Power Reflection, by Heavy Feelings

Power Reflection

by Heavy Feelings

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	1.	Werner Herzog 03:27
	2.	Light Contact 03:01
	3.	Ethical Arms Trader Blues 04:42
	4.	Discoherence 04:14
	5.	Extinction Bell 04:04
	6.	He Sheds His Tears In A Limousine 03:05
	7.	Art Is Destruction 01:43
	8.	Lajares 04:01
	9.	Crusher 05:20
	10.	The Occultist 04:09
	11.	Dotted Lines 03:28
	12.	Moonlight On River Scum 02:21

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‘Power Reflection’ is the debut album from Bristol based Heavy Feelings, a musical collaboration centred around guitarist Ben Shillabeer. Active in the fringes of the city’s scene for 20 years, he has enjoyed tenures in Soeza, The John Parish Band and Empty Pools to name a few. However the project’s genesis was originally a solo endeavour, and Ben attempted to record a Heavy Feelings album in pandemic stricken 2020. Working in isolation during the first lockdown, he was dissatisfied with the results and shelved the takes. Instead of re-recording the songs, Ben, inspired by the approach adopted by Bill Orcutt on 2021’s ‘Made Out Of Sound’ decided instead to compose a fresh batch of material, this time jamming to pre-written drum tracks and loops provided by former mentor Parish, studio partner Ben Turner and Bristol mainstay Andy Sutor. As the material took shape the net was cast wider still, dictating an ensemble dynamic to both individual songs and the album as a whole, with contributions from Emily Cross (Loma, Cross Record), Sophia Barnes (of Bristol’s Indigos) and three songs co-written with Nadia Garofalo of acclaimed Chicago post-punks Ganser. Familiar Bristol faces such as Drew Morgan, Tina Hitchens and Aaron Dewey (also of Soeza, John Parish, Empty Pools) make appearances too, shifting the course away from a purely guitar orientated indie-rock album to something more spontaneous and improvised, without fixed boundaries. The sonic tapestry is completed with the unifying thread of Lucy Underhill’s saxophone (of Dorset’s Gris De Lin). The result is a collection of songs lyrical and instrumental that are both timely and relevant but also act as rearview mirror glance back at 20 years of bands, projects and friendships formed in the sidelines inhabited as a part-time, DIY musician. ‘Power Reflection’ is both a personal love letter to a home city and a testament to the value of continued creativity in everyday life, especially during the most unsettling of times.

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released June 3, 2022

Sophia Barnes - vocals (5)
Emily Cross – backing vocals, clarinet
Aaron Dewey - cornet
Nadia Garofalo - vocals (2, 9, 11)
Tina Hitchens – flute
Drew Morgan - cello
John Parish - drums (2, 4, 6, 12)
Ben Shillabeer – bass, drum machine, field recordings, guitars, organ, percussion, piano, synth
Andy Sutor - drums (8, 9)
Ben Turner – drums, percussion & programming
Lucy Underhill - saxophone

Recorded at home, Bristol and Axe & Trap Studios, Somerset.
Nadia’s vocals recorded by Brian Fox at Altered States, Chicago.
John’s drums recorded at Honorsound, Bristol.
Sophia’s vocals recorded by Benjamin Satherley-Johnson at Humm Studios, Bristol.

James Lucas – original programming on ‘Dotted Lines’
Sue Garner – street sounds capture on ‘He Sheds His Tears’
Kelly Upshaw – Texan frogs capture on ‘Discoherence’

Engineered, mixed and made possible by Ben Turner at Axe & Trap Studios - axeandtrapstudios.com
Additional help from Alex Hurr.
Mastered at Loud Mastering, Somerset by Jason Mitchell.

Cover art by crossrecord.com

catalogue number HFBTS003

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Bristol / Chicago

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