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Press Releases and Resources
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Chris Singleton's Twisted City Tour of London - a free
album and day out in London (PDF)
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"Pieces/Gimme Something" Single
Press Release (PDF)
- "Twisted
City" album press release (PDF)
- Press and TV
clipping file (PDF)
-
Podcast about "Twisted City" featuring music from
"Twisted City" and Chris talking about the album
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High resolution,
print quality images
Press
Quotes
"Some of the best pop/rock you're likely to hear this or
any year" - Irish Times
"Surely one of the most promising songwriters to surface
this year" -
Clash Magazine
"It really is good stuff...a great sound" - Chris
Tarrant
"Luckily I really liked it" - Jenny Eclair
"Compelling stuff" - Hotpress
"One glorious ride of well-crafted pop/rock tunes...this
is an album you can play again and again and never tire
of" - Get Ready to Rock
Irish Times review (by Tony
Clayton-Lea)
Singleton is a Dublin musician and songwriter who has
beavered away at the coalface for some time. "Twisted
City" is a concept album of sorts that takes various
London Underground stations as stopping off points for
considered thoughts on the inconsistencies of love and
relationships. It's an interesting set of ideas,
complimented by some of the best pop/rock you're likely
to hear this or any year - the kind of songs that you'd
just wish someone like Paul McCartney would write again.
Then again, McCartney's lack of inspiration is
Singleton's good luck charm; it has certainly rubbed off
on tracks such as "Worry Number One", "Pieces", "The
Only One" and "Wherever" - little nuggets all that are
chips off the big beautiful block that is "Twisted
City".
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Clash Magazine review
Dubliner Chris Singleton's new album is inspired
by his frequent trips to London for his twin loves (his
girlfriend lives there and he recorded this release at
Abbey Road studios) and is itself a musical
representation of a journey across the capital by tube.
Scribbled on the back of train stubs and discarded
newspapers, the subject matter appropriately fits the
real life experience of a young man discovering the
capital and its confusing transit system and who's
trying to make a name for himself in the music industry.
Each of the eleven tracks represents a tube station and
Singleton is blessed with an outsider's view and the
talent to record the going-ons in such a poetic and
visual manner. 'Twisted City's concept is a fascinating
idea carried out with skill and flair by surely one of
the most promising songwriters to surface this year.
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Hotpress review (by Colm O'Hare)
Not difficult to guess this Dubliner's record
collection, which surely must include most of the glam
rock canon, with a sizeable dollop of late 60s
psychedelia and possibly an XTC album or two. With a
voice somewhere between George Harrison and John Lennon
- a good place to be - Singleton pens catchy tunes too,
like "Spirit in the Sky"-meets-"Ballroom Blitz" opener,
"Worry Number One" and sublime Badfinger-esque ballads
like "Tonight" and "The Only One". Elsewhere he recalls
more contemporary fare such as Joy Zipper on the
radio-friendly title track. Compelling stuff.
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Classic Rock News review (by Jason
Ritchie)
After reviewing his rather excellent single 'Worry
Number One' recently I was very keen to hear the whole
album. The album kicks off with the single and from then
on it is one glorious ride of well-crafted pop rock
tunes. I defy anyone not to enjoy 'Get Up' – simply
wonderful chorus and one you can't stop playing.
Throughout the album you get some neat electronic
touches, like on 'Stop Following' coupled with solid
guitar playing. Other tracks that stand out include 'The
Only One' (very Belle & Sebastian) and 'Gimme
Something', where again the chorus is simply blissful.
Never mind those talentless losers James Blunt and Jack
Shi…, sorry Johnson, this is how to do pop rock/singer
songwriter tunes. Like last year's album by Paul
Liddell, this is an album you can play again and again
and never tire of. Just go and buy the album…[
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Daily
Express review
Yet another celtic troubadour who wears his
influences proudly on his sleeve. There are nods to the
Beatles, Ray Davies and Neil Finn in this confident
collection of songs. Inspired by Singleton's weary
traveling across the UK and Ireland, "Twisted City" is
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BBC News piece
BBC News covered Chris' gig in a taxi (one of the
stops on his 'Twisted Tour' of London).
View the feature now.
ITV News feature
ITV News recently covered Chris' album launch on the
London underground.
View the news feature now (note: it's a large file,
suitable for broadband/fast connection users only). [
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Pat Kenny show interview
Click
here to listen to
Pat Kenny interviewing Chris.
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