Release Date: 02 Jun 2023
Format
140g Pink LP
Label
HEAVENLY
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Musician, writer and Renaissance man Baxter Dury returns with a brand new album; I Thought I Was Better Than You, his seventh studio album.
I Thought I Was Better Than You marks a new era for Baxter, and with this new era comes a new character. “Faux-confrontational,” Baxter calls him. Here, not only is he recounting his childhood, but he’s also reckoning with it. Instead of just swinging at his past blindfolded with a baseball bat, he talks openly about the toxic cocktail of being born into unfortunately fortunate circumstances, with a persuasive surname but no structure or sense of responsibility with which reap the rewards of it.
The record also serves as a kind of extension to Baxter’s 2021 book, Chaise Lounge, in which he winningly recounted thestory of his unique childhood. Not only does he expand the language of the book, using words to paint disconnected images.
Produced by Paul White, celebrated for his work in Golden Rules and with the likes of Charlie XCX and Danny Brown. Hotly-tipped new singer-songwriters Eska and JGrrey feature in addition to Baxter’s regular vocalist Madeline Hart.
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