Coyne chose Nick Cave because Nell didn't know him and wouldn’t have preconceived notions as to how to sing the songs. When a planned trip to record with the band in Oklahoma had to be cancelled due to covid Coyne suggested Nell record some Nick Cave songs and email them to Oklahoma to be backed by the band. Today, Nell & The Flaming Lips announce the release of Where the Viaduct Looms, out November 26th via Bella Union / PIAS. Coyne soon began to notice the kid in the parrot suit and sang a David Bowie cover directly to her at the show in Calgary, with Nell singing every word back.Ī musical bond formed with Coyne staying in contact with Nell and her father Jude as she learned to play guitar, while their creative relationship began to flourish when she started to write her own songs. Nell had already attended several Lips shows and was a regular at the front of the stage, dressed in a parrot costume and screaming out the band’s songs. This inspiring and heartwarming story begin when Smith, originally from Leeds (UK), moved to Canada and first met Wayne Coyne at the age of 12 at The Flaming Lips’ headline show at the Sled Island Festival, Calgary, in 2018 with her family. The 14-year-old who made an album with The Flaming Lips Meet Nell Smith Posted Tuesday 7th December 2021 / Text By Max Pilley Photography Atria Creative Share this The teenager reflects on the remarkable turn of events that led her to record an album remotely with the iconic rock bad during the pandemic. The album was mastered by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios. One building from this intriguing first shot.Where the Viaduct Looms comprises nine Nick Cave cover versions with vocals and instrumentation by 14-year-old Nell Smith and instrumentation and production by The Flaming Lips. Hopefully, Nell Smith and The Flaming Lips will make another album soon – and in the old-fashioned way. Although more dense and harder edged, the only analogous album coming to mind is 2008’s (great) Scarlett Johansson album Anywhere I Lay My Head. It does not matter that these are Nick Cave songs – they are transmuted. But I have enjoyed listening to it for the most part. I find some of the song selections a little uninspiring and some of the vocal effects distracting. I dont see it as a separation of purpose. Although some treatments have been given to Smith's voice, the generally subtle, unobtrusive band backings do not swamp her. She is 14 now Also I appreciate the Flaming Lips doing things their own way. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band that featured special guests My Morning Jacket, Miley Cyrus, Moby, Phantogram, Tegan and Sara, and many others. Where The Viaduct Looms is direct and affecting. Since releasing The Terror, The Lips have released With A Little Help From My Fwends, a star-studded track-for-track tribute to The Beatles’ Sgt. For this checked-ambition initial outing, he suggested the songs of Nick Cave as she had not heard of him so would lack preconceived notions of how they would be sung. This was meant to be a studio album made at Coyne and Co's Oklahoma base but instead – for reasons of the pandemic – Smith recorded her vocals and guitar, and sent the tracks to Coyne after which the band added their contributions. Inspired, she began learning guitar and writing songs, and Coyne suggested they join forces. She and her family had moved from Leeds to Calgary, where she first saw The Flaming Lips at the Sled Island Festival. Three years on, Where The Viaduct Looms arrives. Smith had been seeing The Flaming Lips since she was 12 and was noticed stage-side by frontman Wayne Coyne as she sang along with their songs in a parrot outfit. It’s her first LP.Īll nine tracks are versions of Nick Cave songs. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for NELL SMITH & THE FLAMING LIPS - WHERE THE VIADUCT LOOMS NEW CD at the best online prices at. Both sides were determined not to let the moment pass entirely, though, and the final concept was eventually settled on last summer. Apart from its tougher seventh cut – evoking PJ Harvey if she were collaborating with Mazzy Star – this opener establishes the tone of Where The Viaduct Looms, a collaborative album by Nell Smith and The Flaming Lips. The original plan for Nell to travel to the Lips’ home studio in Oklahoma City to record a set of her original compositions was scuppered by Covid.
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