Leeds based musician Harry George Johns has gone solo after having previously toured and recorded as part of the bands Dinosaur Pile Up and Old Romantic Killer Band.
Harry’s new mini album ‘Post Breakdown Blues’ which was inspired by an incredibly dark and desperate time for him, is set to be released in February 2013.
Speaking about the background behind this new mini album Harry said: “Over the course of one single week in December 2011, I lost my girl, my house, my job and pretty much my mind. I was sat in The Well in Leeds with a bag of clothes and my skateboard trying to figure out not what went wrong, but simply where I was going to sleep that night. Drinking and drugs and all that stuff had taken over during the run-up to me losing everything. I knew I had to finally go talk to the doctors and therapists people had spent months urging me to see. If there was anything that was going to help me pull through what looked to be the most heartbroken, poorest new year so far it was a handful of friends that let me sleep on their sofas, eat their toast and play their guitars. It was my time spent with hometown-friend Matthew Wright in his humble home studio that we created ‘Post Breakdown Blues’. This record is just some of the soundtrack to my breakdown, my loneliness, introspection and just trying to get fixed.”
Harry may be known for his wild on and off stage antics, as well as having toured all over the world, but his new solo material sees him produce more honest work. These new songs draw upon the influences of Joe Cocker and Robert Plant, combined with the tenderness of Ryan Adams and John Martyn.
Fans will be able to download ‘Post Breakdown Blues’ from his Bandcamp on a ‘pay what you want’ basis, when it’s released in February 2013, just in time for Valentine’s Day. But for those of you who want to get to know the man behind the music, then you have the opportunity to write Harry George Johns a letter – that’s right, an actual physical letter, and Harry will reply with a personal note and exclusive tracks only available via old fashioned snail mail.
The track listing for this mini album is below as well as his song ‘Hospital Blues’ – give it a listen and let us know what you think!
Track listing:
1. Tie Your Own Noose
2. All You Can Do
3. Drink Myself To Sleep
4. Sleep Is The Cousin of Death
5. Morning Song
6. Hospital Blues
