Lowpines is the recording name of British songwriter and producer Oli Deakin. Initially starting out as a series of lo-fi phone recordings, overdubbed with multiple layers of reverb-soaked instruments, Lowpines recordings quickly developed into several Eps, released on ltd edition cassette over the past few years.
Having caught the ear of BBC DJs in the UK (including Huw Stephens, Lauren Laverne and Steve Lamacq), receiving accolades in the press, and regularly soundtracking numerous US TV shows, the first full-length Lowpines record In Silver Halides will be released on Adventure Club Records in February.
In Silver Halides was written in rural England through the winter, and recording began the following spring, in a greenhouse, during an unseasonal heatwave. The heat and the bright sunlight made for intense recording sessions, interrupted by both equipment and artist regularly overheating. Songs filled with images of frozen landscapes, and isolation, took a new direction in the stifling heat. Opting to record with the doors and windows thrown open, much of the early demo recordings are filled with ambient noises of the surrounding countryside, echoing hauntingly through expansive reverb.
Additional recording sessions took place in at Bella Union Studios in London, with in-house producer IggyB (The Duke Spirit, John Grant, Spiritualized). Oli’s brother Jamie Deakin joined to record the drums, tracking the whole album in a day. Later on, flute parts were played by Jesse Chandler (Midlake/BNQT/Mercury Rev). Oli then took the recordings to Brooklyn where it was was mixed with Grammy award-winning producer Ted Young (Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Rolling Stones).
Glide is proud to premiere “Broken Wing” off In Silver Halides, a middle of the winter hymn if there ever was one. Lowpines will surely be a cult favorite with their woodsy wistfulness and hush laden vocals, making them one of 2018’s must hear under the radar artist.
“It was the middle of winter when I started writing for this record. I was out in the countryside, listening to a lot of Jason Molina, Bonnie Prince Billy and the like,” recalls Deakin about the track. “I’d be on the road a lot through the previous year, so I had a lot of energy for writing and just getting creative again. The songs were written and recorded really quickly, but over the next year I spent a long time taking them to different places, studios and rehearsal spaces, adding different parts in and instruments. What had seemed a perfect winter soundtrack was being exposed to summer heat and light and felt different, so I shaped the recordings in response to that. Before I knew it, it was headed into autumn, the light changing again, so I shaped some more and some more. In the end, there was a lot of layers to work through. I went to Brooklyn where I met wonderful producer Ted Young, and he agreed to help me pull it all into shape.
Outside of Lowpines, Oli Deakin has been involved in a number of other bands and recording projects in recent years. A long-term collaboration with Lyla Foy (WALL), includes her Sub Pop debut Mirrors The Sky which he co-wrote/produced as well as new works in progress. He was a founder member of fuzz-pop band Bear Driver, and has done recent mixing and production work with Toothless, Germans, Swimming Bell and Dream Giant.
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