Ethan P. Flynn by Danny Lowe
TAKEN FROM HIS FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM ABANDON ALL HOPE OUT OCTOBER 6 VIA YOUNG
Rising singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ethan P. Flynn returns today – September 21 – to release “Crude Oil”. The near-17-minute masterpiece is taken from his highly anticipated debut album Abandon All Hope, out October 6, via Young. Weaving elements of folk, jazz, and classical music with Flynn’s unique storytelling, “Crude Oil” encapsulates feelings of hopelessness, isolation, and loss Flynn experienced over the last year. The song evolved with him during that time and was only completed once the album was written. Recorded at Narcissus Studios across 2 days, “Crude Oil” is yet another example of how the prolific songwriter is blazing a new path.
Speaking on the new single, Ethan P. Flynn says:
“The original six and a half minutes were written during a trepidatious time when I was worried about the future. I never felt like it was really finished after writing that and so I continued to add to it over the course of the year while I was experiencing a lot of transitions in my life. I was writing it when I probably should have been writing the album but it’s become a microcosm of the entire album. It’s about persecution. Being an artist, being someone who spends time alone, it is hard not to have feelings of paranoia. You need a delusion of grandeur to make anything in the first place, and that feeds into it.”
“Crude Oil” follows the release of “Abandon All Hope”, “Bad Weather” and “Clutching Your Pearls”, and is a window into the captivating storytelling and idiosyncratic productions to come on the full album. Across eight enriching songs, Flynn exhibits his captivating storytelling, eclectic productions, and idiosyncratic voice whilst recalling classic songwriters like Neil Young and Elliott Smith to explore feelings of longing and losing power to hope in situations of relationships, love, navigating anxiety, and the coming of age in the 21st century. It’s an album we must all hear.
LISTEN to“Crude Oil”
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Recently, Ethan P. Flynn launched his own record label of the same name. After collaborating with a host of familiar names including David Byrne and FKA twigs, Ethan P. Flynn set up the label to be the home for future collaborations, working with some of the UK’s most exciting new talents to create and release music in its purest form. Listen to the label’s first single “25 Meters”, by Silver Gore now here.
