We are beyond excited to welcome a member of inarguable the biggest band to come from Oxford at our humble Festival. Phil Selway is obviously most well-known from his time in Radiohead, (formerly On A Friday, Curfew fans!) but his debut LP Familial has certainly set right any misperceptions that Radiohead rely 0n any one member for their perpetual ability to create and innovate.
Familial came about when Selway asked Courtyard Studios’ resident engineer and producer Ian Davenport to help produce some sessions of his own music. Then Selway invited Lisa Germano, Sebastien Steinberg, Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Sansone to come and make the record with him. Yet despite the rock pedigree on show, Familial is as far from a rock record as you’ll get. But neither are its ballads defined by folk, but something much wider and more contemporary. Curiously, there’s very little defined drums on the record, with more percussive loops/textures. Sometimes the beats and instrumental colours are so subtle, it sounds like the acoustic air in the room is setting the mood. It leaves space for the lyrics, which clearly come from the most intimate of places.
Playing as part of the Bella Union day in our Big Clash Tent, there’s no way we could be looking forward to Phil Selway playing at Truck more than we are.
