In 2016 Patrick Doyle relocated from London to LA, midway through writing his new album – the follow up to his recent acclaimed release as Boys Forever. The self-titled Boys Forever album was Patrick’s debut as a solo artist after years of playing in well-loved indie bands including Veronica Falls, The Royal We and Sexy Kids.

On moving to LA he continued working on the songs for his next record – emailing them to Helen Skinner (who toured as a member of the Boys Forever three-piece live band, and now plays in Barry) who added a bass line to the songs and sent them back to Patrick. They continued to finish writing the record via email and in February 2017 Helen joined Patrick in LA to record Keeping Up Appearances. They recorded the album over four days in February 2017 at LA’s Golden Beat Studios – with Patrick once again teaming up with Andrew Schubert who produced Boys Forever.

Patrick’s goal for the album was to capture the live sound and energy of a Boys Forever show – inspired in part by the time Boys Forever had spent on tour with The Goon Sax, another trio whose pared down approach reaffirmed Patrick’s desire to move in that direction. During that tour, Patrick was delighted when a friend of the band likened Boys Forever’s live show to “a gay indie Nirvana”.

Tragically, Patrick passed away shortly after the release of ‘As You Disappear’. Helen and Patrick’s family have been keen to realise Patrick’s plan for the album release and it will now get a full release with profits from sales going to charities chosen by Patrick’s family – LA’s LGBT Centre and CALM.

Keeping Up Appearances will be available on CD, LP and download on January 24TH. There will also be a limited number of pre-order bundles via Bandcamp which include a reprint of Patrick’s photography book MAX which completely sold out on its previous print run and was obtained by The Whitney Museum Of Art for their collection – a testament to Patrick’s talents as a photographer as well as a musician.

Basic Plumbing
Keeping Up Appearances
Tracklist:

As You Disappear
Lilac
Keeping Up Appearances
Bad Mood
Sunday
It All Comes Back
Too Slow
Fantasy
Constant Attention
Strangers