Sukilove
- Talking
In The Dark
Except for a brief and early flash in the long and cold summer
of 1997, Pascal Deweze kicked Sukilove into action in the warm
summer of 2000 when he recorded
a 12-track demo, "Songs of Home & Country," in his living room
in Antwerp on an old acoustic Mac and a borrowed guitar. This demo was handed
out to a couple of friends and was supposed to be the end of the story. However,
as Pascal's band Metal Molly slowly drifted off into hypersleep, he started to
perform the music in his mind with Stoffel Verlackt and Pieter Van Buyten. With
the addition of Helder Deploige in May 2001, Sukilove became just a little less
quiet and a bit more electric…
In February 2001 the whole Sukilove crew was chartered by Bettie Serveert's Carol
Van Dyk for the Chitlin' Fooks sessions, with the addition of Guy Van Nueten
on piano, Herbert Lanckhorst on violin and mandolin, and Jeff Marinus on pedal
steel. A self-titled album was released on Hidden Agenda/Parasol in the USA in
June 2001, and a European version appeared at the end of August 2001 on Palomine/Play
It Again Sam. Meanwhile, Sukilove was living and breathing in the background
and they recorded a small debut album at home. Pascal describes the album's homespun
nature:
"We recorded this little 7-track album in my living room sometime in November
(2001) so if it sometimes sounds as if there's a cat running through the room
that's mainly because there was a cat running through the room. Fortunately we
could mask it by overdubbing a lot of the church bells from down the street that
go nuts at least every 30 minutes. That is, if you can hear those above the hum
of the microphones."
Deweze has a talent for writing rootsy, personal and sparkling popsongs in the
tradition of Lennon & McCartney, Arthur Lee, Alex Chilton and (hey, why not?)
Brian Wilson. Handsome and careworn, the seven tracks on Talking in the Dark
are seasoned with lapsteel and piano, violin and brushed snare; the folky boot
scuff of classic Americana burnished with the candlelit essence of modern soft
pop. From the rich arrangements of the title track to the bittersweet musings
of "It's Too Dark To Dream," this "extended e.p." contains
seven songs that form a universe of their own and a promise of all the goodness
yet to come.
Features special guest appearances by…
Carol Van Dyk from Bettie Serveert and Chitlin' Fooks sang backing vocals.
Das Pop guitarist Reinhard Vanbergen, aka Herbert Lanckhorst, played
violin.
Recorded in Pascal's living room. Mixed by Jakke Deryck at Turtle Power Studio,
Heist o/d Berg. Mastered by Hay Zeelen at Studio Jules. All songs written by
Pascal Deweze, published by Sony/ATV. The violins were played and arranged by
Herbert Lanckhorst, electric guitar at the end by Mauro Pawlowski whilst Carol
Van Dyk and Claudia Soccio provided the girl vocals in the choruses.
Sukilove is…
·Pascal Deweze: vocals + guitar + songwriting duties (Chitlin' Fooks, Metal
Molly, Mitsoobishy Jacson)
·Pieter Van Buyten: double bass (Chitlin' Fooks, Flip Kowlier, ABN, The
Kids)
·Helder Deploige: guitar + mandolin + vocals (no affiliation)
·Stoffel Verlackt: drums + vocals (Chitlin' Fooks, El Tattoo del Tigre,
ex-Flowers for Breakfast, ex-Metal Molly)
·Guy Van Nueten: piano (Chitlin' Fooks, Zon en Zero, Tom Barman solo, Daan,
ex-The Sands)
A message from Pascal:
Hi, I’m Pascal Deweze from Sukilove. Bill from Parasol gave me the chance
to offer you some sensible words about our new record “Talking in the
dark”. I’m not sure if that’s a good idea. Being Belgian our sense
of sensibility tends to be somewhat surrealistically Ensor-like but hey,
we’re young and the world is an oyster.
Some Parasol regulars might know me from the self-titled Chitlin’ Fooks
album I recorded with Carol Van Dyk of Bettie Serveert last year. If you liked
that one, great, thanks, have a look at Sukilove - if you didn’t : it was
all Carol’s fault. Although Sukilove has sort of the same feel as
Chitlin’ Fooks (it’s basically the same five people minus Carol),
it’s not as rootsy. Imagine Brian Wilson walking in on a Ween recording
session. Jonathan Richman does da blues ? What about The Beatles covering Alex
Chilton ? The Frogs in duet with Celine Dion ? Basically, I guess Sukilove tries
to play acoustic music very loudly.
We recorded this little 7-track album in my living room sometime in november
so
if it sometimes sounds as if there’s a cat running through the room
that’s mainly because there was a cat running through the room. Fortunately
we could mask it by overdubbing a lot of the churchbells from down the street
that go nuts at least every 30 minutes. That is, if you can hear those above
the hum of the microphones...Single and titletrack “Talking in
the dark” should become the family-friendly anthem Smog never wrote (or
at
least never released). Our drummer says he likes “We’ll sleep together
again” the best and he described it as Paul McCartney meets J.J.Cale on
a lazy night. Or maybe you’ll like “White Boy Blues (Opal
moon)”, a demo I recorded 5 years ago but now landed on this album, damaged
and well. All in all this record tries to deliver some good songs, written on
a crappy guitar and sung in an old microphone. Music to hear crickets by. Hope
you like it too.
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