On October 30, 2020, “Concord” label released “Hey Clockface”, the 31st Elvis Costello studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Suomenlinnan Studio” in Helsinki, “Les Studios Saint Germain” in Paris, “Leonia Sound” in New Jersey, and was produced by Elvis Costello, Michael Leonhart and Sebastian Krys.
Personnel:
- Elvis Costello – voices, voices via electrical wire, guitar, bass, piano, snare drum
- Bill Frisell – guitar, loops
- Nels Cline – guitar
- Steve Nieve – grand piano, upright piano, organ, mellotron, melodica
- Renaud-Gabriel Pion – contrabass clarinet, bass clarinet, Bb clarinet, tenor saxophone, bass flute, cor Anglais
- Danton Boller – acoustic bass fill
- AJUQ – drums, percussion, harmonies
- Michael Leonhart – trumpet, drums, guitar, synthesizer, bass, organ, trombone, piano, surdu
- Nick Movshon – drums
- Mickaël Gasche – trumpet, flugelhorn, serpent
- Chris Bullock – alto flute
- Pierre-François “Titi” Dufour – cello, foot stomps
- Emily Hope-Price – cello
Track listing:
All tracks by Elvis Costello, except where noted.
- Revolution #49
- No Flag
- They’re Not Laughing at Me Now
- Newspaper Pane – Elvis Costello, Michael Leonhart, Bill Frisell
- I Do (Zula’s Song)
- We Are All Cowards Now
- Hey Clockface/How Can You Face Me? – Elvis Costello, Fats Waller, Andy Razaf
- The Whirlwind
- Hetty O’Hara Confidential
- The Last Confession of Vivian Whip – Elvis Costello, Steve Nieve, Muriel Teodori
- What Is It That I Need That I Don’t Already Have?
- Radio Is Everything – Elvis Costello, Michael Leonhart, Bill Frisell, Nels Cline
- I Can’t Say Her Name
- Byline
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