We're delighted to announce Bernard Butler's show at The Factory Live - Thurs 02 Dec 2021 has been upgraded to The Venue, Worthing (formerly St. Paul's), 55b Chapel Rd, Worthing, BN11 1EE, and
100 more tickets have just gone on sale, grab yours today...
If you have a ticket for The Factory Live, tickets remain valid for the upgraded venue, you don't need to do anything at all. Please note tickets are now Unreserved Seating
Head to the LIVE page for links to the two shows now announced for this year with more news to come ...
I will be playing a rare solo show at The Factory Live in Worthing on 2/12/21. Ticket links can be found on the Live page. See you there!
Demon Records will be releasing a vinyl reissue of my first solo album "People Move On" for Record Store Day 2021. This is a double vinyl new pressing on 180 gram clear vinyl - the first time this has been re-pressed since 1998 and post Creation Records. This edition is a simple re-pressing of the original album.
All of the details are below.
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There is now an official Bandcamp page ! There are 4 items listed at the moment and expect more to come. Everything purchased through the site offers the option of a personalised message and everything is signed making this the NUMBER ONE place to purchase anything BB related - including the most recent release 'In Memory Of my Feelings' - the only place to find a signed, personalised copy on CD direct from Studio 355 where it was made. I have a treasure trove of future merch to make available for the first time including promos, limited editions, books, t-shirts, posters - many of them from my personal collection. As we know Bandcamp supports artists directly giving you the chance to connect and support artists whilst having a priority to exclusive releases old and new.
I am the special guest of this podcast with Laura Kidd. I discuss songwriting, production, all the funny little foibles I address when collaborating with the hundreds of people I have ended up with, the new record with Catherine Anne Davies, and I reveal the 3 songs I would suggest as a gateway for someone new to my work. Its about an hour long and fully approved by me so if you ever wanted to know the juicy details....here you go. It is also available on all the usual platforms.
Watch the video for 'The Breakdown'
Taken from the forthcoming album ‘In Memory Of My Feelings’, out 18th September on Needle Mythology.’The Breakdown’ is the first offering to be lifted from the forthcoming collaborative album by Catherine Anne Davies (aka The Anchoress) and Bernard Butler. ‘In Memory Of My Feelings’ will be released via Needle Mythology on 18th September, 2020 and is notable as the first new master recording for Pete Paphides' label. The Breakdown explores the personal price to the pursuit of economic wealth and the failures of free market capitalism, framed through the story of one investment banker's catastrophic breakdown. Butler adds "Musically the song is deliberately dysfunctional with an unorthodox slowed up 10/8 meter. The piano arpeggio is played forwards then backwards to symbolise the dysfunctional dreamlike beauty of the breakdown”
Written by Catherine Anne Davies & Bernard Butler
Produced & mixed by Bernard Butler at Studio 355, London
