ANNI HOGAN - 'Lost In Blue'

CSR266CD (5 April 2019)
CD in ecopak
Barcode: 0641871745272



'Lost In Blue' is the brand new album from ANNI HOGAN (Marc & The Mambas, The Willing Sinners, La Magia). An astounding, attentive work on an emotive shared journey. Songs in despair searching for hope, moments of monumental horror, and outpouring screams of consciousness. A poignant, bleak album for these times.

'Lost In Blue' has elements of orchestral delight, dark cabaret, and modern vaudeville, with Anni's trademark torch songs evoking the dimly-lit corners of bohemian Soho and reigniting the sordid torment of those illustrious Marc & The Mambas days.

All this is wrapped in the magical vocals of: LYDIA LUNCH, WOLFGANG FLÜR (ex-Kraftwerk), GAVIN FRIDAY (ex-Virgin Prunes), RICHARD STRANGE (Doctors Of Madness), KID CONGO POWERS (The Gun Club, ex-Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, ex-The Cramps), and many more.

Produced by DAVE BALL (Soft Cell) and RICCARDO MULHALL, the brilliant guests' lyrical content responds perfectly to the music, resonating with and cohabiting the sonics created. File next to: Marc & The Mambas, Jacques Brel, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

'Blue Contempt' video premiere at Louder Than War

'Thunderstruck' video premiere at The Quietus

The track “Golden Light” appears on CD only, but is included on the digital download for vinyl.

Track listing:

1. Lost Somewhere
2. My Career (feat. Kid Congo Powers)
3. Death Bed Diva (feat. Richard Strange)
4. Silk Paper (feat. Wolfgang Flür)
5. Ghosts Of Soho (feat. Celine Hispiche)
6. Blue Contempt (feat. Lydia Lunch)
7. Thunderstruck
8. Making Blackpool Rock (feat. Scarlet West)
9. Golden Light (feat. Wolfgang Flür) – bonus CD track
10. Angels Of Romance (feat. Gavin Friday)
11. Lost In Blue (feat. John Fiddler)









Reviews:

"...a bleak but poignant document for our troubled times, its eerie torch songs, performed by a rotating cast of guests, sharing an emotional journey in search of hope in a hopeless world... a lament for the pre-gentrification Soho of clip joints and peep shows, where Francis Bacon and Jeffrey Bernard rub shoulders in subterranean drinking clubs once haunted by Dickens" (Louder Than War).

"This is a hard record to ignore... Think 'Twin Peaks', think backstreet club, bit of jazz, lots of velvet. It's properly out-there, while at the same time sounding almighty... it's such a rich, warm record... the best dark cabaret night out ever." (Electronic Sound)

“Hogan’s latest album Lost In Blue brings back many voices from her past to meet in a candle-lit, smoky basement dive, with a distinctive figure at the piano. [They] provide richly evocative contributions to a dreamlike, celluloid soundtrack, fashioned with the help of producer, Dave Ball. Both as a requiem for times and places lost in memory and a celebration of the spirit that defies adversity, it is a profoundly beautiful journey to the end of the night.” (The Quietus)

…the tale of lost souls which wander taking life as it comes: sometimes sparkles of joy, sometimes moments of doubt… Anni is like the owner of a cabaret where people [are] coming in to share their experiences… They are walking to the mic like their they're going to unload the weight of their lives by telling everything to a friend and they let themselves be carried away by the mood created by the music… Lost but not damned! ” (4/5, Chain D.L.K.)

“This is a harrowingly emotional rollercoaster, sort of a post-goth version of Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday), redux and updated for a contemporary ear… Hogan has truly made something timeless and visual from sounds drenched in the intrigue of the “ghosts of Bacon” and jazzy flourishes that recall detective stories with a lurid neon glow” (Toneshift)

“…a fascinating album of cabaret and vaudeville tinged tracks… Beautiful orchestral arrangements and her gorgeous piano playing intertwine with a feel of bleakness and sordid torch which will strike a loving and sentimental chord with any fans of the grossly underrated Mambas… a fine album, created with passion and a love for all things tattered and torn. Be impressed” (Hiapop)

"A star-studded and aptly titled new album of forlorn songs by Anni Hogan (AEAEA, Attrition, Marc and the Mambas and many others.) Hogan’s enthusiasm for collaboration has surely led to lots of friendships over the years, which may explain the incendiary team she’s put together for this one“ (Norman Records)

"Anni Hogan here exploits her gifts for collaboration and vaudeville… Nick Cave is conjured up by Richard Strange, Gavin Friday lends ‘Angels Of Romance’ a Serge Gainsboug Atmosphere” (Classic Pop)

"...une déloicate bande sonore spleen jazz collectionneuse de voix. Quelques exemples, spectaculaires... une vibration d’existence qui passe par l’affrontement des peurs et du vide. Les autres aident Anni à construire ce puzzle perpétuant quelque chose d’elle-même. Une réalité complexe et intime... Un beau disque et pas seulement dans sa forme physique, réellement superbe” (75/100, Obskure Mag)