>> Paul Armfield
bio: After many years playing bass in an assortment of bands, bookstore manager Paul Armfield eventually sat down with Joan Baez's guitarist Adam Kirk and wrote and recorded a handful of songs. These demos came to the attention of a new label who comissioned an album. With his collaborator and friend now in the States Paul turned to other friends to make up a scratch band- the remarkable Four Good Reasons who, along with producer Ian Caple (Tricky, Stina Nordenson, Jan Tiersenn) and arranger Dickon Hinchliffe (Tindersticks) created the album Songs Without Words. This impressive debut grabbed the attention and won the hearts of all who heard it, unfortunately despite a smattering of euphoric reviews, with virtually no airplay not many people did hear this undiscovered masterpiece. However one of the tracks on the album- Paul's self translated interpretation of a lesser know Jacques Brel song Why Should It Be That A Man Gets Bored, did make it onto Barklay's Brel compilation where it sat very comfortably alongside the likes of Bowie, Scott Walker, Nina Simone et al. Those who got to see Paul live during this period, whether as a duo supporting Lambchop, solo with the Go-Betweens or with all four of the Good Reasons witnessed performances of intense emotions, wringing tears of laughter, joy and sadness from the audience on a nightly basis. After witnessing their performance at the Glastonbury festival James Delingpole raved in the Sunday Telegraph of his 'star find'. Two years later with his label now defunct, Paul's German distributor Groove Attack formed Sat-On Records as a vehicle to allow the recording of the more contemplative second album Evermine. Only released in Germany and the States, this 2005 album fared little better than the first. Which brings us up to date, Paul is still selling books, a solo album and tour is planned for the summer of 2007, 'Sloe Gin' and 'Run' are early tasters of what to expect. ..
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