Jones, Pixy
Bits N Bobs
After 4 albums with El Goodo, Welsh psych scene stalwart Pixy Jones has himself compiled a truly remarkable collection
of tracks that fluctuate from 60's harmony-rich psych pop, to Alt-Country with ringing tremelo guitar.
The swaggering 'I'm Not There' is the first single to be taken from 'Bits n Bobs' accompanied by a magical version of
Beatles track 'And Your Bird Can Sing' as it's B SIde, which will be released digitally on Friday 1st of July.
Pixy had this to say about the release:
The album was originally intended as a solo project under the pseudonym of "Wallace Russell". I recorded it alongside
the recording of Zombie (El Goodo) whenever I could get in the studio. There are some really old songs that have always
been overlooked for 'El Goodo' albums for one reason or another, a few new ones which I wrote specifically for this, and
a couple that would have probably ended up on the intended double album version of Zombie if wed kept going with the
double album idea. Ive since ditched the 'Wallace Russell' name and gone back to 'Pixy Jones' as I figured theres no
need to have a pseudonym if nobody knows who you are in the first place. Even though I dropped the name Ive kept the
walrus mask for now as it is more photogenic than my actual face.
I had no recording budget so I had to fund it by quitting smoking and saving the money up to pay for studio time. It
took, I think, two and a half years to record, which is by far the quickest Ive ever recorded an album.
Originally I wanted it to just be a quickly recorded slap dash and get it out sort of thing but I had a year and a half
during Covid to think about it a bit more and ended up taking more care to get it done properly. It was just me there so
I played most of it myself apart from Stephen Black (Sweet Baboo) who played brass and woodwind on one song and Rhodri
Brooks (AhGeeBe) plays some pedal steel on a couple.
Elliott and Canny from 'El Goodo' played drums and bass on Wind Street during the Zombie recording sessions.
Price
Genre
Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
16-09-2022
Label
Item-nr
557677
EAN
5051142010155
Availability
In stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
IM NOT THERE
2
I GOT LOST
3
HOLD YOUR TONGUE
4
CONFUSION
5
BAD THROAT
6
THE FOOL
7
THROUGH THE VALLEY
8
MAUREEN DREAMS NO MORE
9
THERES SOMETHING WRONG
10
IM COMING HOME
11
AFTER DARK
12
WIND STREET
13
DEWCH DRAW