Miles Francis
Popularalooza: Miles Francis Play Music on Truck Across NYC
Washington Square Park
New York
New York, NY 10012
Aug 25, 2021
11:30 AM EDT
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11:30am: Washington Square Park!
12:00pm: Times Square!
1:30pm: McCarren Park!
3:00pm: Maria Hernandez Park!
4:00pm: Fort Greene Park!
5:00pm: Prospect Park! (Grand Army Plaza!)
On Wednesday, August 25th 2021, Miles Francis will embark upon POPULARALOOZA - a one-day tour of their hometown on the back of a pickup truck equipped with drums and a microphone. Promoting their new single, “Popular,” Francis will be driven through the busiest thoroughfares and parks of NYC, playing the new song over and over (with some other songs thrown in for good measure). In a send-up of shameless promotion, social media narcissism, and guerilla marketing culture, the truck will be adorned by banners that read, “MILES FRANCIS IS POPULAR”.
Listen to "Popular" here: ffm.to/milesfrancis-popular.ofp
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Miles Francis Biography
The debut LP from Miles Francis, Good Man is a work of gorgeous paradox: a nuanced exploration of masculinity and all its trappings, presented in a sound that’s joyfully unfettered. Produced by Francis and recorded in their longtime studio, Good Man arrives as the most visionary and elaborately realized output yet from a polymathic artist known for collaborating with the likes of Angélique Kidjo, Sharon Jones, and Arcade Fire’s Will Butler.
Mainly recorded in solitude but featuring several guest musicians on strings, background vocals, and horns, Good Man takes its title from a spellbinding piece of avant-pop encompassing many of the album’s central themes (e.g., prototypically male impulses and anxieties, the gulf between one’s true nature and meticulously curated presentation). In dreaming up the album’s kaleidoscopic sound, Francis embraced an experimental process that involved elegantly merging their most formative influences. “I grew up with boy-band posters from floor to ceiling in my bedroom, and that music dominated my life when I was young,” they point out. “Later on I studied Afrobeat music and started playing with different groups in that world, which helped me to get to a place where I could be totally free in my musical expression.” Also naming shapeshifters like Prince and David Bowie among their essential touchstones, Francis ultimately alchemized those inspirations into a highly percussive form of art-pop, both lavishly orchestrated and visceral in impact.
Read MoreMainly recorded in solitude but featuring several guest musicians on strings, background vocals, and horns, Good Man takes its title from a spellbinding piece of avant-pop encompassing many of the album’s central themes (e.g., prototypically male impulses and anxieties, the gulf between one’s true nature and meticulously curated presentation). In dreaming up the album’s kaleidoscopic sound, Francis embraced an experimental process that involved elegantly merging their most formative influences. “I grew up with boy-band posters from floor to ceiling in my bedroom, and that music dominated my life when I was young,” they point out. “Later on I studied Afrobeat music and started playing with different groups in that world, which helped me to get to a place where I could be totally free in my musical expression.” Also naming shapeshifters like Prince and David Bowie among their essential touchstones, Francis ultimately alchemized those inspirations into a highly percussive form of art-pop, both lavishly orchestrated and visceral in impact.
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