Folk/Acoustic/Roots singer-songwriter Quarterman has announced the release of second single ‘That Old Chinese Takeaway Called Happiness’ today. The single is the next taken from his debut album Carondelet, out on 26th March 2021.
Quarterman is set to release his debut solo album Carondelet on 26th March. Today, sees the release of his new single ‘That Old Chinese Takeaway Called Happiness.’ The album has already been praised by the likes of Folk and Honey who share that“I’d thoroughly recommend this album to listeners who are keen on the contemporary lyricism of the likes of Frank Turner, but whose ears might sympathise more with the arrangements and instrumentation of Neil Young and Donovan.”
Quarterman says of his new single: “That Old Chinese Takeaway Called Happiness was inspired by a long North London dog-walk, and the beginnings of a new relationship. This song came about on the drive home, when the feeling was mirrored and put into words by an actual Chinese Takeaway between Tottenham and Seven Sisters. One of those rare moments when the physical world and the realm of the senses somehow magically aligns”.
QUARTERMAN is the name for the solo project of Man The Lifeboats’ lead singer and songwriter Richard James Quarterman. The album was recorded in the home studio of acclaimed producer Jamie Evans (Wildwood Kin, Lynne Jackaman, Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra, Crawford Mack), mixed by Colin Brain at Sticks Studios and mastered by Adam Vanryne.
Sometime in the winter of 2018 Quarterman found himself with a collection of songs that were quieter and more introspective than the rest of the songs being bellowed across pubs, festival fields and venues with Man The Lifeboats. The songs drew inspiration from Neil Young, Simon & Garfunkel, Dylan, Waits, Richard Thompson, Nick Mulvey, Guy Garvey and Simon Armitage, and begged for a more delicate treatment.
The album came about after a brief search for a producer led to Quarterman getting back in touch with old school friend and musician Jamie Evans, after 20 years apart. The friends came back together to record the album in Jamie’s home studio, on the street that both grew up on. So behind the songs, there is the sound and the feeling of the reforging of a friendship, and the beginning of a musical journey.
CARONDELET, released on Quarterman’s own Wood Head Records label, comprises 9 original songs featuring Quarterman’s acoustic guitar and vocals, and gritty and honest lyrics. The songs are a collection of tunes about love, loss, longing, from the streets of London, New Orleans, Dublin and Caledonia. Songs about lovers, underdogs, fishermen, and gaffer tape.
