Tomorrow marks the release of Gomez’s Ben Ottewell new record Rattlebag via Cooking Vinyl Australia – alongside the start of his national Australian tour. The album serves as the follow up to Ottewell’s 2011 solo Shapes & Shadows, which featured tracks like “Blackbird”, “Take This Beach”, “Shapes and Shadows”.
On Rattlebag, Ottewell has collaborated again with his Shapes & Shadows writing partner Sam Genders, previously of Tunng. On working with Sam, Ottewell says: “Sam and I grew up together in a little village called Bonsall in Derbyshire and have been friends since childhood. I love his songwriting – the stuff he did with his bands Tunng and The Accidental, particularly lyrically.”
Funding of the album was made possible thanks to Ottewell’s fanbase, through an Indiegogo pledge campaign. “It seems to be a really honest way to do it,” Ottewell said at the time. “Indiegogo lends a kind of transparency into making the record…I feel long-term Gomez followers will really enjoy engaging in this way.” The experiment worked well and exceeded his fundraising goal, with enthusiastic supporters from around the world contributing to the recording of the album.
And now, ahead of its release tomorrow, we’re excited to exclusively premiere the album in its entirety! Listen to it here:
Rattlebag is set for release in Australia and New Zealand on Friday October 24 via Cooking Vinyl Australia. In support of Rattlebag, Ben Ottewell will be touring Australia this October and November with special guest Buddy (LA).
Tour Dates:
Fri 24th Oct – The Odd Fellow, Fremantle
Sat 25th Oct – Four5Nine, Perth
Sun 26th Oct – Grace Emily, Adelaide
Wed 29th Oct – Newtown Social Club, Sydney
Thu 30th Oct – Brass Monkey, Cronulla
Fri 31st Oct – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
Sat 1st Nov – Bunker, Coogee
Sun 2nd Nov – Heritage Hotel, Bulli
Mon 3rd Nov – Substation, Newport
Wed 5th Nov – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
Thu 6th Nov – The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick
Tickets on sale now through http://www.lovepolice.com.au/tours
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