Sep 19, 2021
Jack Hues of Wang Chung - ‘80s Weekend #9; Microsoft Theater; Los Angeles, CA (2-15-20). @JackHues1 @WangChungMusic @fkoapresents
Photo: Jeff Bliss
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Jack Hues of Wang Chung - ‘80s Weekend #9; Microsoft Theater; Los Angeles, CA (2-15-20). @JackHues1 @WangChungMusic @fkoapresents
Photo: Jeff Bliss
Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
Interview with Jack Hues of the band Wang Chung
24 years ago today Tony Banks released the last rock album of his solo career. He later moved on to orchestral music in 2004 and released a new orchestral album, (5), last year. So, in honor of 'Strictly Inc.' turning 24 today I wanted to share a piece I drew four years back. I think it came out very well.
Led Bib - It's Morning - new album; now with vocals! (RareNoise)
From the Homeric invocation of ethereal opener “Atom Story,” it becomes stunningly clear that It’s Morning, the latest album from the uncategorizable UK ensemble Led Bib, is meant to take the listener on a journey. The wide-ranging and evocative set is also a testament to the distance the band has travelled on its own evolutionary path. If not the endpoint, it at least sits at a far-flung guidepost along a transformative odyssey undertaken by the eclectic ensemble. Led Bib has long been renowned for its skronky, livewire fusion of exploratory jazz improvisation with the brute force of heavy rock and the labyrinthine architecture of prog. It’s Morning (due out September 27, 2019 via RareNoise Records) retains an identifiable sense of adventure and virtuosity while marking a vast departure from previous recordings, veering into the realm of elusive, poetic narrative and lysergic beauty.
The most immediately apparent change from past Led Bib outings is the addition of vocals, folding the band’s boundary-stretching vocabulary into gorgeous if complex song forms. The band’s core line-up – Holub, bassist Liran Donin, saxophonists Chris Williams and Pete Grogan, and new keyboardist Elliot Galvin – are joined by a pair of gifted vocalists: Sharron Fortnam, a co-founder of the North Sea Radio Orchestra whose intoxicating mezzo soprano has also graced recordings by the noted British prog-punk band Cardiacs; and Jack Hues, best known as frontman for the 80s new wave band Wang Chung. Sharron Fortnam- vocals Chris Williams – alto saxophone Pete Grogan – alto and tenor saxophone Elliot Galvin – keyboards and piano Liran Donin – bass, backing vocals on track 2 Mark Holub – drums Also featuring: Jack Hues – vocals Susanna Gartmayer – bass clarinet Irene Kepl – violin Noid – cello
“An Island In The Darkness” - Strictly Inc. [Tony Banks]
You never thought you would ever be here You never even dared to hope you would ever be here In a world you used to dream of And watch from afar
Happy 67th birthday Mr. Anthony George „Tony“ Banks
Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
