Clean George IV: God Save The Clean



Tenement Records is pleased to announce the release of God Save The Clean by Clean George IV on 16th January 2012. It is a modern British pop/rock epic, the sound of one mans very singular worldview. The last time George released a record (2007's 'First Blast Of The Trumpet Against The Monstrous Regiment Of Women' included here in a new version) it received extensive play on radio's 1,2 and 6 making several end of year lists and scoring them live sessions with Huw Stevens and Vic Galloway on their radio 1 shows. Soon afterwards the band went on hiatus for various reasons, mainly astrological and geographical. George moved back to Edinburgh and joined myriad side projects, attempted to undertake a classical music degree, got sued by Kraftwerk and co-wrote and produced a few albums with various friends in various places. He eventually decided to tackle finishing this album with the help of band member and record producer Tom Morris and his brother Tom McFall, also a producer and engineer. It is an album with more than its fair share of bombast and ambition. From the swaggering anti-cocaine anthem 'Real Men Take Speed' through the power pomp of 'Winter Son' and the post-landfill gloom of 'Fat=dead' this is a record made up of conflicting elements from many disparate genres, all underpinned by George's cosmic deadpan. Other highlights include 'London Scotland', first single 'Pets in the Blitz' and album closer 'Ex-Life'.

The album will be released in a limited edition of 300 vinyl (including free cd and download)

The band are going to perform an album launch on Friday 9th December in London at the Sebright Arms, and, if all goes well, a UK tour in early 2012.

'Wonky narco-pop from excellently named London band' Kerrang

'Absurd Glam' NME

'An emergent force to be reckoned with' Stool Pigeon



PETS IN THE BLITZ -Clean George IV



New videos added to the band pages

A much needed update has occured. Have a look at the Band Pages.


'Somewhere To Jump From' OUT NOW!


Aberfeldy's Somewhere To Jump From, is out now on Tenement Records.

The track-listing for the album is as follows:

1.  Claire
2.  Somewhere To Jump From
3.  Malcolm
4.  Mean Ol’ Misery
5.  If I Were A Joiner
6.  Turn The Record Over
7.  In Denial
8.  Lisa- Marie
9.  Talk Me Round
10. Wendy
11. Play The Music Loud
12. California, West Lothian 

It's been a while since Aberfeldy's last album but time hasn't blunted their edge-the twelve tracks that make up Somewhere To Jump From are as sharp as they come, despite the somewhat depressing conditions that led to their creation. Dropped by their label and bruised by the departure of both female members, it could have been curtains for the Edinburgh outfit, whose 2004 debut album Young Forever garnered universal praise upon it's release and led to high profile touring support slots, an NME single of the week (Heliopolis By Night) and the dubious honour of having one track (Summers Gone) feature in adverts around the world for products including online Bingo, Diet Coke and Spanish nappies.

The new line up of Aberfeldy consists of songwriter/lynchpin Riley Briggs, his brother Murray Briggs on drums, and fellow founding member Ken McIntosh on bass. In addition their ranks have swelled to include multi instrumentalists Chris Bradley, Kirsten Adamson,  daughter of Big Country's Stuart Adamson, and Poppy Ackroyd, a brilliantly versatile pianist/violinist with a grounding in Classical musical.

From a lovelorn plea aimed at an ex partner/keyboard player (In Denial), followed by a bittersweet reappraisal of the story-so-far (Play The Music Loud), to an account of Riley's years living on a commune run by an ex member of the Incredible String Band (California, West Lothian) and a bitchy character study of his downstairs neighbour and noise-complaint nemesis (Claire) plus pure pop gems like Turn The Record Over, Lisa Marie (a song written from Michael Jackson's perspective beggin Lisa Marie Presley not to leave him for Nicholas Cage, spookily written the day before MJ's demise), and the fish-punned, quasi Jane Austen classic (and first single) Malcolm , Somewhere To Jump From is Aberfeldy's slickest work to date incorporating musical influences ranging from Neil Young style folk rock, seventies AOR,  and even some Stock, Aitken and Waterman for good measure.