Declan Welsh & The Decadent West at Newcastle Think Tank
Declan Welsh & The Decadent West
Newcastle Think Tank
Thursday
31st October 2019
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‘Cheaply
Bought, Expensively Sold’
Debut
Album – Out Now On Modern Sky UK
As they prepare to hit the road from this Halloween, Declan
Welsh & The Decadent West are serving up an early treat to sink your teeth
into: an electrifying live rendition of ‘No Fun’, surgically spliced with
Lizzo’s ‘Juice’ and The Strokes’ ‘Reptilia’.
A mash-up that needs to be heard to be believed, the track is
cut from the band’s Maida Vale live session earlier this week when they were
invited to play at the legendary London studios by BBC R1’s Jack Saunders. The
Glasgow four piece took the opportunity to re-imagine the lead single of their
freshly released debut album ‘Cheaply Bought, Expensively Sold’ (out now on
Modern Sky UK), with distinctively Scottish-flavoured covers of the mega-hits
by two of their favourite US artists.
Speaking
about the mash-up, Declan says: “We are chuffed with this. We were asked to
do a Maida Vale mashup for Jack Saunders and Radio 1, so we decided to combine
two of our favourite acts and tunes – the queen that is Lizzo and the heroes
that are the Strokes. You never know ye needed ‘Juice’ into ‘Reptilia’, but
here it is. Ya ya eeh, troops. Ya ya eeh.’
The session follows the release of the band’s exhilarating debut
just last week, a record which has seen THE SCOTSMAN praising its “swagger and
attitude”, and the THE SKINNY hailing Declan’s profound lyrical abilities to:
“dig deep into the seeming mundanity of city life in a way reminiscent of Mike
Skinner or Alex Turner”.
Declan
Welsh is a songwriter and poet from Glasgow. Combining taut indie rock and
strongly held beliefs, Declan and his band, The Decadent West create
music that is unapologetic, direct and with a message of humanity that has won
over scores of fans already. Releasing their rousing first EP ‘All My Dreams
Are Dull’ to widespread approval in 2018, the Decadent West now truly set out
their stall with their debut album: ‘Cheaply Bought, Expensively Sold’, 12
studio recordings produced by the esteemed Chris Marshall in Glasgow (Gerry
Cinnamon, Baby Strange, The Dunts, The Van T’s etc).
In the
lead-up to the new album, the Declan & Co. whet appetites with recent
single ‘How Does Your Love’ a disco-flecked indie
belter that finds nuanced nostalgia in our regional nightlife scene (which was
also accompanied by an extended 17-minute mock-umentary guest starring ‘Limmy’s
Show’ comedy legend Paul McCole) ; plus ‘No Fun’, a sardonic swipe at the scenester
culture found to be lingering in Scottish flat parties and beyond.
Following a year of sold out shows across
the UK and performances as diverse as those in Palestine (as
part of a Glaswegian cultural exchange), The Great Escape,
Reeperbahn, London Fashion Week, and
their Billy Bragg-approved
appearance at Glastonbury 2019; The Decadent West have solidified themselves as
one of Scotland’s most promising talents and an unmissable live prospect.
Kicking off this week at Newcastle Think Tank on 31st of October,
the Glaswegian band will now take their politically charged indie-punk to the
irate masses in a run of Winter UK Tour dates to see out the
year.
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