Lojinx

07/07/2024

26/01/2024

Ahoy! Naval gazers!!

For lovers of metaphorical maritime melancholy comes melodic ballad Shipwrecked Love, the second song and EP from Phil Thornalley’s forthcoming album "Holly Would".

Swirling piano, churning cellos, fluid flute and vocoder voices embrace the singer’s siren song of a love on the rocks. One-man orchestra Karl McComas-Reichl layers accompaniment of Thornalley’s string arrangement.

“Over the years, as a formally untrained musician, I have been drawn to the emotion that strings can bring to a song. I suppose I’ve been diligent in studying how to arrange with years in the studio seeing other top pop arrangers at work. Del Newman, Paul Buckmaster, George Fenton, Charles Blackwell and Sal Herbert have all written arrangements for recordings I was producing, writing or engineering. With the power of modern string sample libraries it’s possible for me to sketch an authentic arrangement and then convert that into a score for the players, who can overdub themselves from their home studios, bringing their beautiful craft to colour my probably laughable scratchings. Karl records in California and sends the results to me in West Hampstead.”

“Once I’d decided on shipwrecked as the theme it felt good, the lyrics seemed to come naturally. Sometimes it’s difficult to tell a story in so few lines but they fell into place quickly.”

Riding the waves of the title track the EP includes two non-album tracks with simpler productions. The late era Beatle-ish "Could You Be Loved" and the hybrid acoustic ballad "Too Many Goodbye"s.

“Throughout my career, whilst trying to write, possibly contrive , ‘hit’ songs for other artists, I’ve had many other songs fall into my lap, from the sky into my hands. I started collecting these ‘found’ songs from the last few years for an album of perhaps more introspective feel; keeping them less arranged, looser in playing style and even more naturally ‘me’. I love singing harmony vocals and enjoyed the intertwining coda of 'Too Many Goodbyes'. I suppose they are more singer-songwriter songs rather than singer-with-a-full-band blasting away.”

“Having shelved the idea of a niche album from an admittedly already niche artist, I felt I wanted to still share them anyway. It’s a natural reflection of the way I feel my way through a song just strumming and humming with my guitar . I realise later the unconscious influence of The Beatles, solo Macca and even Weezer”.

Shipwrecked Love is the only ballad on the Holly Would album, so the tone of this EP doesn’t reflect the sound of the album overall. But with the abundance of songs pouring out of Thornalley in recent years it seemed a shame for them to go unheard and natural to group these tracks into a melancholic set.

“Sometimes writing songs is like a surfer catching a wave: you struggle to get past the breakers but once you get the right energy it can be a beautiful, graceful ride to the shore”.

https://listen.link/shipwreckedlove

The 3-track Shipwrecked Love EP is out now. Pre-order the album "Holly Would" for release on March 29th. Pre-orders from Lojinx include instant grat mp3 downloads of the Shipwrecked Love EP.

Shipwrecked Love Links. Available on all popular platforms.

24/08/2023

17/07/2023

A show packed with great conversation, guests, food and music.

03/07/2023

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The polls have closed. The people have spoken. "Nothing Left" has been voted Classic Rock Magazine track of the week. A convincing victory over Run DMC (never thought I'd say that!). Thank you to everyone who voted for me! The fabled 3D ambisonic video is still available on youtube so check it out if you really want to hear more bass.

22/06/2023

Fred Abbott is joined by a band of vocalists for his second post Noah And The Whale “solo” album Shining Under the Soot to be released 7th July on Lojinx.

01/06/2023

New music from Fred Abbott, now joined by The Wild Unknown! Thanks to AmericanaUK for the premiere.

https://www.facebook.com/fredabbottmusic/posts/pfbid02yZcWwDaLyvfueBEj497g2XhJzzRhn5cjZY1FKtwEMw6AGB78V1GsxgLzyHYS5X89l

Here is the catchy new single from Fred Abbott and The Wild Unknown. The upbeat ‘What Kind of Trouble’ is driven by excellent rhythm and drums, over which Abbott’s jangling guita…

14/04/2023

It's international Paul McCarthy day!

https://www.lojinx.com/releases/mike-viola/paul-mccarthy

Decades into his career Mike Viola's music continues to resonate with and inspire new generations of musicians and music lovers.

15/03/2023

New MikeViola tune out today!

https://listen.link/ithinkithoughtforeverproof

06/03/2023

What an amazing gig! MikeViola & co absolutely brilliant at West Hampstead Arts Club. Quite a few songs from the new album! (Out April 15th on Lojinx CD & vinyl LP)🤘

13/01/2023

MikeViola is finally returning to Europe for a handful of live shows (on his off-days touring with Panic At The Disco).

Expect full band shows in Hebden Bridge & London, possibly others too.

22nd Feb - Mike Viola at Freundlich+Kompetent, Hamburg
2nd March - Mike Viola at The 13th Note, Glasgow
5th March - Mike Viola at West Hampstead Arts Club, London
8th March - Mike Viola at The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge

New album details coming soon!

12/09/2022

https://www.facebook.com/PhilThornalleyMusic/videos/1284876015664511/

02/09/2022

Congratulations to Phil Thornalley on the release of his new album “Now That I Have Your Attention” today!

“Proof that a good melody never goes out of style”!!

💿 CD: https://ljx.cc/ntihya
🎧 Apple: https://music.apple.com/album/id/1635972445
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5PaFF3WwwnucZaMx6nJuE2