Champs - two brothers, Michael and David Champion, from the Isle of Wight - are set to take their melancholic, yet melodically infectious folk-pop out to the world when their album of heartbreaking ballads is released early next year.
‘Down Like Gold’ was recorded at Studio Humbug, an old water tower inside the walls of Osborne House, Queen Victoria’s retreat on the north of the island. What Champs came out of the tower with is a collection of songs that shiver and sway, strung out there between the sheer uplifting melancholic bite of ‘Too Bright To Shine’ and the gorgeously melodic twists and turns of ‘My Spirit Is Broken’. The Velvets-like ‘Pretty Much’ is a classic break-up song, marking that moment when you see that certain someone again six months down the line and they’re out and looking happy and you’re still a complete, broken-hearted mess. Then there’s ‘Down Like Gold’, a stunningly beautiful, utterly careworn frozen-landscape lament.
Champs are out on the road in tour in February/March 2014 opening for The Jezabels. Dates are:
Feb 24 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Feb 25 Gorilla, Manchester
Feb 26 Oran Mor, Glasgow
Feb 28 Limelight 2, Belfast
Mar 01 The Button Factory, Dublin
Mar 02 The Button Factory, Dublin
Mar 04 The Fleece, Bristol
Mar 05 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
Mar 06 Concorde 2, Brighton
'Down Like Gold' is out February 24 2014 on Play It Again Sam and includes the single 'Savannah', below.
Listen to new track 'Only A Bullet Knows Where To Run', which is being offered as free download.
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