Patience - Dizzy Spells (former singer of Veronica Falls)

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Patience - Dizzy Spells (former singer of Veronica Falls)

Post by shadowplay » Thu May 23, 2019 6:12 am

Public Service Announcement.

i seem to remember lots of OSG people loved Veronica Falls. I wasn't much of a fan but I love Roxannes new incarnation as Patience.

Tasting notes; Chris & Cosey, New Order, AC Marias, Strawberry Switchblade, Happy Meals/Free Love, Roni Griffith (and other Italo), Pink and Black...you get the idea...even a bit of Cocteau Twins.
Patience began as bedroom synth project for songwriter Roxanne Clifford after the break up of her acclaimed indie pop band Veronica Falls. Born out of a desire to experiment with a new sound and analogue synthesizers, the project has since grown to become an all-encompassing persona and serves as the main vehicle for the full emotional spectrum always latent in Clifford’s songwriting. From her first long-sold-out 7” singles on Night School, her knack for melodic hooks and oblique emotional stances already contained a glistening sheen of promise. ‘Dizzy Spells’ serves as an intimate portrait of Clifford’s creative adventure, almost diaristic, conceived and recorded in her home studio, as well as with collaborators Todd Edwards (Daft Punk/Uk Garage fame), Lewis Cook (Free Love/Happy Meals) and engineer Misha Hering (Virginia Wing). Dizzy Spells delivers a debut album that twists Clifford’s songwriting into new shapes and ecstasies. The album dances around melancholy, thrown to the floor like a bad dream to be circled, emerging bright-eyed into the early morning full of hope. The Girls Are Chewing Gum (produced by Todd Edwards) bursts open Dizzy Spells like fresh fruit: sweet and rich with a synth-bass line beamed down from Chicago House heaven. Exquisitely sung by Clifford, it’s a wonderful, funky, instant-classic hinting at sexuality and memories dredged from our bodies’ secrets. The bouncy production expertly renders the addictive power of our ephemeral pleasures. Living Things Don’t Last chases themes of longing and loss, opening up into a life affirming chorus that sings of transience, the passing of time and railing against inertia. It’s the perfect example of a song formula that Roxanne Clifford has almost patented: simple and cutting straight to the point. There are shades of Strawberry Switchblade or French synth pop pioneer Jacno in the happy/sad dichotomy and it is all the better for it. Dizzy Spells features all three long-sold out singles, embedded in the full depth of Patience’s soundworld they fit like pieces of a puzzle. White Of An Eye, The Church and The Pressure—all recorded in Clifford’s former home of Glasgow—crackle with razor sharp melodies and dancefloor-ready dynamics. There are exciting additions to Patience’s sonic palette, brought into sharp relief on Voices In The Sand. In this song, a plaintive Clifford enunciates a heart-torn plea to the antagonist, a mournful cascade of synths and haunting vocals evocative of AC Marias, a sepia-toned ode to anxiety, “a storm is on the way”. On No Roses, a Vince Clarkesque production belies a sunburnt sadness. Clifford defiantly sings “you would go out tonight, but there’s nowhere you like,” describing a disenchantment with her adopted city of Los Angeles, she longs for home in a singular refrain “No roses… no roses for us.” An ode to English folk singer Shirley Collins, a surprising yet innate influence throughout Clifford’s work. On Moral Damage, former Veronica Falls bandmate Marion Herbain joins Clifford on an anglo-french duet that feels instant and spontaneous, a cutting comment on emotional accountability. More than a vehicle for Roxanne Clifford’s songwriting prowess, Patience is holding our hand through the night, dancing with tears in our eyes, dizzy and spellbound.
If she's disenchanted with Los Angeles she should return tout suite to the Glasgow utopian shangri-la.

Some videos;

Patience - The Girls Are Chewing Gum

PATIENCE - White Of An Eye which obviously sounds like that thing

Patience - The Church

and the bandcamp; Patience - Dizzy Spells (btw in Europe the album is on Glasgow's own Night School which is a magic wee label)

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Re: Patience - Dizzy Spells (former singer of Veronica Falls)

Post by dinosaurkale-> » Thu May 23, 2019 9:46 am

good friends of mine.
i also dig her solo stuff. she's been touring quite a bit too.

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Post by cestlamort » Thu May 23, 2019 11:40 am

Great.
Was just missing Veronica Falls the other day...

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Re: Patience - Dizzy Spells (former singer of Veronica Falls)

Post by blacktiger » Wed May 29, 2019 2:28 pm

I like this record a lot. I found out about this project after I missed out on the first single, but was lucky enough to snag the next two. In recent interviews she’s talked about maybe touring with a band. I would be very psyched to hear full band versions of these songs, not because the solo versions are lacking, but as a different perspective from the studio versions. When I saw Broadcast tour Tender Buttons, they did full band versions of those songs, and it was fucking amazing to hear them in a completely different context. (The next time I saw them, it was just the two of them, and that was also amazing, so maybe the real lesson is that Broadcast were amazing, period)
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Re: Patience - Dizzy Spells (former singer of Veronica Falls)

Post by shadowplay » Thu May 30, 2019 9:58 pm

Btw did anyone else notice that White of An Eye now (rightly) has a co-write credit for Chris & Cosey that was absent on the seven inch?

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Re: Patience - Dizzy Spells (former singer of Veronica Falls)

Post by marqueemoon » Thu May 30, 2019 10:58 pm

I'm digging this.

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