Daniel Knox shares new single ‘Capitol’ sung by Jarvis Cocker

DANIEL KNOX SHARES NEW SINGLE ‘CAPITOL’ SUNG BY JARVIS COCKER

CHASESCENE, FEATURING VOCALS FROM JARVIS COCKER AND NINA NASTASIA, OUT 7 DECEMBER

UK TOUR IN JANUARY INCLUDES LONDON’S SLAUGHTERED LAMB

Watch the video for ‘Capitol’ directed by Knox here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4P9Cal1z1I

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Songwriter and composer Daniel Knox recently announced his new album Chasescene, which features vocals from Jarvis Cocker and Nina Nastasia, will be released via his own imprint H.P. Johnson Presents on 7 December. Following on from the recently shared ‘Cut From The Belly’ he has today released the second single ‘Capitol’ which is written and arranged by Knox and sung by Jarvis Cocker.

Speaking of the video Knox says:
“The video for ‘Capitol’ cuts together and re-imagines a film I made in 1997 while I was in high-school. Shot on Video8, it’s comprised of a chase-sequence filmed covertly in the tunnels beneath the capitol building of the song’s namesake in downtown Springfield, IL.”

Chasescene is a collection of songs rooted in tradition, stories of true love and loss. Murder ballads met by Shakespearean tragedy against a backdrop of Lynchian contemporary America. A mixture of real life experiences and gallows humour. Knox journeys in and out of the lives of the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly; telling tales both close to home and entirely other, stories that are otherwise untold. Knox grew up spending more time in movie theatres than most people do in their entire lives, currently he works (late shifts) as a projectionist at Chicago’s historic, beautiful Music Box Theatre – occasionally enlisted to play the dusty old organ that sits in the corner of the screen. Knox’s influences (Wim Wenders, David Lynch, Errol Morris, Charlie Chaplin and Abel Gance) unsurprisingly stem from here too, the language and feel of movies are what shapes his music inside and out.

Of the many remarkable things about Daniel Knox – and there are many, he’s one of those artists who the more you look the more weird and wonderful details you’ll find about him – one of the most significant is that people don’t seem to just be fans of his, you get sucked into his world, completely enamoured. This has reaped some pretty remarkable rewards; through chance meetings and natural word of mouth Knox has worked with his idol David Lynch, collaborated with the likes of Andrew Bird, Thor Harris (Swans, Bill Callahan), Richard Buckner and David Coulter (Tom Waits, Damon Albarn, Yoko Ono). On this album both Jarvis Cocker and Nina Nastasia, two of his big influences, feature as guest vocalists with the late Ralph Carney (Tom Waits), David Coulter, Jason Toth (The Handsome Family) and more playing on the album elsewhere.

Photo credit: Mr. King

Pre-order Chasescene here: https://danielknox.com

Tour dates:

22 Jan – Brighton @ The Greys
24 Jan – London @ Slaughtered Lamb
25 Jan – Durham @ Launderette Sessions
27 Jan – Halifax @ The Greyston Unity
29 Jan – Bristol @ The Louisiana
30 Jan – Guildford @ The Keep

Tickets are available here:
https://danielknox.com/shows/