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RICHARD HAWLEY

Subject:

Truelove's Gutter

Author:

Brian Boyd

Narrative,

920 words

Synopsis:

Richard Hawley’s new album Truelove's Gutter is a haunting and minimalistic affair. His darkest work to date (which is really saying something), he wants it to be a listening experience: “It has weird sounds on it, there's no singles to be taken off it and I can't see radio playing it.” Here he explains how the album came to be, why he used the “Tibetan Singing Bowl”, the “Megabass waterphone” and the “Cristal baschet”, his decision to switch off his phone and stay away from computers, and the importance of his family and friends in Sheffield.

Quote:

“I came across the “GIass armonica” which was invented by Benjamin Franklin and I found one really old one which was known as the “Devil's instrument” because to play it you had to run your finger around the brim - like a wine glass - but the rim had loads of lead and people would go a bit mad and start to froth at the mouth from all the lead when they played it too much”.

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