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TONY MORTIMER – SHAKE IT DOWN.
Tony Mortimer has confirmed that the first single to be released from his debut solo album will be called Shake It Down. The up-tempo Motown-tinged affair features Mortimer’s decidedly dulcet tones alighting upon the delightful subject of, ahem, dirty dancing and is the first fruits of Mortimer’s solo long player Songs From The Suitcase due for release on FOD Records. Both the single and album were produced by the legendary Bob Rose at ICP Studios in Brussels and are mooted for release in June 2013.
Tony Mortimer signed to FOD Records in 2012 and his debut album Songs From The Suitcase – incidentally the title comes from the fact that Mortimer carries around hundreds of his songs, tapes and scribbled ideas for lyrics in a battered old suitcase – focuses on subjects like long-term relationships and growing old that are as far removed from teen pop as it’s possible to convene. Indeed, with songs like Out Of The Frame (in which Mortimer appears to rally against his public image as a teenage rapper in a boy band), the instantly memorable Rain In England, a co-write with Julian Lennon, XTC’s Andy Partridge and Marius De Vries and a duet with Julian himself, Hold On, a song about someone falling out of love with you and all the heartbreak that ensues, and End Of The Line, a sparse ballad not un-reminiscent of Sinead O’Connor’s version of Nothing Compares 2 U, Mortimer has seemingly rewritten the rulebook on his career.
