Bevis Frond releasing Focus On Nature double album in February

The Bevis Frond's much anticipated 19-track Focus On Nature album will be out February 1st. Check out the title track below. 

Here's the scoop from Nick Saloman...

Hi Folks, I should have announced this first thing today, but I spent half the day at EE getting my mobile fixed (new SIM card required). So now, a little belatedly, I can reveal what you probably already know. The estimable Fire Records will be issuing a new studio album by The Bevis Frond early next year. It's a double (of course) called 'Focus On Nature' and it features the full band, plus a couple of guest artistes. I'm really happy with it, and hope that anyone who decides to buy a copy will also think it's pretty good. 

The Bevis Frond – Focus On Nature 

Focus On Nature is the new studio album from celebrated post-psyche singer songwriter Nick Saloman and his band The Bevis Frond. Seventy-five minutes of glorious melodies that span 60s psych, English folk, Seattle art-punks The Wipers, the buzzsaw pop of Dinosaur Jr and Hendrix-esque explorations. There’s always an element of playful Englishness to their music. 

Heavily influencing the likes of Teenage Fanclub, Elliot Smith, Pavement and Dinosaur Jr, the cult icons have produced another off-kilter mix of melodic piano-led melancholy, acoustic ruminations, scratchy garage rock with a punky edge and full-on guitar histrionics. 

Like its much-praised predecessor, ‘Little Eden’, the new record studies the world’s weariness but fills out a bigger canvas; fast food and global warming, broken hearts and long gone nights out, everyday immortality and being God’s gift all share space. It’s like Townshend at his most thematic; Big Star in all their acoustic glory, perfectly balancing the punky garage rock combo who end up running on ‘Empty’ with Gilmour breaks that elevate it all to grandeur. 

You can pre-order a copy of The Bevis Frond's forthcoming album Focus On Nature from your platform of choice right here. Check out the kinder, gentler title track following the fancy trailer. Incidentally,  those who find themselves in Bavaria on this weekend can catch The Bevis Frond at Cairo Jugendkulturhaus in Würzburg, Germany on Saturday, November 25 where the rippin' 2017 performance (below) was captured.