Releases his new single
The title track from the forthcoming album
– Release Date: 12th March –
Genre: Indie, Singer-Songwriter
FFO: The Kinks, Sports Team, Dandy Warhols, Elvis Costello
Label / Imprint: Scratchy Records
Format: Digital Single
“Simon Bromide continues his quest to become the music-obsessed, drinking man’s songwriter of choice” Louder Than War
“Crackles & fizzes with pure melodic energy” godisinthetv
“Bromide may remind some of a certain mid-eighties songsmith who sought to merge an informed literary perspective with the dulcet tones of jangly pop, namely Lloyd Cole and his commotions” americana-uk.com
South London’s alternative singer-songwriter Simon Bromide releases Forest Mountain Forest, the first single and title track from his forthcoming album, due out early summer.
Following on from the ex-Bromide frontman’s highly praised debut solo album Following the Moon, there’s a new moniker as well: Simon Bromide and The Bromides, introduced to reflect a more established band lineup for the recording of this second solo release.
The track was produced by Brian O’Shaughnessy (Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Denim) at Bark Studios in North London & features Ed Wright on bass, Sam Kelly on drums, Ollie Parfitt on keys, backing vocals from Piney Gir and Simon on acoustic & electric guitars.
Simon says of writing the track: “This one popped out when I was jamming another song with a friend. The riff immediately reminded me of a Replacements track ‘Can’t Hardly Wait’ but it was different enough to claim it as my own. The lyrics are pretty self-explanatory if you substitute the title with the words ‘Birth Life Death’.”
So where did it all start? Well… after several band lineups in his early music career, Simon was working at a publishing company when a work colleague introduced him to a whole world of alternative acts like Sonic Youth, Husker Du, Patti Smith, The Replacements, Television, Richard Hell, American Music Club & Mark EItzel, Red House Painters, Ya La Tengo, Dinosaur Jr and many others. Around this time the name Bromide appeared after he put his own name ‘Simon Berridge’, into a word scrambler on someone’s computer & out popped ‘singer bromide’. Then, after learning that Patti Smith had self-released her own debut single (a cover of Hey Joe), Simon decided to do the same, forming Scratchy Records and releasing his debut album Iscariot Heart back in the late nineties.
Releases from other artists on the label like South London’s The Rocks, SLEAZE and Hank Dogs plus US artist Coach Hop helped to establish it, while Simon himself has consistently released his own work on the label throughout.
Over the coming months Simon Bromide and The Bromides will be doing a series of gigs to promote the upcoming album throughout London, Southampton, Swindon, Newport & Hastings with other gigs to follow. Be sure to check in on their socials for further updates & gig announcements.
Upcoming Shows:
February 28th – Trash Night / Endeavour – Deptford / South London (acoustic)
March 7th – Trash Night / Biddle Bros – Clapton / South London (acoustic)
March 21st – Trash Night / Endeavour – Deptford / South London (full band)
April 4th – Water Into Beer – Brockley / South London (acoustic)
April 10th – The Beehive (w/ Dulcet Tones) – Swindon (acoustic)
May 8th – Dash the Henge (instore) – Peckham / South London (full band)
May 9th – Scratchstock / Old Dispensary – Camberwell / South London (full band)
May 16th – The Old Mill – Plumstead / South London – (full band)
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