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Finally Out: Electric Arguments by The Fireman
Electric Arguments by The Fireman Is Finally Out
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The Fireman's much anticipated third studio album Electric Arguments is finally out. Critics around the world have been raving about how great this new album is. For those who still don't know The Fireman is a collaborative project between music icon Paul McCartney and revered producer Youth.
On Monday, this week (25th November), Paul visited The Fire Station pub in London to chat to the world's media about Electric Arguments.
Talking about the new album Paul told the media, " We had creative freedom to make this album any way we wanted. It could have been very carefully considered but that wouldn't be The Fireman." Talking about working with Youth he added, "I like working with someone. I like giving up control. It's more fun than sitting in a room on your own all day."
The big difference between this Fireman album and their previous works is that Electric Arguments includes vocals. The Fireman's first two albums were instrumental.
On the decision to include vocals this time round Paul commented, "The first two Fireman albums were instrumental. Youth suggested to me, 'how about a bit of vocal?' And I said, 'well I haven't got any songs, I've got no idea'. And because it's The Fireman and anything goes, I said, 'yeah sure'. So I just ad-libbed it and eventually a song came out of it."
Earlier this year, in September, it was announced that The Fireman would this year release their first brand new material in a decade and this time there was a big difference - the duo had found their voice. Speculation began; one studio insider was reported as saying the new songs sounds like 'Arcade Fire meets Led Zeppelin'. Certainly so far, anyone who has heard the album has commented on just how accessible Electric Arguments is, compared to the first two Fireman albums.
Electric Arguments by The Fireman is an eclectic and varied album consisting of thirteen tracks recorded in thirteen days over the period of nearly a year. Each track was written and recorded in the space of one day. The Fireman went into the studio with no plan or clear direction of how they wanted the album to sound. The project took a life of its own and the results will surprise anyone expecting to hear the previous sound of the band. Electric Arguments demonstrates that Paul McCartney is still interested in pure musical possibilities. This is an album set to both surprise and delight the listener. Made with no record company restraints or a set release date to work to, Electric Arguments was made with complete artistic and creative freedom.
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The Fireman - Electric Arguments
The Fireman Finds His Voice With Brand New Album
Electric Arguments
Album Release Date: 24th November 2008
The Fireman are back after a ten-year break and this time they have something to sing about. For the first time ever the The Fireman have found their voice, Electric Arguments is their first release to feature vocals. Electric Arguments is their third and brand new studio album and it's not the album people might expect from the mysterious duo…
"Ambient dreams in rainbow arches describe the circles of The Fireman", is how the duo described their music in a rare interview around the release of their last album 'Rushes' in 1998. Their first album 'Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest', released in 1993, was a solid ambient dance album heavy on electronics. Around this time the identity of The Fireman was unknown until the press exposed the duo as none other than Paul McCartney and Youth. The now defunct music bible Melody Maker heaped praise on the project, "Paul McCartney has discovered dance music – the results are staggeringly brilliant. They (The Fireman) take a melody and, with dexterous genre-hopping through ambient, trance and house, evolve a number of breathtaking variations."
Last year The Fireman returned to work again to start work on what would become Electric Arguments. The results this time are entirely different.
Earlier this year The Fireman donated a new track, Lifelong Passion, from Electric Arguments, to the charity Adopt-A-Minefield. This new track marked a directional change for The Fireman. Lifelong Passion showcased a new more traditional song based sound with vocals, going against the sound of the first two albums. And so the speculation began. A 'studio source' was quoted in The Times as describing their new sound 'like Arcade Fire meets Led Zeppelin'. So what had The Fireman been up to and what does the album sound like?
Electric Arguments is an eclectic and varied album consisting of thirteen tracks recorded in thirteen days over the period of nearly a year. Each track was written and recorded in the space of one day. The Fireman went into the studio with no plan or clear direction of how they wanted the album to sound. The project took a life of its own and the results will surprise anyone expecting to hear the previous sound of the band.
The album's opener Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight is classic rock and an instant attention grabber. A heavy guitar riff with loud drums and souring vocals, it's like nothing The Fireman have ever done before. The second track, the acoustic driven Two Magpies immediately takes you in a different direction, calming things right down. Then we reach the third song Sing The Changes, a euphoric upbeat song with an instantly memorable melody. Electric Arguments continues in this fashion, keeping the listener intrigued as to where The Fireman will take them next. Each album track has an entirely different personality, yet somehow this collection sits together perfectly. Other standout tracks include 'Light From Your Lighthouse', 'Sun Is Shining' and 'Dance 'Til We're High', all in keeping with the genre-hopping spirit of the first two The Fireman albums. Electric Arguments demonstrates that Paul McCartney is still interested in pure musical possibilities. This is an album set to both surprise and delight the listener. Made with no record company restraints or a set release date to work to, Electric Arguments was made with complete artistic and creative freedom.
Track listing:
The Fireman Electric Arguments
1) Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight
2) Two Magpies
3) Sing The Changes
4) Travelling Light
5) Highway
6) Light From Your Lighthouse
7) Sun Is Shining
8) Dance 'Til We're High
9) Lifelong Passion
10) Is This Love?
11) Lovers In A Dream
12) Universal Here, Everlasting Now
13) Don't Stop Running
Produced By Paul McCartney & Youth
All tracks written by Paul McCartney
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YOU BUNCH OF OLD FUCKING COWARDS!!! MOTHER FUCKERS! FAGGOTS!
Tell the world the truth about 9/11 Paul! Are you afraid to tell the truth? Is George Harrison still hiding in New York?
I like the sound. Powerful, open, honest, passionate, sensitive.......I believe the freedom you made album with this is how music is supposed to be made. I go to jam sessions looking for musicians to collaborate with and when I find good chemistry I say: "Let's make a project." and they ask: "What kind of music do you want to sing?" and I say "Whatever kind of music comes out when we play together." ....I am still searching...now starting to make digital tracks.......I have a friend who says: "When you're on the bottom they call you because they want you to do what they want, when you are on top they call you because they like what you do." ....My ambition is to be liked for what I do. :-) Just as we like you for what you do! ....Keep on!
Yeah! This is the best way to work!
Hey The Fireman , I like the way you take risks and try to break music boundaries , that..s great...Keep releasing records for our happines .
I tried to make a song based on the magpies 'one for sorrow, two for joy' rhyme, with limited success, your's is ace :D
Highway is very Beatlesesque, fantastic, fantastic.
I listened to your Radio 2 interview this week in which you explained how The Fireman concept was similar to that of Sergeant Pepper in how it helps you to assume a different identity. Not too dissimilar to how an actor prepares for a performance, in that it frees you from what is expected of you the individual and allows you to express a new side of your personality. Although, didn't Bowie try that with limited success in Tin Machine?
I'm here all week!
Respect your music really awesome…...another great album Paul!
Alway's knew deep in my heart who the DRIVING influence behind those lad's whom will never be forgotten was...A lifelong fan of your passion...Mr.B