
Fika Recordings
Stanley Brinks and Freschard - Lion Heart (Yellow Vinyl)
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12”
yellow
vinyl
with
download
code.
Very
limited
pressing
of
300
units
only.
Following
on
from
the
two
sold
out
records
together,
Freschard
and
Stanley
Brinks
come
together
for
12
brand
new
tracks.
Lion
Heart
is
an
irresistibly
charming
collection
of
late
night
tales,
woozy
ballads
and
uptempo
sing-alongs.
Clemence
Freschard’s
beautiful
vocal
tones
lend
this
a
rich,
French
indiepop/chanteuse
vibe,
complemented
by
Stan’s
wistful
timbre
and
characteristic
warm
instrumentation.
Stanley
Brinks
is
renowned
for
his
unique
anti-folk
style:
both
playful
and
suggestive,
insightful
and
entertaining.
Brinks
was
born
in
Paris,
France,
in
1973.
He
studied
a
bit
of
biology
and
worked
as
a
nurse
for
a
while.
Half
Swedish,
half
Moroccan,
strongly
inclined
to
travel
the
world,
he
soon
began
spending
most
of
his
life
on
the
road
and
developed
a
strong
relationship
with
New
York.
By
the
late
90s
he’d
become
a
full
time
singer-songwriter
–
André
Herman
Düne
–
as
part
of
three
piece
indie-rock
band,
Herman
Düne.
Several
albums
and
Peel
sessions
later
and
after
a
decade
of
touring
Europe,
mostly
with
American
songwriters
such
as
Jeffrey
Lewis,
Calvin
Johnson
and
early
Arcade
Fire
he
settled
in
Berlin.
The
early
carnival
music
of
Trinidad
became
a
passion,
and
in
the
early
21st
century
he
became
the
unquestioned
master
of
European
calypso,
changing
his
name
to
Stanley
Brinks.
Under
this
moniker
he
has
recorded
more
than
100
albums,
collaborated
with
the
New
York
Antifolk
scene
on
several
occasions,
recorded
and
toured
with
traditional
Norwegian
musicians,
and
played
a
lot
with
The
Wave
Pictures.
Freschard
grew
up
in
a
farm
in
French
Burgundy.
Aged
18
she
moved
to
Paris,
where
she
baked
pies
and
cakes
in
a
cafe.
There,
a
local
musician
and
regular
customer
called
Stanley
Brinks
wrote
a
few
songs
for
her
to
sing.
Homeless
in
Paris,
she
saved
up
just
enough
money
to
get
herself
a
ticket
to
New
York.
There
she
found
an
old
electric
guitar
and
started
writing
her
own
songs.
In
2004
she
moved
to
Berlin,
where
she
recorded
her
first
LP,
"Alien
Duck".
Her
second
album,
"Click
Click",
recorded
in
2006,
features
electric
guitar
by
Stanley
Brinks.
On
her
third
album,
she
plays
the
drums
herself.
On
her
fourth
“Shh...”
she
also
plays
the
flute,
and
she
breaks
out
the
washboard
on
her
fifth
“Boom
Biddy
Boom”.
On
Midnight
Tequila,
Freschard
brings
it
back
to
just
drums
and
vocals
//
“an
absolute
joy.”
Q
//
“...a
set
that’s
as
wistful
and
charming
as
it
is
playful
and
self-concious.”
Uncut
//
“quietly
charming”
Pitchfork
//
Tracklist:
A1)
Lion
Heart
A2)
Grapes
A3)
Drink
With
Me
A4)
One
Smile
A5)
Home
A6)
Me
One
Alone
B1)
Time
To
Think
B2)
Lazy
Way
B3)
Night
B4)
Find
It
B5)
Stay
Where
You
Are
B6)
I’m
Out
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