John Watterson’s new album

[Paul]

I am delighted to announce that John Watterson (a.k.a. Fake Thackray) has a new album out, produced by the same team (Will Thompson and yours truly) which recorded The Lost Will and Testament of Jake Thackray.
The album is called The Resurrection of Frédéric Debreu. It features a collection of songs I have written with the novelist Alex Marsh. In the tradition of Jake Thackray and Georges Brassens, the songs are by turns humorous, satirical, absurd and poignant, full of larger-than-life characters and tales of small-town life. They purport to be English adaptations of songs by Frédéric Debreu, a legendary, enigmatic (and entirely fictional) chansonnier created by Alex for his comic novel, The Resurrection of Frédéric Debreu. (I recommend checking the novel out on Amazon.)
This album sees the birth of a new genre in music – the Franco-Yorkshire chanson concept album. See what you think, as Jake would have said. We quite like it, and are proud of what we have produced.
The album is already available from Amazon.co.uk, and will shortly also be available from Fake Thackray’s website.
To listen to a sample of the album, search YouTube for ‘John Watterson – The Resurrection of Frederic Debreu’, or use this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbahNnmQ3s8

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