Far Caspian – AKA Joel Johnston – has shared the deluxe edition of his debut album ‘Ways To Get Out’, out now via Tiny Library Recs / AllPoints.
The release features three previously unheard tracks from the Leeds-based songwriter-producer, plus alternate versions of several album tracks recorded live at The Nave studios in Leeds (bdrmm, W.H. Lung) with an eight-piece band setup.
‘Come Down And Waste With Me’ is the latest of the new songs included on the release. “It’s based on a friendship that was starting to diminish,” he explains. “I think the most important line in the song is “And I’m so tired, I’m barely here at all”. My mind was so often too preoccupied with anxiety that I always felt exhausted, this led to me to be absent in my friendships and missing out on important moments. It was the first track I wrote for the album when I was still quite influenced by shoegaze. It was the first time I used distortion on my guitar and I was really excited to try a new sound. I remember I was listening to “When You Sleep” by My Bloody Valentine on loop at that point so that definitely had an influence on the instrumentation”
Far Caspian’s upcoming live shows read:
25 Paradiso Noord – Amsterdam, Netherlands
26 TRIX – Borgerhout, Belgium
28 Le Pop-Up du Label – Paris, France
March
02 La Nau – Barcelona, Spain
03 Sala El Sol – Madrid, Spain
29 The Button Factory – Dublin, Ireland w/ Dayglow
30 SWG3 – Glasgow, UK w/ Dayglow
31 Leeds Uni Stylus – Leeds, UK w/ Dayglow
April
02 Academy 2 – Manchester, UK w/ Dayglow
03 O2 Institute2 – Birmingham, UK w/ Dayglow
05 Electric Brixton – London, UK w/ Dayglow
06 Chalk – Brighton, UK w/ Dayglow
07 The Marble Factory – Bristol, UK w/ Dayglow
07-09 Popsalon Festival 2022 – Osnabrück, Germany
30 Gold Sounds Festival – Leeds, UK
May
28 Dot To Dot Festival, Bristol, UK
29 Dot To Dot Festival, Nottingham, UK
July
29-31 All Together Now 2022 – Portlaw, Ireland
