catalogue

BRINKS, STANLEY

GOOD MOON (FIKA RECORDINGS)

BRINKS, STANLEY - GOOD MOON 161006
format:
1 LP
release:
20.10.2023
label:
FIKA RECORDINGS
item ID:
161006
barcode:
5057998043736
12" moon coloured vinyl - limited to 300. File under: Indie, Folk, Antifolk. The good moon comes after the full moon, when everything comes down and you can finally get some work done - be it building a house, or a boat, or recording an album).

It's the most achieved album Stanley Brinks ever made. Stanley Brinks is renowned for his unique anti-folk style: both playful and suggestive, insightful and entertaining.

Brinks was born in Paris, France, in 1973. He studied a bit of biology and worked as a nurse for a while.

Half Swedish, half Moroccan, strongly inclined to travel the world, he soon began spending most of his life on the road and developed a strong relationship with New York.

By the late 90s he'd become a full time singer-songwriter - André Herman Düne - as part of three piece indie-rock band, Herman Düne alongside his brother, David-Ivar.

Several albums and Peel sessions later and after a decade of touring Europe, mostly with American songwriters such as Jeffrey Lewis, Calvin Johnson and early Arcade Fire he settled in Berlin.

The early carnival music of Trinidad became a passion, and in the early 21st century he became the unquestioned master of European calypso, changing his name to Stanley Brinks.

Under this moniker he has recorded well in excess of 100 albums, collaborated with the New York Antifolk scene on numerous occasions, recorded and toured with traditional Norwegian musicians, and played a lot with The Wave Pictures.

"an absolute joy." Q // "...a set that's as wistful and charming as it is playful and self-concious." Uncut // "quietly charming" Pitchfork //
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. IF I CAN BRING IT TO MY LIPS
  • 1.2. THIS IS THE DAY
  • 1.3. ALWAYS THE SAME
  • 1.4. TAKE IT TO THE STREET
  • 1.5. LAST BAR
  • 1.6. GOOD MOON
  • 1.7. I DIDN'T COME HERE TO LOVE YOU
  • 1.8. DEAD BUG
  • 1.9. COLD NOISE
  • 1.10. NO TROUBLE
  • 1.11. DON'T GO
  • 1.12. SO EASY
  • 1.13. OUT OF NOWHERE