the studio, and captured on video, for the bonus tracks release. Fred commented:
Here’s the last of the live acoustic videos cut down in my basement studio. This time it’s everyone’s favourite Parisian party track “One Hot night”, in a more reflective stripped down setting. This is always great fun to play live. I’m looking forward to hitting the road for some shows with the full band in November supporting The Zombies. Hope to see some of you there!
Fred and his band will be supporting the legendary Zombies for a run of shows in early November:
- 01 NOV 2016 Aberystwyth, Arts Centre
- 02 NOV 2016 Aberdare, Coliseum Theatre
- 03 NOV 2016 Newbury, Arlington Arts Centre
- 09 NOV 2016 Bath, Komedia
The new Deluxe Edition of Fred’s debut solo album Serious Poke, with 6 bonus tracks, is out now!
iTunes: http://ljx.cc/SeriousPokeDeluxeiTunes
Spotify: http://ljx.cc/SeriousPokeDeluxeSpotify
Amazon: http://ljx.cc/SeriousPokeDeluxeAmazon
Lojinx: https://www.lojinx.com/releases/fred-abbott/serious-poke
Fred Abbott roped friends and family into helping him shot an impromptu live video during his January residency at Camden’s The Forge. With mobile phones aloft around the venue, the footage was pulled together by Gavin Burridge into a nifty video for album favourite “Awake” that captures some of the live on-stage magic. Former Noah & The Whale band-mate and, now, Mumford & Sons violinist, Tom Hobden guests to bring some of the studio magic he contributed to Fred’s new album, Serious Poke.
In other news, Fred has been announced on the bill for this years Cornbury Festival on 8-10th July in Oxfordshire. For more tour dates keep an eye on Fred’s website: www.fredabbott.com
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Fred Abbott will be supporting Danny & The Champions of the World at London’s legendary 100 Club on the 3rd of December. Tickets here.