Debut album Abandon All Hope out Oct 6
via Young / Remote Control Records
Praise for Ethan P. Flynn
“Ethan P. Flynn moves in his own lane, blending surreal lyricism with an emotional heft that can’t be easily shrugged off.” – CLASH
“There’s no one out there doing it quite like Flynn.” – DAZED
“an appealingly wayward and unboxable talent” – Sunday Times
“Songs and ideas pour out of the prolific Yorkshire musician” – The FACE Magazine
Today, Ethan P. Flynn releases ‘Clutching Your Pearls‘, the latest single to be taken from his highly anticipated debut album Abandon All Hope, out 6 October via Young / Remote Control. Written, and produced by Ethan P. Flynn, ‘Clutching Your Pearls‘ is a captivating fable about letting go, told using a uniquely-tuned mandola. The single features performances from Ava Gore (Vocals), Melchoir Geidroyc (Drums), Felix Stephens (Cello), Jack Banjo Courtney (Horns), and Jamie Farrington (Tuba).
The new single is accompanied by a cinematic music video, directed by Ethan P. Flynn and shot by CHILD studio (Pa Salieu, Anaiis, The xx). Reflective of the liberating single, the mythical video for ‘Clutching Your Pearls‘ places Ethan P. Flynn at the centre as joyful celebrations unfold with friends.
Speaking on ‘Clutching Your Pearls‘, Ethan P. Flynn says “‘Clutching Your Pearls‘ is centered around a mandala that I uniquely tuned myself. The song is really about letting go told through the story of a shipwrecked Doctor in the 1950s. That theme is a strong aspect of this album. I was failing at perfectionism before, trying to sound chaotic while actually being very controlled. This time, I was in the studio, playing, not trying to make things perfect. That’s not what I’m meant for.”
‘Clutching Your Pearls’ is the third single to be released by Ethan P. Flynn from his forthcoming debut album, Abandon All Hope, following the album’s title single and music video ‘Abandon All Hope‘ and follow- up single ‘Bad Weather‘. Abandon All Hope is an enriching eight-track album that exhibits the young artist’s captivating storytelling, eclectic productions, and idiosyncratic voice whilst recalling classic songwriters like Neil Young, Elliott Smith and Randy Newman to explore feelings of longing and losing power to hope in situations of relationships, love, navigating anxiety, and the coming of age in the 21st century. Out on 6 October via Young / Remote Control, Abandon All Hope places Ethan P. Flynn into the spotlight he deserves.
Pre-order / Pre-save Abandon All Hope: https://ethanpflynn.ffm.to/abandonallhope
Ethan P. Flynn – ‘Clutching Your Pearls’ (Official Video)
Stream / Download: https://ethanpflynn.ffm.to/clutchingyourpearls
Ethan P. Flynn ‘Abandon All Hope’ (Official Video)
Stream / Download: https://ethanpflynn.ffm.to/aah-single
ABOUT ETHAN P. FLYNN
Ethan P. Flynn was less than a year into an electronic music degree at London’s Guildhall when things started happening. Production and songwriting credits on records by David Byrne and FKA twigs, a record deal, talk of the unique style, rooted in songwriting traditions yet reflecting the culture around him, which Flynn was forging. He was only 19 when he found himself at the vanguard of a new movement in British music with friends from his year going on to release seminal albums. Five years later he completed his classic debut album: Abandon All Hope.
“When I was eight I moved from Welwyn, near London, to a place near Menwith Hill just outside the Yorkshire Dales,” says Flynn in an oddly transatlantic accent, on how his unusual worldview was formed. “It was weird because it was a surveillance base for the US Army so most of the people at my school were kids of people who worked there. Living so close to a full-blown military complex meant that I absorbed a lot of things other people don’t see in everyday life. It also influenced the way I talk and sing. I had an hour’s bus ride to secondary school in Harrogate, during which I never took off my headphones, and on top of that I didn’t have a lot of friends. My parents were going to get me a games console for Christmas but my mum wasn’t really sold on the idea, so when I said I wanted an electric guitar, my parents sold the Xbox which they’d secretly got me, and found me a cheap electric guitar. I only found out about it 10 years later. In another world, I could’ve been a pro gamer instead of a singer-songwriter”
So begins the story of Abandon All Hope, which pours in 24 years’ worth of experience into songs that recall 70s greats like Neil Young, Randy Newman, and Harry Nilsson while dealing with coming of age and feelings of losing the power to hope in relationships, love, navigating the age of anxiety and aspects of life in the 21st century. All delivered with an emotional intensity that’s rare in an age when the feeling that all has been said and done draws us toward postmodern, ironic detachment.
Ethan P. Flynn – Abandon All Hope
1. In Silence
2. Abandon All Hope
3. Clutching Your Pearls
4. No Shadow
5. Leaving The Boys Behind
6. Bad Weather
7. Crude Oil
8. Demolition
Ethan P. Flynn – Abandon All Hope is out October 6
via Young / Remote Control Records
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