JOHANNESBURG, 19 August 2010 – Itinerant alt-country rocker Jim Neversink returns to South Africa in September to launch his third album, “Skinny Girls Are Trouble”.
The album launch will be marked by Jim Neversink’s first performance in South Africa in nearly a year and will take place at The Radium Beerhall in Orange Grove, Johannesburg, on Saturday, September 11. It follows his recent signing to One F Music, the independent record company founded by Paul Riekert, who is also widely known for his industrial music project, Battery 9.
“Skinny Girls Are Trouble”, which was recorded over two weeks at Johannesburg’s SABC M5 studio in March 2009, with additional recording in New York City and Copenhagen, is the result of a rare and stellar combination of Jim’s songwriting skills and the production wizardry of New York-based guitar legend Richard Lloyd, who rose to fame as guitarist for the influential and pioneering punk/new wave band Television in the 1970s.
The launch brings together the same band that accompanied Jim in the Skinny Girls Sessions: Loandi Boersma (Cortina Whiplash, Rokkeloos) on bass guitar and backing vocals, and Kevin O’Grady (Famous Curtain Trick, The He-Shes) on drums. Other musicians featured on the album include author, journalist and songwriter Rian Malan, Lani Pieters, Laurie Levine, Timon Wapenaar, Riku Lätti and “guitar guru” Richard Llloyd, who contributed guitar and harmonium. “Skinny Girls Are Trouble” was engineered, mixed and mastered by Peter Pearlson.
Richard Lloyd says of the Skinny Girls sessions: “Working as the producer on Jim Neversink’s latest record has been one of the great joys and profound experiences of my life. I feel as if I stepped into a miracle – not only working with the band and the engineer, but being able to help Jim realise his dreams – songs that are so profound that reality resists the realisation of their truth in every possible way.”
Both Jim Neversink’s previous albums – Jim Neversink (2005) and “Shakey is Good” (2008) – have been celebrated by critics and by his growing legion of local and international fans.
Since late 2009, Jim has been living and performing in Denmark. His return gives fans and followers a rare opportunity to see him perform live, and also to get their hands on the highly anticipated album. While in South Africa, Jim and his band will perform several other shows, including at The Bohemian in Johannesburg and Rock Bottom in Clarens in the eastern Free State (watch the press for details).
South African tour contact is by Clair Cantrell of One F Music (contact details below).
CONTACT:
Jim Neversink: jimneversink@gmail.com
Clair Cantrell: clair@onefmusic.com / phone – 073-237-3012
The Radium reservations (essential): Andy Darlington phone – 083 542 1044
One F Music: www.onefmusic.com
The Radium Beerhall: www.theradium.co.za