Prefab Sprout "I Trawl The Megahertz" On Sony Music Australia
Prefab Sprout
“I Trawl The Megahertz”
9 Tracks – 00:53:35
on Sony Music Australia
Available Date & Time: Jan 31, 2019 – 6:25PM ET
CLASSIC PREFAB SPROUT: ALIVE & KICKING
‘I TRAWL THE MEGAHERTZ’ OUT NOW
Originally released as a Paddy McAloon solo album in 2003, totally original, spellbinding ‘I TRAWL THE MEGAHERTZ’ is now available – remastered, and with new artwork and captivating liner notes written by Paddy McAloon.
‘I TRAWL THE MEGAHERTZ’ was conceived and recorded after Paddy was diagnosed with a medical condition that seriously affected his vision. Not surprisingly, the album is a testament to the healing power of music.
“In 1996 after recording Andromeda Heights, I started to work on a new batch of songs for an album I wanted to call ‘20th Century Magic’,” Paddy recalls. “After sidelining ‘20th Century Magic’ I started to consider another project. The title song of this new project, ‘Doomed Poets’, was a moody little number and a sort of forerunner to ‘Megahertz in terms of mood.”
“One spring morning in ’99 just for the hell of it, I entered a few random notes into the sequencer of my (even then) ancient Atari computer,” Paddy explains. “I recorded a couple of further layers without listening to what had gone before. By pure good luck, when I played them back they formed a few chords that filled me with a strange sort of nostalgia for something I couldn’t name or get close to. At some point a picture started to form. That’s how Megahertz started.”
The album is comprised of nine compositions; the lengthy 22 minute title track, a series of shorter instrumental pieces and a couple of songs originally intended to accompany a short film.
The track ‘I’m 49’ is one of Paddy’s favourites featuring sampled voices. “Musically I like to think of it as Van McCoy on a downer,” Paddy says.
Though the record originally appeared as a solo album, it seems fitting to now classify it as a Prefab Sprout project. “I thought we could do anything”, Paddy says of those heady Prefab days. “And Megahertz is true to that spirit. The music here is of a piece with everything I’ve ever written. It’s from the heart.”
Who could ask for more?
‘I Trawl The Megahertz’ tracklisting:
1. I Trawl The Megahertz
2. Esprit De Corps
3. Fall From Grace
4. We Were Poor….
5. Orchid 7
6. I’m 49
7. Sleeping Rough
8. Ineffable
9. …But We Were Happy