Hot Coppers is a new solo recording venture for Gareth Parton, a Melbourne-based UK record producer best known for his work with Breeders, The Go! Team, Foals and The Beta Band as well as several artists on Lost And Lonesome – Last Leaves, Anthony Atkinson & The Running Mates, Monnone Alone, Mid-State Orange…
Having spent the 2020 COVID lockdown reconnecting with his love of songwriting, Gareth feverishly constructed an album’s worth of new indiepop gems – the first to see the light of day is debut single ‘Sunflower Seeds’, a golden splash of sunshine pop which, as Gareth himself puts it, “attempts to capture the excitement and unknown of a new relationship – will it grow into something special… or die cos you’re shit at ‘gardening’?”
Hot Coppers has grown into a full band featuring members of Architecture in Helsinki, The Lucksmiths, Monnone Alone and Clan Analogue and will be launching ‘Sunflower Seeds’ at this special show in a few weeks…
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