Rodney Cromwell to release 'Fax Message Breakup' EP

Rodney Cromwell is the nom-de-plume of Adam Cresswell, founding member of indie-folktronica band SALOON (who had four entries in John Peel’s Festive 50 & recorded three Peel Sessions) and one half of acclaimed electronic two piece ARTHUR & MARTHA.

Although the EP's title itself was inspired by PHIL COLLINS' infamous split with his second wife, you won't find any of the vapid over-produced bombast of Collins’ work in Cromwell’s lo-fi disco lament. Fax Message Breakup has become a fan favourite, having resonated with many.

In a miserable year that has seen the passing of loved musical artists, disruption and political upheavals, the melancholia of Fax Message Breakup is very much of the zeitgeist; a paean to despair and defeat with an incessant disco beat.  With the inherent nihilism of its chorus “I can’t do this anymore, I don’t know what it’s for” it is perhaps the perfect soundtrack for 2016. 

The EP also features four exclusive remixes. Fax Message Breakup is remixed by HOLOGRAM TEEN (ex-STEREOLAB synth-wizardess Morgane Lhote) who brings her glitchy motorik disco sound to the party and by regular collaborator AUW, who stretches the title track into something akin to a dark Depeche Mode synth epic.  CHRIS FRAIN from Colorado remixes Baby Robot in a 1970s space disco vein - file between Meco’s Star Wars Theme and Space’s Magic Fly.  And London’s THE LEAF LIBRARY close the EP with a beautifully restrained remix of Cassiopeia that sounds like Brian Eno collaborating with Galaxie 500.  

Fax Message Breakup features Alice Hubley (Arthur & Martha, Cosines) on additional synth and Richard Salt (Controllers) on guitar. The video is produced by Dariy Karyakin and features Alisa Karsova. 

TRACKLIST

1. Fax Message Breakup (Single Mix)

2. Fax Message Breakup (Hologram Teen’s Video Suitors Remix)

3. Baby Robot (Chris Frain Remix)

4. Fax Message Breakup (AUW’s Obsessive Perfection Remix)

5. Cassiopeia (The Leaf Library Remix)

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