Where It's At Is Where You Are and Papillons Noir are proud to present the heart-poundingly beautiful, eponymous debut LP from Manchester's sublime sextet Help Stamp Out Loneliness which came out this month.
With the glorious opening bars of 'Cottonopolis + Promises' (a bittersweet 'Dear John' letter to their surrogate city of Manchester) it becomes increasingly noticeable that HSOL aren't your standard indie-fare.
Fronted by the striking, Nico-esque singer D. Lucille against a glittering backdrop of transistor organs and jangle-pop guitars, their alluringly seductive songs shield lyrics that flicker between stories of rock-star stalkers (‘Record Shop’) and cringe-inducing alfresco sex (‘Biergarten’); to heartfelt paeans to the days of audio cassettes on ‘Cellophane’ and meditations on the domestic lives of Nico and John Cooper Clarke on the aforementioned ‘Cottonopolis + Promises’.
The first single to be taken from the album is the marvellously catchy ‘Record Shop’, a sinister chanson inspired by Sandra Bernhard’s character from Scorsese’s ‘King of Comedy’.
With a second session on Marc Riley's show on 6 music the day after release, the album received plaudits from The Guardian, The Mail on Sunday, Artrocker and many others, including album of the week on Soundblab, a fantastic feature on God is in the TV and loads of other online coverage. Stay tuned for more dates and info!
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