Today marks the release of the long-awaited fourth album by Isle of Wight brothers, Michael and David Champion, aka CHAMPS.
Described as a unique combination of cool minimalism and evocative Americana, Ride the Morning Glass (released on BMG), is studded with radio-friendly songs that capture the imagination with cinematic vistas and colourful characters open to a dozen interpretations.
Analogue nerds
Packed with a bumper 13 tracks, the album was produced by James Thorpe at Red Squirrel Studios in Ventnor, which still features some ‘museum piece’ equipment, such as a Russian synth which can be heard playing in reverse on the sixth track on the album, Adeleine.
Mike said,
“It was a musical free-for-all. We have always been analogue nerds and now we are finally about to indulge it.”
Listen now
The album has already received lots of positive feedback from CHAMPS’ fans from around the world and is a real treat to all those who have been waiting patiently.
We’ve been listening all day and love it!
See the band’s Website for more info, follow them on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
Get your CHAMPS fix
If you need more of a CHAMPS fix, check out some of our favourite videos of theirs below. Hopefully there’ll be some more coming out from the new album very soon.
And here are CHAMPS performing in 3000 Miles in the Campari Entering Red short film – alongside the incredible Ana De Armas (read more about how this came about).
Image: © Milly Cope
