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Kelly Finnigan - A Lover Was Born

£13.99
The highly anticipated new solo album from Monophonics maestro Kelly Finnigan.
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Distance as a measure of time and place informs Kelly Finnigan’s, A Lover Was Born with a grit and grace that turns passion into virtue. The latest solo release from The Monophonics frontman roots itself in the best traditions of midwest soul labels like King, Curtom, Dakar, and the Bodie Recording Company. A Lover Was Born is a testimony that these deep cut grooves are not resigned to nostalgia, instead, they are at the burning heart of longing and hope.

The journey Finnigan takes listeners on over Lover’s eleven tracks echo the state of motion and growth since his solo debut, The Tales People Tell (2019). These two records bookend a prolific period of output, including a pair of Monophonics albums, a Christmas album, a mixtape, and a full slate of producing other artists (The Ironsides, Alanna Royale, the Sextones). “There’s nothing like making records,” says Finnigan. “It feels like that’s my purpose — the reason I was put on this earth.”

Written in California, Ohio, and Staten Island, Kelly Finnigan collaborated with old friends in and outside the studio. “I enjoy working alone but it’s not how you want to make a record…almost everybody I brought in for this album I’ve worked with, toured with or spent a great deal of time with.” Max and Joe Ramey (The Ironsides), Jimmy James (Parlor Greens), Sergio Rios (Orgone), Joey Crispiano (Dap Kings) and Jay Mumford (aka J-Zone) all contribute to the overall sound of A Lover Was Born.

Dramatic influences like Isaac Hayes (check out the piano on “Be Your Own Shelter”) and Jerry Ragovoy are chopped and folded into Northern Soul uptempo numbers to create stompers like “Get a Hold of Yourself” or “Chosen Few”. Finnigan’s take on Deep Soul is captured brilliantly on “Walk Away from Me” and “Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)”, while Boom Bap pervades on hard hitters “His Love Ain’t Real” & “Cold World”. Slower songs such as “Let Me Count the Reasons”, the emotional “All That’s Left”, and the soul-stirring album closer “Count Me Out” show the honest and tender side that has become Finnigan’s calling card. All the while, the voice is raw and earthy — in the best tradition of R&B shouters like Otis Redding, Lee Moses, and David Ruffin. The songs on A Lover Was Born reconfigure the spliced and sampled DNA of hip hop (extracted by crate diggers like Dilla and RZA) to create something new, underscoring both the spectrum and depth of soul while making a case to the timelessness of Finnigan’s sound.

Edition Info

• Dinked Edition 308
• Orange / clear swirl vinyl *
• Bonus 2 track 7” *
• Signed photo print *
• Lyric sheet
• Tip on sleeve
• Limited pressing of 450 *

* EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition

Tracklisting

Side A
1. Prove My Love
2. Be Your Own Shelter (dig. 2)
3. Cold World
4. His Love Ain't Real
5. Get A Hold Of Yourself
6. All That's Left

Side B
1. Love (Your Pain Goes Deep) (dig. 1)
2. Let Me Count the Reasons
3. Chosen Few
4. Walk Away from Me
5. Count Me Out (Street Day Focus track)

Dinked Exclusive Bonus 7”
A. Trust In Me
B. My Love Is For You

A-side is 'Trust In Me' which is a true bonus track from the album session, it's currently not available anywhere else - only on this 45. The B-side 'My Love Is For You' is a cut off the super limited mixtape he released last year. This will be the only time it's on vinyl.

Released 18th October 2024

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