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Themes From Blizzard

by Arrest! Charlie Tipper

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Blizzard 05:03
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Black Dog 02:48
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Jewel Thief 03:40
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Heading Home 05:02
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Mirrorball 04:26
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Mr. Motel 02:36

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ARREST! CHARLIE TIPPER – THEMES FROM BLIZZARD - Q&A

Q - So what is Themes from Blizzard all about then?

A - It’s a soundtrack to a movie. The movie hasn’t been made yet, but the soundtrack is here, ready.

Q - But there’s a script, of sorts? It’s not very detailed.

A - There is a story, there’s a script, which we came up with as part of the song-writing process. The reason its light is that the film is very much about mood, it’s very dark, very visual - there isn’t a need for a lot of dialogue.

Q - So why a soundtrack album? You’re a pop band.

A - It was an idea that came together while we were planning something else. All the best ideas are born that way. We had a full third album written, but we didn’t really have the time to make it, so we decided to do a batch of EPs instead. We’re all getting on a bit, we aren’t like young groups who can devote all their time to making music, so we have to plan things quite carefully around our other commitments.

So we decided to make a series of EPs, but we needed some more songs, and we decided to do some instrumentals. Then someone suggested we should claim they were for an imaginary movie soundtrack. One thing led to another, and within a couple of weeks we’d actually written the music for the whole album. Several of us contributed songs, and the one condition was that you had to come up with a back-story to go with the song. The only parameters were that the whole thing takes place in a motel during a blizzard.

Q – How would you describe the music?

A – Ah, that old chestnut. How would you describe it?

Q – Well, there are guitars of course, on most of it. And some great horn playing. But each song has its own unique character. Some of it wouldn’t be out of place in a David Lynch movie.

A – Jon insists that the film will only be made if either David Lynch or Quentin Tarantino directs. We’re not holding out much hope on that score, but you never know – we’ve sent them both copies.

Q – Tell us a bit more – who are Arrest! Charlie Tipper?

A - The band began life in 2013 as The Charlie Tipper Experiment, releasing the debut album “Mellow On” and a couple of terrific singles. In 2015 they gained a new member and changed their name to The Charlie Tipper Conspiracy, embarking on a 6-track mini-album “Ten” and a series of EPs which culminated in the release of the 2018 compilation “The Astonishing Rise of Charlie Tipper”, which received some great reviews in the online music press.

In 2018 the band recognised the addition of a seventh member by changing their name again, the “Arrest” in the current moniker being a nod towards their (now arrived!) forthcoming movie soundtrack “Themes from Blizzard”, a story of various lives (criminal and otherwise) which come together in a snowbound motel during a fierce blizzard.

The band mixes the personal and the political to good effect, always with a melody and bringing noise or quiet as required. The influences of the American avant guard can be found, with the likes of the Velvet Underground, Galaxie 500, the Go-Betweens and Shack, all to be found mixed in amongst the real originality of their songs and sound.

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released February 3, 2019

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