Full Album show of
February
17, 2022
With the
Album: Rough Comfort
Artist's Biography
January Fire is the musical project of Rob – a singer, songwriter and
musician from Manchester, England.
Starting in late 2017 following several periods of playing in local bands,
Rob started to write the songs that would become January Fire’s first
release, a 6 track EP called Songs for an Albino Blackbird.
Albums followed, 2018's Ride the Coattails and The Lion Tamer, released in
2020. These were predominantly indie folk/rock albums and since this time,
January Fire focused on single releases, with five songs released prior to
2022's album 'An Empty Nest' containing the recent singles and nine new
songs.
An Empty Nest was recorded between summer 2020 and autumn 2021 and
represents a shift to a rockier sound than earlier albums. Folk and acoustic
elements remain, with subtle a subtle influence of electronica at times. The
album explores topics as diverse as near death experiences, anxiety,
appreciation of circumstance and is bookended by two songs about 'staying up
too late', doing things one shouldn't do and the different ways this can
feel.
Since this time January Fire has been busy working on new songs, with
releases including He's Not There, The Great Resignation, We're Alive,
Content and now a new full length album 'Rough Comfort'.
About the Album:
Rough Comfort is an indie folk rock album and was released on March 15th,
2024 following 18 months of songwriting and recording.
Full Album show of
February
10, 2022
Album: An Empty Nest
Artist's Biography
January Fire is the musical project of Rob – a singer, songwriter and
musician from Manchester, England. Starting in late 2017 following several
periods of playing in local bands, Rob started to write the songs that would
become January Fire’s first release, a 6 track EP called Songs for an Albino
Blackbird.
Two albums followed, 's Ride the Coattails and The Lion Tamer, released in
2020. These were predominantly indie folk/rock albums and since this time,
January Fire focused on single releases, with five songs released prior to
's album 'An Empty Nest' containing the recent singles and nine new songs.
About the Album:
An Empty Nest was recorded between summer 2020 and autumn 2021 and released
on 21st January 2022. The collection represents a shift to a rockier sound
than earlier albums. Folk and acoustic elements remain, with subtle the
subtle influence of electronica at times. The album explores topics as
diverse as near death experiences, anxiety, appreciation of circumstance and
is bookended by two songs about 'staying up too late', doing things one
shouldn't do and the different ways this can feel.
Full Album show of
Oct 17, 2020
Album: The Lion Tamer
Artist's Biography
January
Fire began in late 2017 when I started to write the songs that would become
my first release, a 6 track EP called Songs for an Albino Blackbird. I had
been singing and playing guitar and bass for many years prior to this, in
several bands around Bolton and Manchester, but wanted a vessel for purely
my own folky indie material. The songs on the first EP were quite rough and
ready in places, but on listening to them now I feel that they still stand
up musically and lyrically. I have always been affected by themes that would
generally be considered depressing, but I think there is a beauty in loss
and sorrow, desolate and abandoned places, the onward march of time and the
sweet uselessness of sentimentality, and these themes are always creeping
into my songs whether invited or not.
At the beginning of 2018 I released my first full length album, Ride the
Coattails. The album started with Hall of Mirrors, probably my most popular
song and a lament about half forgotten holidays by the sea with a lost
relative. Par for the course, as you will come to see. I also added more
electronic elements on this album, as I am a fan of synths in their proper
place, but these accents are subtle and not in the foreground for the most
part. The album was favourably reviewed by Randy Radic for Rawckus Magazine
to whom I am forever grateful.
https://www.rawckus.com/january-fire-ride-the-coattails-lp/
After a brief hiatus I started work on songs for my next album, The Lion
Tamer, released in July 2020. Kicking off with Fracture and Divide – a
dystopian vision of the impact of social media on all our lives – the album
moves through mainly folk and acoustic waters with several electric and
electronic interludes. On the whole, the album explores themes of loss,
dereliction (I told you it was par for the course) and the semi-supernatural
with most of the songs firmly set against a wintry backdrop. Great for a
July release, eh?
The album contains the misplaced trilogy of The Lion Tamer, Funeral in Frost
and Angel – a song apiece for a death, a funeral and whatever comes later.
Undertow covers a couple of explorers entering and then being subsumed into
a derelict house, whilst later The Passage speaks from the viewpoint of the
former residents who exist there still, in some form. ‘The Lion Tamer’
itself is a symbol of death, able to bend the most steadfast of souls to its
will, in the end.
About the Album:
This is covered above in the bio. Released 2020, genre - indie/folk. I don't
have a website so have included my Spotify page, hope this is OK.
Featured Artist of
Oct 3, 2020
with
the song: Flowers in the Estuary
Artist's Biography
January
Fire is the musical project of Rob – a singer, songwriter and musician from
Manchester, England. Starting in late 2017 following several periods of
playing in local bands, Rob started to write the songs that would become
January Fire’s first release, a 6 track EP called Songs for an Albino
Blackbird. The idea was to create a vessel for folky, indie songs that
didn’t really fit with the sound of the live bands he had been part of so
far. Influences would include The Decemberists, Neil Young, Sandy Denny, and
The Shins. January Fire songs often contain themes that would generally be
considered depressing; loss and sorrow, desolate and abandoned places, the
onward march of time and bittersweet sentimentality, but hopefully in a way
that shines a light on the hidden beauty of these things.
At the beginning of 2018 January Fire released a full length album, Ride the
Coattails. The album begins with Hall of Mirrors, probably the most popular
song and a lament about half forgotten holidays by the sea with a lost
relative. Par for the course, as you will come to see. Also present were
more electronic elements but these accents are subtle and not in the
foreground for the most part. The album was favourably reviewed by Randy
Radic for Rawckus Magazine (link below).
https://www.rawckus.com/january-fire-ride-the-coattails-lp/
After a brief hiatus Rob started work on songs for the second January Fire
album, The Lion Tamer, released in July 2020. Kicking off with Fracture and
Divide – a dystopian vision of the impact of social media on all our lives –
the album moves through mainly folk and acoustic waters with several
electric and electronic interludes. On the whole, the album explores themes
of loss, dereliction and the semisupernatural (I told you it was par for the
course) with most of the songs firmly set against a wintry backdrop. Great
for a July release, eh?
On 30th September 2020, January Fire released a new single - Flowers in the
Estuary. This is a an optimistic indie rock/pop song about finding
contentment by taking the time to notice the beautiful things in everyday
like.
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