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Richmond Fontaine

Don't Skip Out On Me

    Richmond Fontaine and Deline's singer/songwriter, Willy Vlautin will release his fifth novel, 'Don't Skip Out On Me' on Feb 1 2018. 

    The Don't Skip Out on Me soundtrack was recorded early 2017 just after the band called it quits on their final European tour. 

    Richmond Fontaine

    The Fitzgerald

      "The Fitzgerald", Richmond Fontaine's sixth studio recording, is a quiet departure from the raucous, visceral send-ups and live shows that got the band compared to the likes of the Replacements and Whiskeytown. Written when singer / songwriter, Willy Vlautin was holed up for two weeks in a Fitzgerald Casino hotel room in Reno, Nevada, the album is a stark collection of songs about the people who live in the shadows of a casino town. If you think Springsteen's "Nebraska" as written by a young Tom Waits on a acoustic guitar, you'll be close.

      An operatically tragic tale is told in Richmond Fontaine's tenth studio album, The High Country. More than a concept piece, the Portland, Oregon four-piece have crafted a song-novel, in which a gripping tale is spun with fully fleshed-out characters, changing scenes, snippets of radio and spoken word passages. It's a spectacularly unique album housed in a digi-pack with full 8 page colour booklet.

      Richmond Fontaine's frontman, Willy Vlautin, is a published novelist whose 2006 debut, The Motel Life, has just been turned into a major motion picture directed by the Polsky Brothers and starring Dakota Fanning, Stephen Dorff and Kris Kristofferson.

      With Richmond Fontaine's latest album, he's combined that story-telling prowess with his songwriting gift to stunning effect. From stark, romantic ballads and dialogue sequences to raw Northwest garage rock and cinematic songscapes, this album sees Fontaine's musical trajectory soar far beyond their cowpunk roots, ably assisted by producer John Askew.

      STAFF COMMENTS

      Darryl says: More top quality Americana from Richmond Fontaine, with their tenth album. It's a bleak but absorbing tale that's spread across its 17 tracks, a 'tragic tale opera' if you like.

      TRACK LISTING

      01. Inventory
      02. The Girl On The Logging Road
      03. The Chainsaw Sea
      04. Let Me Dream Of The High Country
      05. The Mechanic Falls In Love With The Girl
      06. The Mechanic's Life
      07. Angus King Tries To Leave The House
      08. The Meeting On The Logging Road
      09. Claude Murray's Breakdown
      10. The Eagles Lodge
      11. Driving Back To The Chainsaw Sea
      12. Lost In The Trees
      13. On A Spree
      14. I Can See A Room
      15. Deciding To Run
      16. The Escape
      17. Leaving


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