British Summertime

from British Summer Time / Hotel Art - Boo Hewerdine & Vlado Nosal (2021) by Boo Hewerdine, Vlado Nosal

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British Summer Time / Hotel Art

The first in a series of collaborative Boo Hewerdine singles about which Boo says..

'During lockdown I started some wonderful songwriting relationships. This series of releases celebrates three of these. Songs written and recorded remotely. We would meet once a week and the songs would come. Although I’ve missed playing live I have rediscovered the joy of what I love doing the most.
I met Vlado Nosal when he came to see me play at a rather modest engagement in a Croydon pub. Five years later he contacted me, during lockdown, with a view to me being a mentor. It became apparent almost at once that there was nothing I could show him. I can’t tell you how much I enjoy writing with him. We meet once a week regardless. Twice, when his wifi has been misbehaving he has driven around Bratislava till he could join a public wifi and sung in the back of his car. He is the singer in wonderful Slovakian band called Queer Jane. Although less than half my age we have an almost telepathic understanding. When we work together we like to imagine we are in a band called Hotel Art. We like to write about hum-drum aspects of modern life and try and find some beauty there.'

This series of digital singles will be collected on a physical Compact Disc mini album for release in Autumn 2021 by Reveal Records

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British Summer Time

One day we’ll all be obsolete
Go the way of VHS and Betamax
One day when our story is complete
Everybody’s lying That’s a fact

The Sun comes up the Sun goes down
I just might lose my mind
In the British Summer Time

One day you won’t love me anymore
Suddenly you won’t be there to take my calls
I won’t know what I’m doing this all for
In a barrel over Niagara Falls

The Sun comes up the Sun goes down
I just might lose my mind
In the British Summer Time

Sunday two o’clock in the morning
While we’re sleeping in our beds
They’ll take an hour without warning
Leave a vacuum there instead

The Sun comes up the Sun goes down
I just might lose my mind
I just might lose my mind
In the British Summer Time

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from British Summer Time / Hotel Art - Boo Hewerdine & Vlado Nosal (2021), released August 12, 2021
Written by Boo Hewerdine & Vlado Nosal
Recorded by Boo Hewerdine, Vlado Nosal & Chris Pepper

Artwork Martin Rowsell
Mixed by Chris Pepper
Mastered by Mark Freegard

Boo Hewerdine (Chrysalis Music Publishing)

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Boo Hewerdine Glasgow, UK

A master in the art of songwriting, Boo Hewerdine (The Bible) reached his 60th year in the creative form of his life. Producing and collaborating with young artists, taking musical risks and focussing on the minute details of life through new songs.

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