We are happy to announce our new album ‘It’s None Of Your Business’ to be released October 2021 on Madfish
It’s None Of Your Business is our first album since Paradise Filter (2013) and features nine new songs plus one instrumental track influenced, to a degree, by the events and restrictions placed on society over the past 18 months.
The album was recorded, as restrictions allowed, ‘in the old-fashioned way’ between 24th June and 4th July 2021 at Rimshot Studio, Bredgar near Sittingbourne. “Sitting round in a circle having eye to eye contact, a large sound room was required,” Pye Hastings explained. “I much prefer this method because you can bounce ideas off each other as they occur, and voice encouragement when the whole thing begins to click.
“And it is much more rewarding to be able to throw insults at each other in person rather than down a telephone line or via email. This is something we are all very experienced at, believe me!”
This togetherness characterises It’s None Of Your Business with Caravan’s trademark warmth and humour and, also, a sensitivity reflecting the times in which we are living. Sitting among Caravan’s typically whimsical tales Down From London and If I Was To Fly sit the heartfelt and poignant Spare A Thought and Every Precious Little Thing which looks forward to a return to normality.
“’Spare a Thought’ is a song that I hope will jog people to remember those unfortunate people caught up in the pandemic,” Hastings explains. “‘All those people who denied’ refers to the idiots who don’t follow the scientific advice. I get angry about that and the line ‘Sure are interesting times’ refers to an old Chinese saying: ‘may you live in interesting times’”
“Lyrics can sometimes be my Achilles Heel, trying to find anything meaningful to write about. But sitting in front of a blank screen with a pandemic raging all around, it was hard not to be influenced by the dreadful events going on. The lockdown certainly focused the mind when it came to writing the lyrics.”
It’s None Of Your Business cover and artwork has been created by renowned illustrator Bob Venables.
** The album is out: CD format out 8th October 2021 (15th October in Germany & Austria) and as a vinyl LP, on 5th November.
It’s None Of Your Business Track Listing:
- Down From London (4.03)
- Wishing You Were Here (3.55)
- It’s None Of Your Business (9.40)
- Ready Or Not (4.45)
- Spare A Thought (4.06)
- Every Precious Little Thing (4.25)
- If I Was To Fly (3.23)
- I’ll Reach Out For You (8.07)
- There Is You (4.26)
- Luna’s Tuna (3.14)
Produced, engineered and mastered by Julian Hastings with assistant engineer Mike Thorne.
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Brief Biography:
Caravan was formed in Canterbury, England in 1968 by Pye Hastings (guitar/ vocals), Dave Sinclair (keyboards), Richard Sinclair (bass/vocals) and Richard Coughlan (drums). The four had previously played at various times with a local band, The Wilde Flowers, which also featured Kevin Ayers and future Soft Machine members Robert Wyatt and Hugh Hopper.
After a 10 year break from the studio, the band are set to release their brand new album in 2014 only made possible by independent funding from fans and supporters via a highly successful PledgeMusic campaign.
It was with a heavy heart that in December 2013, family, friends and fans across the world lost Richard Coughlan following his long illness. Richard will be sorely missed by all who knew him. His legacy with Caravan and the Wilde Flowers will live on forever.
