Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody

NEWS

December 2, 2009

Recording of the new Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody album, I Could Sleep For A Thousand Years, has been completed with the final bit of mixing to be tidied early December in Cardiff. Those Swervedriver fellas have been suspiciously busy, playing a smattering of UK shows - finishing with the MBV curated All Tomorrow's Parties. You're not gonna want to miss that one.. And finally, Adam & the Bolts will set off for a winter tour in the new year - check those dates here.

July 29, 2009

Well, the tour has ended. Cities were rocked. Amps were blown. Ankles were broken, but thankfully some hearts were unbroken. There are whispers of heading to the studio, beginning work on the next ablum - which is looking to be a rockier affair. Adam will head back to the UK in late September for some European dates with Sophia, followed by a few Swervedriver shows at the MBV curated All Tomorrow's Parties.

June 10, 2009

Check out this radio session Adam recorded with the fantastic Gerald Menke, released exclusively on iTunes. The track listing is as follows:

01 Straight Thru Yr Heart
02 Seize The Day
03 Shining Somewhere
04 Birdsong
05 Teardrops Keep Fallin' Out My Head
06 Morning Rain
07 Canvey Island
08 Ramonesland
09 Juggernaut Rides

April 8, 2009

Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody will be touring in support of The Church on their US So Love May Find Us tour. Check the dates and cities here.

March 31, 2009

Adam Franklin's Spent Bullets released today in North America on iTunes.

January 30, 2009

Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody "Spent Bullets" due for release on March 31, 2009 via Second Motion Records and Hi-Speed Soul Records. Preorder the CD here or the vinyl here. Track listing;

01 Surge

02 Teardrops Keep Fallin' Out My Head

03 Bolts Of Melody

04 Autumn Leaf

05 Winter Girls

06 Hurts To See You Go

07 Big Sur

08 Champs

09 End Credits

10 Two Dollar Dress

11 Memory Laughter*

Magnetic Morning A.M. is out now on CD and 180g vinyl (with 320 kbps mp3). To order your copy visit Insound.com. For brick and mortar retailers A.M. is distributed in the US by Matador Direct & CTD. The album is also available digitally through iTunes and eMusic.

Hi-Speed Soul, in conjunction with Second Motion Records, is reissuing Swervedriver's classic debut and sophomore albums, "Raise" & "Mezcal Head" on compact disc. Completely remastered, rare bonus tracks added, & a 16 page booklet with liner notes from the band

June 3, 2008

Adam Franklin/Handsome Furs limited edition 7" to be released on coloured vinyl, iTunes. Adam's cover of Shine A Light is available now! Find out more about this release here.

DISCOGRAPHY

Adam Franklin - Spent Bullets (2009)

Second Motion / Hi-Speed Soul

Adam Franklin - Bolts Of Melody (2007)

Hi-Speed Soul

LIVE

UPCOMING SHOWS:

Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody
01.05.10 Mercury Lounge, New York (NY)
01.06.10 DC9, Washington (DC)
01.07.10 Mojo 13, Wilmington (DE)
01.08.10 The Khyber, Philadelphia (PA)
01.09.10 37th & Zen, Norfolk (VA)
01.10.10 Milestone Club, Charlotte (NC)
01.11.10 The Earl, Atlanta (GA)
01.13.10 Emo's, Austin (TX)

01.15.10 The Rogue Bar, Phoenix (AZ)

01.16.10 Soda Bar, San Diego (CA)
01.17.10 Spaceland, Los Angeles (CA)
01.18.10 The Blank Club, San Jose (CA)
01.19.10 Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco (CA)
01.21.10 Rotture, Portland (OR)
01.22.10 Media Club, Vancouver (BC)
01.23.10 Comet Tavern, Seattle (WA)
01.25.10 Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City (UT)
01.26.10 Hi-Dive, Denver (CO)
01.28.10 The Record Bar, Kansas City (MO)
01.29.10 Empty Bottle, Chicago (IL)
01.30.10 PJ's Lager House, Detroit (MI)

01.31.10 Drake Hotle, Toronto (ON)

02.02.10 Great Scott, Allston (MA)

...more to follow

PAST SHOWS:

Sophia

09.25.09 Jubez, Karlsruhe (DE)
09.26.09 Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg (DE)
09.27.09 Moritzbastei, Leipzig (DE)
09.28.09 Lido, Berlin (DE)
09.29.09 WuK, Wien (DE)
09.30.09 E-Werk, Welangen (DE)
10.01.09 Forum, Bielefeld (DE)
10.02.09 Schlachtof, Wiesbaden (DE)
10.03.09 Lagerhaus, Bremen (DE)
10.04.09 Kulturkirche, Koln (DE)
10.06.09 Circolo Degli Artisti, Roma (IT)
10.07.09 Musicdrome, Milano (IT)
10.08.09 Hiroshima Mon Amour, Torino (IT)
10.09.09 Schuur, Luzeme (IT)
10.10.09 Le Romandie, Lausanne (CH)
10.12.09 Democrazy, Gent (BE)

Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody (in support of The Church)

06.10.09 Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach (CA)

06.11.09 The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood (CA)

06.12.09 Slim's, San Francisco (CA)

06.14.09 Aladdin Theatre, Portland (OR)

06.15.09 The Triple Door, Seattle (WA)

06.18.09 Gothic Theatre, Englewood (CO)

06.19.09 Harrah's, Kansas City (MO)

06.20.09 House Of Blues, Chicago (IL)

06.21.09 Varsity Theatre, Minneapolis (MN)

06.23.09 Shank Hall, Milwaukee (WI)

06.24.09 The Intersection, Grand Rapids (MI)

06.25.09 The Magic Bag, Ferndale (MI)

06.26.09 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland (OH)

06.27.09 Rex Theatre, Pittsburgh (PA)

06.28.09 The State Theatre, Falls Church (VA)

06.30.09 Ram's Head Onstage, Annapolis (MD)

07.01.09 The Trocadero, Philadelphia (PA)

07.02.09 Showcase Live, Foxborough (MA)

07.03.09 Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry (NH)

07.07.09 Tralf Music Hall, Buffalo (NY)

07.08.09 Irving Plaza, New York (NY)

07.09.09 The Ridgefielf Playhouse, Ridgefield (CT)

07.10.09 Lewis A. Swyer Theater, Albany (NY)

Magnetic Morning

10.15.08 Caledonia Lounge, Athens (GA)
10.17.08 Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington (DC)
10.18.08 Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia (PA)
10.20.08 Great Scott, Allston (MA)
10.21.08 Southpaw, Brooklyn (NY)
10.25.08 The Cactus Club, Milwaukee (WI)
10.26.08 Empty Bottle, Chicago (IL)
11.02.08 The Independent, San Francisco (CA)
11.03.08 The Roxy, Los Angeles (CA)
11.08.08 Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin (TX)
11.10.08 The Earl, Atlanta (GA)

Swervedriver

04.27.08 Coachella, Indio (CA)
05.22.08 The Waiting Room, Omaha (NE)
05.23.08 Marquis Theater, Denver (CO)
05.24.08 Paladium, Salt Lake City (UT)
05.26.08 Neumo's Crystal Ball..., Seattle (WA)
05.27.08 Wonder Ballroom, Portland (OR)
05.29.08 The Fillmore, San Francisco (CA)
05.30.08 Casbah, San Diego (CA)
05.31.08 Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles (CA)
06.03.08 Emo's Alternative Lounging, Austin (TX)
06.04.08 One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans (LA)
06.05.08 The Masquerade, Atlanta (GA)
06.06.08 Cat's Cradle, Carrboro (NC)
06.07.08 Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia (PA)
06.08.08 930 Club, Washington (DC)
06.10.08 Paradise, Boston (MA)
06.11.08 Bowery Ballroom, New York (NY)
06.12.08 Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn (NY)
06.13.08 Lee's Palace, Toronto (ON)
06.14.08 Metro, Chicago (IL)

Adam Franklin

02.15.08 The Zoo, Brisbane, Australia
02.16.08 Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, Australia
02.17.08 East Brunswick Club, Melbourne, Australia

Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody

10.02.07 The Boot, Norfolk (VA)
10.03.07 Local 506, Chapel Hill (NC)
10.04.07 Village Tavern, Mt. Pleasant (SC)
10.05.07 The Earl, Atlanta (GA)
10.06.07 The Bottletree, Birmingham (AL)
10.08.07 Proletariat, Houston (TX)
10.09.07 The Mohawk, Austin (TX)
10.10.07 The Cavern, Dallas (TX)
10.11.07 Hi-Tone, Memphis (TN)
10.12.07 The Basement, Nashville (TN)
10.13.07 Bluebird, St. Louis (MO)
10.15.07 The Record Bar, Kansas City (MO)
10.16.07 The Waiting Room, Omaha (NE)
10.17.07 400 Bar, Minneapolis (MN)
10.18.07 Empty Bottle, Chicago (IL)
10.19.07 Cactus Club, Milwaukee (WI)
10.20.07 Elbow Room, Ypsilanti (MI)
10.21.07 Andyman's Treehouse, Columbus (OH)
10.22.07 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland (OH)
10.23.07 Club Café, Pittsburgh (PA)
10.24.07 Mohawk Place, Buffalo (NY)
10.25.07 Drake Hotel, Toronto (ON)
10.26.07 Zaphods, Ottawa (ON)
10.27.07 Le National, Montreal (PQ)

Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody

06.24.07 BAR, New Haven (CT)
07.02.07 Mercury Lounge, New York (NY)
07.14.07 Sonic Boom Records* (5pm), Seattle (WA)
07.14.07 The Crocodile Café, Seattle (WA)
07.15.07 Jackpot Records* (3pm), Portland (OR)
07.15.07 The Doug Fir, Portland (OR)
07.16.07 Café Du Nord, San Francisco (CA)
07.17.07 The Echo, Los Angeles (CA)
07.18.07 M-Theory Music* (6pm), San Diego (CA)
07.18.07 The Casbah, San Diego (CA)
08.21.07 Great Scott, Boston (MA)
08.22.07 Maxwell's, Hoboken (NJ)
08.23.07 Cake Shop, New York (NY)
08.24.07 Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia (PA)
08.25.07 IOTA, Arlington (VA)

Sophia

04.12.07 Teatro Cicconi, Sant'Elpidio a Mare (IT)
04.13.07 Bronson, Ravenna (IT)
04.14.07 Velvet, Rimini (IT)
04.15.07 Schüür, Lucerne (CH)
04.16.07 La Casa 139, Milan (IT)
04.18.07 Circolo degli Artisti, Rome (IT)
04.19.07 Indieclub Sintetika, Firenze (IT)
04.20.07 Velvet, Giais di Aviano (IT)
04.21.07 Estragon, Bologna (IT)
04.23.07 La Casa 139, Milan (IT)
04.24.07 L'Usine, Geneva (CH)
04.26.07 Musikcaféen, Aarhus (DK)
04.27.07 Studenterhuset, Aalborg (DK)
04.28.07 Pumpehuset, Copenhagen (DK)
04.29.07 John Dee, Oslo (NO)
05.06.07 Spitz, London (UK)

BIOGRAPHY

From 1990 to 1998 Adam Franklin was the singer, guitarist and main songwriter for London-based Swervedriver; contemporaries of and label mates with My Bloody Valentine and Ride but with a more adrenalized rock 'n' roll sound, showing flashes of Husker Du and Sonic Youth. Then from 1999 to 2006 Adam recorded and toured as Toshack Highway, a gentler but no less inventive folky/electronic/film-soundtracky hybrid, releasing a full album and flurry of EPs, split releases, seven inch singles and the like.

In 2007 an album that had started out as the next Toshack Highway release became the first album to be released under the moniker Adam Franklin and was titled Bolts of Melody - which also became the name of Adam's adaptable, forever-changing and quite formidable live group. Sometimes a rock 'n' roll four-piece and at times expanding to take in pedal steel and piano, the live band and album showcased a return of sorts to the searing, guitar-constructed songwriting style Franklin's followers were familar with from Swervedriver days, but also with an air of the musical experimentation more redolent of the Toshack era.

In 2008 Franklin found time not only to tour once again with the re-ignited Swervedriver as they were rapturously received on their first tour for a decade, but also to tour and record the debut album of Magnetic Morning, his new collaboration with Sam Fogarino of Interpol, and record - with the Bolts of Melody band - the second Adam Franklin release, Spent Bullets.

Bullets walks beyond the ground broken on Bolts and is a more direct, varied and satisfying album than ever before. The power and melody that has always coursed through the veins of Adam's electric songs is in full effect on tunes such as Surge, Teardops Keep Fallin' Out My Head and Autumn Leaf. And then in the likes of Big Sur, Champs or End Credits, there are all sorts of other unexpected and intriguing sonic fingerprints - smudged evocations of Scott Walker soundtracking a French spy movie or The Temptations refracted through side three of Electric Ladyland perhaps. In short, some of the most sonically beautiful songs of Franklin's career converge on one disc that aims straight for the heart.

STORE

Adam Frankin - A Soundworld of Rain | iTunes

Adam Franklin - Spent Bullets | CD | LP | iTunes

Adam Franklin - Bolts Of Melody | CD | iTunes

Magnetic Morning - A.M. | CD | LP | MP3

Magnetic Morning - Setting Suns EP | iTunes

Swervedriver - Mezcal Head (reissue) CD | iTunes

Swervedriver - Raise (reissue) CD | iTunes

VIDEO

(video by Kaku Asanuma)

PRESS PHOTOS

Click on image for high resolution version, photos by Johnny Moto

CONTACT

Management | Stephen Judge, Second Motion Entertainment

Booking | Tim Edwards, Flower Booking

Press | Michele V, Spacebaby

Email | Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody

GRAHAM FRANKLIN RADIO SHOW

Stream a show from the SpongeLab archives - March 02, 2009

"Get your velvet loons on and lets go idiot dancing!"

tracklist:

astral army - interstellar shortwave
the edgar broughton band - house of turnabout
tractor - little girl in yellow
gravey train - a ballard of a peaceful man
the conqueroo - banana and the cat
july - my clown
jade warrior - snake
white lighning - the william tell overture
cirkus - you are
tamum shud - stand in the sunlight
meril fankhauser and his hms bounty - driving sideways (on a oneway street)
egg - seven is a jolly good time
the porcupine tree - linton samual daweson
jade warrior - may queen
johnny's guitar - kratai
the yardbirds - avron knows
my solid ground - handful of grass
speremull - no freakout
tractor - willow
mountain - nantuket sleigh ride
markley - roger the rocketship
the finchley boys - outcast
arzachel - garden of earthly delights