** EMBARGOED UNTIL 24 JUNE 2013 9AM**
'All of #OneSongaWeek' and #LondonEyeEP
Released July 1 on iTunes
6 days notice to turn 8 microphones, 7 people, 6 cameras, 3 instruments, 2 laptops, 1 cup
of tea (Frank’s) and not a single plug socket into something really special.
Frank Hamilton is back with a bright new idea. On 24th March 2013 he became the first
person ever to record an EP (with strings) onboard the EDF Energy London Eye in the
time it takes to go round once (28 minutes).
This won’t be sitting around on a dusty shelf (or a computer desktop) as it has been put
together with the entire 52 song collection of 2012’s #OneSongaWeek project. Fans can
buy 52 songs + the 4 videos + a chord/lyric e-book on July 1st from iTunes.
Having spent the whole of 2012 writing, recording and releasing a song a week, his 20
track 'Best of' album was released in December and charted at #1 on the iTunes
singer/songwriter chart (outselling Ed Sheeran, Jake Bugg, Gabrielle Aplin, Ben Howard)
as well as #21 in the overall album chart. #OneSongaWeek was always going to be a
tough act to follow but the #LondonEyeEP is well-worthy of being it's successor. Now
combining the two seemed like the best way to package for the fans.
Frank says “The plan was to take some of my favourite songs from last year and make a
4-track EP onboard the London Eye. Much like it's predecessor (#OneSongaWeek), the
#LondonEyeEP started out as a silly idea and quickly became something more. The whole
experience was incredible but very stressful. I'd never played with strings at all before, let
alone 450 feet above the Thames in a moving fishbowl!”
Frank’s supporters/collaborators include Ed Sheeran, Newton Faulkner, The Crimea,
Lauren Aquilina, Mark Grist, Ryan Keen, Lyracis and Dion Dublin, to name a few. There
wasn’t enough room for them all in the EDF Energy London Eye capsule but they were
there in spirit!
You can have a sneak peek at the project here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBhdchYLL6o
Track listing for #LondonEyeEP:
1. Flaws and Ceilings
2. If I Die Tomorrow
3. This Is England
4. The Birds (4am)
Track listing for #OneSongaWeek:
http://frankhamiltonband.wordpress.com/weekly-archive/
Live:
- Lucy Spraggan tour support - main support on 6 dates (May).
- Lewis Watson tour support - main support on 17 dates (June).
- Festivals include Belladrum, Secret Garden Party, Barn on the Farm, Redfest & London
Folk Fest.
- Headline tour – September/October.
Website: www.frankhamilton.co.uk
Twitter: @frank_hamilton
For more information contact:
Ashlea Mackin
Twist Publicity
[email protected]
0208 743 9001