Gaz Coombes
Matador [Da Capo]
Released Sept 18th 2015, Hot Fruit Recordings/Caroline International
Gaz Coombes has announced details of a new single from his hugely acclaimed second solo album (“His masterpiece”, Q).
Matador [Da Capo] is a completely reworked version of the album’s title track - an extended re-recording that pushes the dreamlike original into something wide-eyed and gloriously anthemic.
A limited edition Matador [Da Capo] EP will be released on numbered and coloured 12” heavyweight vinyl. It comes backed with a demo of the single, a spectral new instrumental track (4 Track Loop) and two live versions of Matador album tracks recorded at Gaz’s recent show at the Old Market, Brighton & Hove. The EP tracklist is:
Side A:
1. Matador (Da Capo)
2. Matador (Demo)
3. 4 Track Loop
Side B:
1. Buffalo (Live)
2. To The Wire (Live)
Continuing a heavy touring schedule that’s seen him play venues such as the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Hyde Park with The Who and a packed out field at Glastonbury, Gaz is due to play a few more UK festivals and his biggest headline shows to date (in Manchester and London).
31st July Kendal Calling Festival, Cumbria
5th Sept Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham
6th Sept Festival No 6, Portmeirion
8th Oct Academy 2, Manchester
9th Oct The Forum, London
Tickets for all shows can be purchased from Gaz’s website.
Praise for Matador:
“Matador’s sound textures are from a wide range of sources: gospel, a touch of Neu!… A trace of the Plastic Ono Band… Thrillingly on the edge of hysteria” The Guardian 4 *
“Ambitious and affecting… Coombes’s finest work to date” Evening Standard 4*
“By the end, it feels like a journey through one man’s rawest and real emotions… that likeable Supergrass scamp is shedding his youthful skin to emerge as a serious and fascinating artist” Mojo 5*
“Inventive throughout” The Times