Written and recorded in New York – home since 2010 - over a two-year period, 'Slow Light’ marks a definite return to the folk-pop sound (and songwriting chops) of Findlay’s 2007 debut album ‘Separated By The Sea’.  Besides the more immediately obvious influence of folk luminaries like Tim Hardin and Jackson C Frank, and the widescreen orchestral chamber pop of Scott Walker and Serge Gainsbourg’s late 60s/ early 70s output (check Findlay’s bass sound), the groove and ambience is more subtly informed by Krautrock bands like Harmonia – particularly 1975’s ‘Deluxe’ - and the soundtracks of Ennio Morricone. The non-musical elements are suggested by Findlay’s interest in spirituality, history and psychedelics (Terence McKenna, Graham Hancock) and the poetry of Rumi and Kahlil Gibran.

Says Findlay: “I see what I’m doing now as the beginning of something – in a sense I’m always trying to find a new way to say the same thing. "Musically I'm often looking for new things to experiment with: Songwriting, style and production, but also trying to come at it from a different way, internally. ‘Make A Getaway’ stands out to me because it has all of the elements of the album in one song: Folk, groove and melody. It’s cinematic and lyrically captures the feeling of the album – which as a whole is more of a representation of my musical journey than my previous work - I feel closer to finding my own voice. I think the new thing for me this time, was minimal music like Terry Riley and Philip Glass - music I’ve always liked but never used as a direct influence on my own compositions.”

Today Brown premieres a new track “Ride Into The Sun” in the first in a series of upcoming videos from the album via Interview Magazine. “I’ve been a huge fan of Enio Morricone and Spaghetti Westerns for a long time,” he explains of the inspiration for the track. The video, directed by Anthony Dickenson, perfectly captures the song’s riding-through-the-desert feeling.

‘Slow Light’ follows his widely acclaimed albums, 2007’s extraordinary ‘Separated By The Sea’ (“the most unlikely classic of the year” *****The Guardian) - and 2010’s Bernard Butler produced ‘Love Will Find You’ which re-cast Brown as a modern day Roy Orbison and took him all the way to Letterman. ‘Come Home’ from the first record is familiar to millions via its use in the long-running MasterCard advert.

In 2013 through a shared love of African music, Findlay teamed up with Xander Ferreira to form the New York based DJ-duo The Happy Show, hosting parties bringing African groove to NYC nightlife. At their Output residency in Brooklyn and parties around the world they have created a joyous, ritualistic, dance gathering.

Produced by Tobias Wilner (of DPC Records – the label he co-owns with Findlay and who Findlay credits with steering his natural aptitude for the melancholic and melodic), the majority of ‘Slow Light’ was performed by the pair, but also features Marc Orleans (Sunburnt Hand of the Man - pedal steal on ‘Run Home’ and ‘Alone Again’), Paul Frazier (David Byrne - bass on ‘All is Love’ and Sara Savery (Blue Foundation, People Press Play - vocals on "Born of the Stars" and “All is Love”.

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