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Running Tracks

by Total Wkts

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    We’re very pleased to announce the third release on Pets Care (PCR003) - Total Wkts: Running Tracks - coming on September 18th 2020… A collection of tracks stitched together by John Newton of JOHN from March - May 2020. You can now pre-order a signed limited copy through Recordstore.co.uk. There’s only 300 frosted glass copies in the world, with an art print insert thrown in for good measure. There are also copies available from this country’s finest records stores including Rough Trade, Resident records, Norman Records & Drift amongst others.

    You can now pre-order a signed limited exclusive through Recordstore.co.uk right now ahead of its general physical release on label Pets care Records on the 18th September 2020: www.recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/recordstore/Running-Tracks-Signed-Exclusive-Frosted-Glass-Vinyl/6N8I0000000

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HP Envy 02:10
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Animal Dream 02:10
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Devon Loch'd 02:41
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Car Dream 02:33
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Closet Draft 02:49
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**COPIES STILL AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING. BANDCAMP NOW SOLD OUT**

ROUGH TRADE
www.roughtrade.com/gb/total-wkts/running-tracks

RESIDENT RECORDS
www.resident-music.com/productdetails&path=34000&product_id=71383

NORMAN RECORDS
www.normanrecords.com/records/182914-total-wkts-running-tracks

DRIFT RECORD SHOP
driftrecords.com/products/total-wkts-running-tracks?_pos=1&_sid=f467eccab&_ss=r

RECORDSTORE.CO.UK
www.recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/recordstore/Running-Tracks-Signed-Exclusive-Frosted-Glass-Vinyl/6N8I0000000

Made in the gap between March and May 2020, John Newton (vocalist/drummer of London based two-piece JOHN) presents ’Running Tracks' under the guise ‘Total Wkts’. An album embracing the limitations and possibilities of a spell away from his usual surroundings in South London.

Having moved back into his childhood town in the rural South West of England, the tracks are treated as playful collages, incorporating various sampled sounds in each composition: bird noises become stuck in the programming of drum tracks, inhalation between spoken lines is left to remain. The incidental is encouraged throughout the entire project, opener ‘HP Envy’ taking its name from the household printer that sets its rhythm, offering overlaid lyrics that repurpose the words of a spam email received during its production. 'Animal Dream' and 'Miniature Police' follow the same vein, the songs built from the verbal retellings of dreams. The name 'Total Wkts' becomes an emblem of his approach. The two words taken from a sign seen on his daily run through the rural landscape, with most of the tracks also written and arranged whilst on this repetitive circuit.

Following online correspondence regarding an unrelated and unrealised project in March 2020, 'HP Envy' was sent to Graeme Sinclair of label Outré Disque. He premiered the track whilst guesting on James Endeacott's Soho Radio show on the 19th May 2020. Newton felt that it was important for the music to be released in the same spirit of its making, choosing to release the full collection of songs shortly after on June 11th (also his birthday).

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released June 11, 2020

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered: John Newton
Additional Spoken Word (Big thanks to): Eleanor Swires
Additional Mastering (Big thanks to): Ben Humphreys
Photograph: Thomas Newton
© ℗ Pets Care Records 2020

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