The Finger Albums: Blue (2007) and Seven (2008).
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BLUEFINGER
"Frank Black, a.k.a. Charles Thompson IV, resurrected his Pixies alter ego, ?Black Francis,? for the release of his latest disc, Bluefinger. The legendary Pixies frontman
was inspired by Dutch musician/painter/junkie Herman Brood, who, at 54, jumped off the roof of the Amsterdam Hilton after learning he had only months to live.
And while Francis, the family man, practices clean living in Oregon, the spirit of Brood pushed him to create an electrifying 11-song record, including
the Pixies-sounding Brood cover, ?You Can?t Break a Heart and Have It.? -
FRANK BLACK: Frankly Speaking by Lisa Heffernan
Q:"What does ?bluefinger? mean?"
A:"It?s a reference to the fact that Brood is from the town of Zwolle. At one point in history, it was a nickname for people that came from that town
[based on the legend that local authorities' fingers turned blue from counting copper coins.]"
Herman Brood and His Wild Romance
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SVN FNGRS
BLACK FRANCIS - New mini album SVN FNGRS
Irish Release 29th February 2008
Cooking Vinyl
Cooking Vinyl has agreed to release my latest session (thank you CV!), which I have called SVN FNGRS, on 29th February 2008. It was written, recorded and mixed in six days, and on the seventh day Mark Lemhouse did artwork. The band for the session was myself, of course, on guitar, vocals and harmonica, Jason Carter on drums, and Violet Clark on bass. The session was produced Jason Carter. There are seven (7) songs clocking in at 20 minutes and so I suppose it qualifies as a mini-LP under the old formats. No one seems to know or care what the current format models are (a very weakened LP on compact disc continues to rule the roost by default), which is WONDERFUL; so let's just call it music and pay whatever price your Google research turns up. If you want it for free you can usually find some tracks for free download on my Myspace page or on my own blackfrancis.net. The production is sparse in terms of the band, which, by the way, seems to be a kind of 'Black Francis' thing that has been developing ever since I went back to the old stage name, but is much more produced in terms of the vocal layering of my own voice, perhaps along the lines of TEENAGER OF THE YEAR. I won't bother you here with what the damn concept is, but let's just say the theme revolves around a lot of NASTY sex, NASTIER death, and beautifully strange birth. It was a coincidence that the whole 'finger' thing turns up again; management asked for a digital b-side for a BLUEFINGER track and what they got was this seven fingered thing which is not related to the HERMAN BROOD concept, although I assure you he would approve of all this nasty business. I have made a video for the song I SENT AWAY (one of the birth songs) and you can see it on youtube and other places, so I guess that qualifies as the first single as released by the impatient artist. I believe the more pragmatic record company is releasing another song (THE SEUS - Charles Normal re-mix) as ITS first single and I'll make an internet vid for that one, too, as soon as I finish recording the digital b-side for THAT (maybe I'll do a self indulgent symphony - note to myself: symphony wiki - written in 10 minutes); DAMN! That espresso this morning was BLACK and STRONG! BLACK & STRONG & LONG! MUDDY BLACK WATER! My brain is exploding...
Black Francis
Eugene, Oregon
Svn Fngrs tracklisting :
1. The Seus
2. Garbage Heap
3. Half Man
4. I Sent Away
5. Seven Fingers
6. The Tale of Lonesome Fetter
7. When They Come To Murder Me
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Svn Fngrs (Seven Fingers)
"Svn Fngrs is a mini-album by Black Francis (aka Frank Black), released on March 3, 2008. The album's title is a reference to the Irish mythological hero C?chulainn,
who was said to have seven fingers and seven toes. The songs "Seven Fingers" and "When They Come to Murder Me" also feature lyrics written from C?chulainn's point of view." - wiki