Jon Boden
Afterglow
Released 6 Oct 2017
Jon Boden
Afterglow follows on from Boden's 2009 post-apocalyptic concept-album masterpiece ‘Songs From The Floodplain’. Whereas Floodplain was largely rural in setting, Afterglow plunges the listener into the heaving chaos of a dystopian street carnival, an Orwellian mashup of Bonfire Night and Diwali. Through his unique songwriting Boden tells the story of two star-crossed lovers trying to find each other amongst a backdrop of decaying buildings, burning oil drums, home-made fireworks, tribal rioting and Bacchanalian revelry.
Tracklist
- Moths In The Gas Light•
- Afterglow•
- Bee Sting•
- Wrong Side of Town•
- Fires of Midnight•
- All The Stars Are Coming Out Tonight•
- Dancing In The Ruin•
- Burning Streets•
- Yellow Lights•
- Aubade
Credits
- Jon Boden vocals, guitars, piano, Duet concertina
- Robert Harbron English concertina
- Ben Nicholls bass guitar, double bass
- Paul Sartin oboe, fiddle
- Sam Sweeney drums
- Richard Warren lead guitar
- Kiki Chen violin
- Helen Bell viola, violin
- Lucy Revis cello
- Toni Durrant euphonium
- Sam Fisher flugelhorn
- Thomas Lenthall Analogue Keyboards
- Fay Hield Backing Vocals
- Andy Bell Engineer
- Jon Boden & Andy Bell Producer(s)
- Calum Malcolm Masterer
- David Angel Photographer
- Robin Beatty Graphic Designer