Here comes the 2nd wave.
Covid-19 Vol.II will be released exclusively on Bandcamp tonight at midnight CET, with 14 new songs including “Lockdown Blues”, “Care Home,” “Poor Man Killer” and "Don’t Swallow Bleach”.
The album takes a more serious tone than Covid-19 vol. I which came out on April 10, and considering the situation 2 months later, how else could we respond? This new set of songs confronts the cost to human life, the fear and anxiety the pandemic has unleased and the confusion people feel now, all the while continuing to use the dark humour the band is known for.
Covid-19 vol. II will be released on Bandcamp today at midnight (CET). It features exclusive artwork by Lebanese artist Eugene Cavill.
As Bandcamp is waving its commission fees on Friday, June 5th, please help support the Tiger Lillies by getting a copy then, if you can.
https://thetigerlillies.bandcamp.com
See you on the other side,
The Tiger Lillies
Martyn Jacques says: “There are a few people who have said I shouldn’t write about it but I write about the streets - and this is what is happening at this particular moment in history.
“I think I am part of a tradition of artists who write about poor people. My favourite visual artist is Hogarth and my favourite author is Charles Dickens. They weren’t interested in rich people and celebrities.”
The Tiger Lillies have worked on the album in isolation - with Martyn Jacques writing and recording in Berlin and bass player Adrian Stout, collaborating from a home studio in Athens.
Adrian Stout says: “Martyn records things in a studio and sends them to me. I add my part and send them back.
“I don’t have a studio in Athens so I have had to put together a recording studio here.” Stout says: “I’m really missing travelling, seeing people, playing in front of people. It’s about people sitting in small rooms together.”
A semi live launch party for Covid 19 vol. II will take place on June 19 on Youtube, with Martyn Jacques and Adrian Stout appearing on a split screen.