KEITH JOHN ADAMS Roughhousing" LP

Keith John Adams says the title of his new album, Roughhousing, is both a description of the recording and a mission statement. The tracks were bashed out at speed to maintain the fun and excitement of record- ing and to give them a chaotic edge. Adams played nearly all the instruments in a series of sessions around his home town, London. Like a character actor, he adopted different personas for the different instruments to give the recording more of a band sound – despite it being a multi-tracked single musician. Keeping the rough edges also helped it sound more like a rehearsal tape – as was the plan. The tracks Change, No Room & Music In My Feet have already been played on the BBC’s 6Music in the UK. Keith John Adams and the Wildlife will be plaing shows in Europe and the US in 2015.Of the Music in My Feet/No Room double a-side:“The contrast of sounds is brilliant… This single is great” SEESOUND“Good wholesome fun from start to finish. This is honest, open and catchy music” WHISPERIN AND HOLLERIN’Roughhousing is KJA’s 4th solo album after a slow 6 years, prompted chiefly by becoming a father of two. He’s been making music solo since the start of the century though, chiefly in the US where the Athens, Georgia based HHBTM label released two of his albums. That led to tours playing on bills with Of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples in Stereo, Deerhoof and Mountain Goats. He’s also toured Japan with HHBTM label mates Elekibass.“Great non-programatic pop” THE WIRE“Addictively fun and off-beat” TREBLEZINE“Joyously upbeat, reminiscent of Macca at his most catchy” RECORD COLLECTOR