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Quarterman releases new single ‘That Old Chinese Takeaway Called Happiness’

Quarterman hasĀ released his new single ā€˜That Old Chinese Takeaway Called Happinessā€™, the second single from his forthcoming debut solo albumĀ ‘Carondelet’, out on 26thĀ March.

Quarterman says of his new single:Ā ā€œ’That Old Chinese Takeaway Called Happiness’ was inspired by a long North London dog-walk, and the beginnings of a new relationship. This song came about on the drive home, when the feeling was mirrored and put into words by an actual Chinese Takeaway between Tottenham and Seven Sisters. One of those rare moments when the physical world and the realm of the senses somehow magically alignsā€.

QuartermanĀ is the name for the solo project ofĀ Man The Lifeboatsā€™Ā lead singer and songwriter Richard James Quarterman. The album was recorded in the home studio of acclaimed producerĀ Jamie EvansĀ (Wildwood Kin, Lynne Jackaman, Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra, Crawford Mack), mixed byĀ Colin BrainĀ at Sticks Studios and mastered byĀ Adam Vanryne.

The album came about after a brief search for a producer led toĀ QuartermanĀ getting back in touch with old school friend and musicianĀ Jamie Evans,Ā after 20 years apart. The friends came back together to record the album in Jamieā€™s home studio, on the street that both grew up on. So behind the songs, there is the sound and the feeling of the reforging of a friendship, and the beginning of a musical journey.

‘Carondelet’, released on Quartermanā€™s own Wood Head Records label, comprises 9 original songs featuringĀ Quartermanā€™sĀ acoustic guitar and vocals, and gritty and honest lyrics. The songs are a collection of tunes about love, loss, longing, from the streets of London, New Orleans, Dublin and Caledonia.

Pip Ellwood-Hughes
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