{"product_id":"pete-fij-ups-the-new-down","title":"Pete Fij - Up's The New Down","description":"\u003cp\u003eRenowned for his unmistakable voice and wry lyrical touch, \u003cstrong\u003ePete Fij(alkowski)\u003c\/strong\u003e releases his debut solo album \u003cem\u003eUp's The New Down\u003c\/em\u003e on 25th September.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased on Tip Top Recordings, the album features 10 songs that that brim with melody, wit and understated charm. After years of singing downbeat songs of melancholy \u0026amp; loss, after waving goodbye to a long-term relationship, after working at a care home during the Covid pandemic, after seeing people off from the platform of life in his role as a Funeral Celebrant, Pete Fij has decided to have a reset. Slinging back on the electric guitar, ditching the job, upping the BPMs, and falling in love again has resulted in Pete embracing his fuzzed up dream-pop past but also throwing in elements of pop and electronica.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt may not have been entirely intentional, but listening back to \u003cem\u003eUp's The New Down\u003c\/em\u003e, Pete Fij discovered an album quietly charting its own awakening: a step out of the shadows and into the sunshine after a long winter of downbeat hibernation. Where once there was introspection, there's now something broader and brighter - a celebration of life, love and electric guitars, with a clandestine side affair with programmed synths. Musically, Fij has been happily magpie-like, rifling through a lifetime's record collection and pocketing whatever catches the light - from \u003cstrong\u003eThe Cure\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Jesus and Mary Chain\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePixies\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003eLCD Soundsystem\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDIIV\u003c\/strong\u003e and even \u003cstrong\u003eViagra Boys\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new single, taken from the album, \u003cem\u003eWake Up Honey\u003c\/em\u003e is released on 4th September. Pete first burst onto the scene in the early 90s as the frontman and guitarist of post-shoegaze \/ pre-Britpop band \u003cstrong\u003eAdorable\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose 1993 album \u003cem\u003eAgainst Perfection\u003c\/em\u003e, released on Creation Records, is regularly referred to as a lost indie classic, with the band picking up multiple 'Single of the Week' awards in the NME, and topping the Indie charts. \u003cstrong\u003eNoel Gallagher\u003c\/strong\u003e once told Creation Records' \u003cstrong\u003eAlan McGhee\u003c\/strong\u003e that dropping Adorable from the label was one of his biggest mistakes, whilst other artists such as \u003cstrong\u003eAsh\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSlowdive\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Jonestown Massacre\u003c\/strong\u003e amongst others have all expressed their admiration for the band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing this he joined up with his brother \u003cstrong\u003eKrzys\u003c\/strong\u003e to form One Little Indian band \u003cstrong\u003ePolak\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eSwansongs\u003c\/em\u003e 2000 \/ \u003cem\u003eRubbernecking\u003c\/em\u003e 2002) which took in influences from the likes of \u003cstrong\u003eSparklehorse\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eRadiohead\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003edEUS\u003c\/strong\u003e, and led The Independent to call him \"the most gifted lyricist since \u003cstrong\u003eJarvis Cocker\u003c\/strong\u003e last put pen to paper\". There then followed a musical exile, after having what Pete now describes as 'a musical breakdown' before re-emerging alongside celebrated \u003cstrong\u003eHouse of Love\u003c\/strong\u003e guitarist \u003cstrong\u003eTerry Bickers\u003c\/strong\u003e to release two critically acclaimed albums as \u003cstrong\u003ePete Fij \/ Terry Bickers\u003c\/strong\u003e on 2014's \u003cem\u003eBroken Heart Surgery\u003c\/em\u003e, and 2017's \u003cem\u003eWe Are Millionaires\u003c\/em\u003e, winning the Roundtable 'Single of The Week' on Steve Lamacq's BBC 6Music show - \"Beautiful\" (MOJO) \"Unfailingly lovely\" (UNCUT) \"Stunning\" (OHM) \"Beautifully constructed\" (Q).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdorable then reformed for a few weeks in 2019 for a series of one off dates that sold out in record time, playing bigger venues than they did in their heyday - and then broke up again. Pete's lush and rich baritone voice has been compared to \u003cstrong\u003eLee Hazlewood\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLou Reed\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Hawley\u003c\/strong\u003e in the past - and fans will be pleased to hear that, if anything, it's sounding stronger, more urgent and characterful than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIP TOP RECORDINGS","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":58811678032217,"sku":"SDZ-50118","price":26.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58811678064985,"sku":"SDZ-50119","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/image_64286b8d-1042-4606-b298-d72a7dfdaded.jpg?v=1786361944","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/pete-fij-ups-the-new-down","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}