UK trio Teleman have shared new single “Easy Now I’ve Got You”, which is about dealing with building a safe and comfortable life alone, but realising that it’s too safe and too comfortable and ultimately unfulfilling. “There are so many connections, relationships and friendships waiting to be made by not playing it so safe and I think the whole meaning of life is making and nurturing these good connections.”

A tree may lose its leaves but will continue to grow. For Teleman, the band’s fourth album Good Time / Hard Time is their first as a trio and sees them evolve as a force of nature as they navigate new beginnings despite a wealth of experience behind them. Music and lyrical stream of consciousness entwined, the album makes sense of a world in chaos and its words of wisdom are a vital reminder that even when things seem heavy, life is precious.

“Nature can teach us so much about patience and how you can’t control everything – you just have to let things happen as it intends… it’s great therapy,” tells the band’s singer and guitarist, Thomas Sanders whose garden-dwelling and park strolls to the studio have inevitably wormed their way into Teleman’s songwriting. “I was reading about forests and how trees help each other, they don’t survive on their own, they grow together… as a band we’ve now grown into each other as a triangle shape after having been a square for so long.”

Following the departure of the band’s long-time keyboard player Jonny Sanders to focus on his film and design work, Peter Cattermoul now leads on keyboard duties and Hiro Amamiya slides seamlessly between drum machine, live drums and even the odd keyboard solo as it captures the bounce of choice cuts from their own DJ sets such as Metronomy or the classic disco of Boney M, Giorgio Moroder, early house music and 80s vibes.

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Easy Now I Got You
Tracklist
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1. Short Life
2. Trees Grow High
3. Wonderful Times
4. Easy Now I’ve Got You
5. Cherish
6. Hello Everybody
7. I Can Do It For You
8. The Juice
9. The Girls Who Came To Say
10. Good Time/Hard Time

Teleman 2023 Live Dates

18/04 – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
19/04 – Totnes, St Mary’s Church
20/04 – Oxford, O2 Academy 2
21/04 – Canterbury, Gulbenkian Arts Centre
22/04 – Cardiff, The Globe
24/04 – Dublin, The Button Factory
26/04 – Leeds, The Wardrobe
27/04 – Gateshead, Sage
28/04 – Glasgow, King Tut’s
29/04 – Manchester, Gorilla
30/04 – Sheffield, Crookes Social Club
02/05 – Birmingham, Castle & Falcon
03/05 – London, KOKO
04/05 – Bristol, Thekla

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