Divan Draw & The British Public - %@#$ Yeah! The New Chicago Sound

Cat. no: TIPT038
Format: LP
Barcode: 810017645206
Release Date: 1st January 2021
Genre: Indie

The debut album from Tip Top Recordings co-founder, David Warn’s solo project Divan Draw in collaboration with Rob Gregory’s Tip Top roster and BBC 6 Music favourites The British Public. Limited edition 250 press in blue and red splatter vinyl.

Backing vocals come from Grace Kuhl of The Kuhls on lead single ‘Silhouette’ and on four album tracks from the talented Autumn Smith. All songs are written by David Warn and the album is an ode to his wife Autumn Smith, his children, the move he made across the Atlantic from his and Tip Top’s Cambridge home in the UK to Chicago where all of the album tracks were written between 2014-2019.

Blending the best of UK and US indie-pop, shoe gaze, and quirky beats and subject matter, Divan Draw and The British public have delivered a perfect escape and throwback to carefree, halcyon days.

On The British Public “Nirvana-shaped demons hiding in the closet” Artrocker

“What Message In A Bottle by the Police would sound like if played by Nirvana. It’s actually the British Public...triumphant.” Stuart Maconie, BBC 6 Music

“All riffs and wry eyebrows...The best bits of 90s alt-rock. As I contemplate the killer hooks, the buzzing feedback, the wry lyricism, the vocal dead-eyed stare ... it’s brilliant!” Jon Hillcock (New Noise - BBC 6 Music)

“Tip top tunes” John Kennedy (Radio X)

On The Kuhls: “Oh, this is a great record” Steve Lamacq, BBC 6 Music

Tracks: Sihouette (feat. Grace Kuhl & Autumn Smith) / Shellac / Manatee / Wobble (Feat. Autumn Smith) / Shapes / Earned Candy / Oscillation / House Of The Secret Brew (Feat. Autumn Smith) / Splendid / Falling For Autumn