Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison [LP]

Concord / Caroline International

£19.57

Format: LP Album
Catalogue No.: CRE01278
Release Date: 16th October 2020
Genre: Indie

Single gatefold, standard weight, no booklet, no insert. Copper flood coat on euro sleeves w/ lyrics printed.

TRACKLIST

Vinyl
Side A
1. My Eyes Are T-Shirts
2. Distant Axis
3. One More Second
4. Loved So Little
5. Silver Springs
Side B
6. Oh Dearie
7. Take Me Out of Town
8. Collar Of Your Shirt
9. All For Nothing
10. Serpentine Prison

Serpentine Prison, the debut solo record from Matt Berninger—front man of internationally acclaimed group The National — is due 16th October. The album, produced by renowned Memphis multi-instrumentalist Booker T. Jones (of Booker T. & The MG’s fame) will be released via Book Records, a new imprint formed by Berninger and Jones in conjunction with Concord Records.

In celebration of the upcoming release—the first on the new imprint—Berninger is premiering the video for the Serpentine Prison’s title track today. Directed, shot and edited by Tom Berninger and Chris Sgroi, the video was filmed at Earthstar Creation Center, Venice, CA.
“The song ‘Serpentine Prison’ was written in December 2018, about a week after recording The National’s I Am Easy to Find,” Berninger explains about the new track. “For a long time, I had been writing songs for movies and musicals and other projects where I needed to get inside someone else’s head and convey another person’s feelings. I liked doing that, but I was ready to dig back into my own garbage and this was the first thing that came out.”
Berninger continues, “The title is from a twisting sewer pipe that drains into the ocean near LAX. There’s a cage on the pipe to keep people from climbing out to sea. I worked on the song with Sean O’Brien and Harrison Whitford and recorded it about six months later with Booker T. Jones producing. It feels like an epilogue, so I named the record after it and put it last.”
The album features contributions from a wide array of notable artists, including Matt Barrick (The Walkmen, Jonathan Fire*Eater), Andrew Bird, Mike Brewer, Hayden Desser, Scott Devendorf (The National), Gail Ann Dorsey (David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz), Booker T. Jones, Teddy Jones, Brent Knopf (EL VY, Menomena), Ben Lanz (The National, Beirut), Walter Martin (The Walkmen, Jonathan Fire*Eater), Sean O'Brien, Mickey Raphael (Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan), Kyle Resnick (The National, Beirut), Matt Sheehy (EL VY, Lost Lander) and Harrison Whitford (Phoebe Bridgers). Additional production on the album was provided by Sean O’Brien.

TIMELINE
Album Launch w/ ‘One More Second’: THURSDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER
Album Release: FRIDAY 16TH OCTOBER

PROMOTIONS
RADIO
6Music B-List 6Music first play on launch and interview with Matt Everitt
Key UK radio targets include 6Music, Radio 2, Radio X, Beats 1, Absolute, Radio 1

PRESS
Press feature locked in with Uncut (confidential 7 page feature) and Record Collector
Key UK press targets include further broadsheet feature, support in Uncut, Q, Mojo, Dailies, Tabloids, Fashion & Style, NME, Pitchfork, etc.

TV
Sunday Brunch confirmed exact date TBC

MARKETING
Full plan to come but will be £10k spend on release, including digital, VOD and outdoor

PROMO PREVIOUS/FORTHCOMING:LINKS

The National
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thenationalofficial/ = 945k+
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thenational?lang=en = 366k+
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenational/?hl=en = 408k+
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeiRyLo_Q9q4tlv9aaQJF5w = 204k+

Matt Berninger
Facebook: https://found.ee/MattBerningerFacebook
Twitter: https://found.ee/MattBerningerTwitter
Instagram: https://found.ee/MattBerningerInstagram
YouTube: https://found.ee/MattBerningerYouTube