Tourist, by Blueprint Blue

Tourist

by Blueprint Blue

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hodgepodgenoodlehead The yacht rock tag is fair, these mid-tempo noodlers are chill af. Favorite track: Heatwave.

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1.	Tourist 04:10	buy track
2.	Real As These 03:13	buy track
3.	Taking My Place 04:23	buy track
4.	An-D 05:24	buy track
5.	Tree Song 05:02	buy track
6.	Roll On 03:53	buy track
7.	Heatwave 04:31	buy track
8.	Bitter Musician 04:10	buy track
9.	Sucker Bait 04:33	buy track
10.	Is There Anybody Out There? 07:26	buy track

about

Blueprint Blue are lost in space. Their debut album, Tourist, is a 10-track examination of love, the human condition and the future, beamed down from the ether and set to pristine, jazzy pop-rock.

Their voyage began four years ago, when singer and guitarist Elliot Hayward, bassist Huw Webb and drummer Melissa Rigby had their first band practice in a back room round the corner from a pool hall. Bound together by a shared love of Neil Young, Grateful Dead and Steely Dan, Blueprint Blue quickly found their groove. The South Londoners released two EPs, Undertoad and Flying Machine, and then welcomed guitarist Rhys Timson into the family.

Recorded to 24-track tape at Vacant TV studio near Greenwich with Younghusband’s Euan Hinshelwood, Tourist represents the freest and fullest realisation of the band’s potential yet. Its heady mix of guitars, bass, drums and their trademark harmonies is underpinned by irresistible synth lines that wander brightly throughout.

Blueprint Blue blur the lines between reality and illusion expertly. Words and music float in and out of focus, slick musicality reels you in towards cryptic lyrical pay-offs. This is classic songwriting, subverted.

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released April 26, 2019

All songs written and performed by Blueprint Blue
Produced by Euan Hinshelwood
Recorded at Vacant TV Studios, London

Artwork by Martha Smith
Layout by Ciaran O'Shea

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Blueprint Blue London, UK

Blueprint Blue are lost in space. Their debut album, Tourist, is a 10-track examination of love, the human condition and the future, set to pristine, jazzy pop-rock.

Bound together by a shared love of Neil Young, Grateful Dead and Steely Dan, Blueprint Blue blur the lines between reality and illusion expertly.

This is classic songwriting, subverted. ... more

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