- 2024-09-10
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MUSIC
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Fairground Attraction Releases New Song “Learning To Swim”
Earlier this year, London-based neo-skiffle band Fairground Attraction, consisting of Eddi Reader (vocals/guitar), Mark Nevin (guitar), Simon Edwards (guitarrón) and Roy Dodds (drums), returned to music scene for the first time in 34 years.
The band broke up in 1990, leaving a legacy of just four singles and one double-platinum album.
The band will release their second studio album “Beautiful Happening” on September 27, 2024.
This marks their first album in 36 years since the 1988 debut album “The First of a Million Kisses”.
Mark Nevin said, “I can't tell you how wonderful it is to be back together, making music again. I think we had all given up hope that it would ever happen a long time ago. It is almost spooky, as though we are ghosts, who have come back to life, but something happens between us when we play together; time evaporates and it could all have been yesterday.”- From the album, the band released a new song “Learning To Swim” on September 6, 2024.
The song is the third single off of the album, following “What's Wrong With The World?” and “Beautiful Happening”.
This is an older and a wiser band, looking at life through a different lens as they sing about taking that leap of faith in life.
Originally written for opera tenor Andrea Bocelli, Mark Nevin was inspired by Andrea's powerful performance in Milan Cathedral during the 2020 lockdown.
It was written by Mark Nevin, and produced by Ronan Phelan and Fairground Attraction. -
Mark Nevin said of the song, “When my oldest son was a young thing, waddling around the shallow end of the swimming pool in his inflatable arm bands, we looked on in awe as a fearless and athletic diver launched himself, impressively, from the top of the Olympic-height diving board into the deep end.”
He continued, “'Are you going to do that, Dad?' my son asked. 'I can't leave you alone in the pool,' I explained ('for now,' I thought). This was the moment I came to understand William Wordsworth's tenet: “The child is the father of the man.” - source : Apple Music
