Vavona Burr, by Bevis Frond

Vavona Burr

by Bevis Frond

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1.	The Frond Cheer 00:30	buy track
2.	Leave a Light On 06:57	buy track
3.	Virus 02:53	buy track
4.	Caught In the Headlights 04:24	buy track
5.	National Drag 04:48	buy track
6.	To the Lighthouse 06:09	buy track
7.	Couldn't Care Less 03:14	buy track
8.	Don Lang 05:28	buy track
9.	You Just Don't Feel That Way About Me 05:35	buy track
10.	Let It Ride 03:15	buy track
11.	One Leg Sand Dance 05:30	buy track
12.	Bulldozer 01:47	buy track
13.	Coming Down On You 03:47	buy track
14.	Temple Falls 04:45	buy track
15.	Almost Like Being Alive 03:20	buy track
16.	Looks Like Rain 02:45	buy track
17.	In Her Eyes 04:42	buy track
18.	Begging Bowl 08:01	buy track

about

The fans had to wait nearly two years for the next Frond album, the last of the 90s and the last to be recorded in the Bedroom Studio in Walthamstow. Continuing in the vein of singer/songwriter style of the previous couple of albums, with few outright rockers or slabs of psychedelia, Vavona Burr captures the Fin de Siecle melancholy of the final year of the millennium. Nick's superb lyrics and songwriting ability are very much to the fore here, with tracks like One Leg Sand Dance, Don Lang and Caught In the Headlights. It opens with a tribute to Country Joe with the Frond Cheer - The Bevis Frond Touring Band had the pleasure of playing with Country Joe when he came over to the UK around this time, which was a real buzz for Nick as Joe was a long time musical hero. The album closes with the sublime Begging Bowl where he finally lets loose with a fiery guitar solo. The album title was taken from another North Circular Reference. The Shadbolt Veneer Factory, now sadly demolished, used to have their Veneer of the Week proudly displayed in white letters on the side of the building, easily readable to traffic on the North Circular. Normally something recognisable, like Canadian Maple, they occasionally had something strange, and one week, the Veneer of the Week was Vavona Burr, which Nick liked so much, he named the album after it.

credits

released May 1, 1999

Nick Saloman played everything he found in his bedroom, wrote the songs, produced the album, made the tea, probably ate some biscuits and the odd sandwich, and occasionally nipped out to go to the loo.

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Bevis Frond Walthamstow

The Bevis Frond, the band name used by Nick Saloman for his projects, released Miasma in 1986 to great acclaim from fans of psychedelic rock. A steady stream of LPs since then showcase Nick's strengths of strong songwriting, finely crafted lyrics, and a musical mixture from wig-out guitar jams to sensitive folky numbers. New album The Leaving Of London is a triumphant return after a 7 year hiatus. ... more

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shows

Apr 20

Musiktheater Piano

Dortmund, Germany
Apr 21

Poppodium 013

Tilburg, Netherlands
Apr 22

LOGO Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany
Apr 23

Quasimodo

Berlin, Germany
Apr 24

Nachtleben

Frankfurt, Germany
Apr 25

Z-Bau

Nuremberg, Germany
Apr 26

Backstage Werk

Munich, Germany
May 18

The Lexington

London, UK
May 19

The Lexington

London, UK

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