Tourist in My Own Backyard is the second solo album from English
folk
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singer-songwriter
Dan Clews
Daniel Clews (born 21 March 1980) is a British-born singer-songwriter from Sevenoaks, Kent, England.
Musical career
Clews spent years on the UK's live circuit before moving to Sweden and beginning collaborations with local artists which resulte ...
. It was released on 28 April 2014.
Music videos
Three music videos were commissioned for ''Tourist in My Own Backyard'': "Take One Away", "That's Enough for Me", and the lead single, "Edge of the World".
The video for "Take One Away" was directed by Zac Moss. Clews would later compose and perform the soundtrack to ''Exile'', a short 2013 horror film directed by Moss.
The soundtrack, inspired by the work of drone metal bands such as
Earth
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and
Sunn O)))
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, would be a departure from Clews's singer-songwriter background.
Track listing
Two tracks are re-recordings of songs from Dan Clews and the Stars Above's LP, ''The Good Mile'' (2005): "Bring You Round" (previously recorded as "We'll Bring You Round") and "Pixie Poem".
References
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2014 albums