Watch the video for You Read My Mind, the new single from Me and My Friends which features beautiful plucked cello and Latin-inspired strings. The single is set for release tomorrow, November 16th, on Split Shift Records. It also features on their forthcoming new album ‘Look Up’, which will be released on December 6th. They do indeed have joy written through them!
Songwriter Nick Rasle shared the following on how the plucked cello they used on the track ended up stealing the show:
We had been toying with using plucked cello as a lead line for a while, as we felt it’s such an underused texture – more melodic than the double bass, and more meaty than the violin or viola. As we played the groove, more and more ideas kept coming to Emma, so we decided to make it the focus for the track, and place it centre-stage.
Look Up features the elegant voice and West African finger-picking guitar style of songwriter Nick Rasle, subtly referencing many styles, including vintage Ghanaian highlife, Jamaican roots and Afro-Brazilian folk. ‘Look Up’ also draws heavily on early 70s acoustic soul, as well as the modal ‘Ethiopiques’ of Mulatu Astatke and the minimalism of the Penguin Café Orchestra. From the title track ‘Look Up’ with its energetic afro-beat, addictive melody, and jazzy breakdown, to the atmospheric ‘All Of This I Know’ that has clear influences from avant-garde British folk, the album takes the listener on a journey through many genres and cultures.
Pre-order Look Up here: https://m-a-m-f.bandcamp.com/album/look-up
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