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| Biography |
Welcome to the
surrealist splendour of RINALDI SINGS," wrote the NME in
September 2016. Welcome indeed. RINALDI SINGS play a stylish and
uptempo brand of pop that acknowledges a deep debt to the bubblegum
northern soul of the late Sixties. With a complicated pop sound
sometimes likened to My Life Story and the Divine Comedy, the band
are fronted by star in the making, Steve Rinaldi.
RINALDI SINGS have just released their debut album, ‘WHAT'S IT ALL
ABOUT?’. Determined to recreate that magical orchestrated sound of
late Sixties bubblegum soul made by such artists as the Love Affair
and The Foundations, Steve Rinaldi brought his classical training to
bear on ‘What’s It All About?’, scoring the songs for the
orchestra of guest musicians that appeared on the album.
Described by the NME as "a cocksure 21st Century Scott
Walker", the debut Rinaldi Sings album has received rave
reviews in many of the country’s leading rock magazines and
featured among the Best Albums Of 2016 in the Village Voice’s
annual Rock Critics Poll – despite not being released until the
following year!
The first RINALDI SINGS single was released on Tangerine Records in
May 2016. A cover version of Tony Christie’s ‘Avenues And
Alleyways’, theme tune to Seventies cult TV show ‘The
Protectors’, the single was one of DJ Gary Crowley’s Choice Cuts
Of The Week on BBC Radio London, while the flipside track ‘Lucky
Day’ appeared at No.10 in the Playlist of MOJO magazine. To
promote the single, Rinaldi Sings made a promotional film, directed
by cult singer/songwriter and former Creation Records lynchpin
Edward Ball. The video can be viewed on the band's website:
www.RinaldiSings.com.
The debut album ‘What’s It All About?’ and the band’s second
single ‘Come Fly With Me’ were released in March 2005.
For the live stage Rinaldi Sings are a seven-piece band, with Steve
Rinaldi backed by Chris Borsberry (guitar), Simon Lloyd (bass),
Richard Hunter (drums), Tim Pannell (trumpet/guitar), Andy Brush
(saxophone) and Rowan Fenner (backing vocals).
WHAT THE CRITICS HAVE SAID…
DAILY MAIL
“This album of time travel pop oozes with fab Sixties kitsch and
wouldn’t have sounded out of place in a Carnaby Street
boutique.”
UNCUT
“Coming on like a pre-Jude Law Alfie with a Pulp fixation, Steve
Rinaldi leads an eight-piece band through bubblegum soul songs and
Scott Walker-ish torch ballads to rollicking effect. A real
curio.”
RECORD COLLECTOR
“A modern day take on the blue eyed soulful pop that made the play
list at the latter day Wigan Casino… the original material
showcases a wry lyricist and a talented arranger.”
NME
“An authentic trip round swinging Laandahn in the company of Steve
Rinaldi - a man with a penchant for sunshiney pop and a voice only
bettered by his ultra-sharp mohair suits.”
TIME OUT
“Upbeat, melodic, brass-flecked easy listening and decidedly 60s
Cockernee-toned pop from the peculiar but very promising Steve
Rinaldi.”
WHAT’S ON IN LONDON
“This charming debut sits somewhere between the harder edged and
super-earnest Dexy's Midnight Runners and the ironic orchestral pop
of The Divine Comedy… The '60s revisited and revitalised.”
PAOLO HEWITT
“The songs are melodic and beautifully constructed. Compulsive
stuff.”
MOJO
“I can’t get it off the CD deck!”
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