RECREATIONS (Sam Duckworth, formerly Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.) will play Southampton Joiners on Monday May 2 as he releases his first full-length album, Baby Boomers 2.
The album is a self-produced collection full of wide-eyed, big-dreaming, conscientious pop songs that are undeniably /him/, but delivered with looser funk, crisper electronics and notably less tubs to thump on. In more ways than one, it sees Duckworth get his groove back.
Recreations may be a new moniker for Sam, but his work ethic and refusal to stick to a template in either influence or sound is not just familiar but very welcome. Falling half way between Get Cape... and his experiments, Recreations is the product of two years of investigation. Fans of GC.WC.F. will recognise his distinct lyrical nouse, but in his own words Recreations is "more heart on sleeve, bolder, more direct, and a little bit more emo."
He added: “I always get tagged as being a political musician but most of my songs aren’t political, it’s just that a lot of the stuff I do outside music is. So I wanted to do an album that was sort of both”
His headline UK tour includes support from Rob Lynch and Sean McGowan
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