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The Awkward Silences

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1.	Quantum Physics 03:08	buy track
2.	(Getting Ready For My) Life To Begin 03:01	buy track
3.	(There's Nothing More Obnoxious Than) A Self Made Man 03:45	buy track
4.	(Everybody Loves) Organised Fun 04:16	buy track
5.	Other People Die 04:05	buy track
6.	Count Each Mistake 03:33	buy track
7.	The Medical Model 03:02	buy track
8.	Everything Will Probably Be Fine 03:31	buy track
9.	Pretend To Be Fine 03:13	buy track
10.	The New World 05:35	buy track

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Inclusive outsider pop mavericks and Antifolk legends The Awkward Silences return with their eponymous 4th album and their first release in 5 years.

Produced by Jon Clayton (The Monochrome Set, Subway Sect), The Awkward Silences is their catchiest, most unusual and most personal work to date.

Focus track 'The New World' was inspired by stories of settlers who went west in America in the 18th & 19th Centuries and is, according to the band, a ‘very similar song thematically to the Village People’s ‘Go West’ - it is a story about wilful optimism in bleak times, and a hope against hope that better days lie around the corner. It feels the ideal song for the present moment…let's believe our best days haven't happened yet’

Led by songwriter, disability campaigner and author Paul Hawkins, The Awkward Silences combine cleverly off-kilter Daniel Johnston-esque pop songs with energetic and inspired live performances pitched somewhere between Ian Dury, Iggy Pop and the Flaming Lips.

‘Laden with pure charisma’ - NME

‘I haven’t been able to get Paul Hawkins out of my head’ - Huw Stephens

‘a clever sneering broadside at the obnoxious and plainly untruthful’ - Monolith Cocktail

‘Music with a cause and music that is downright fun’ - Alt Revue

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released November 27, 2020

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