The Last Rotation Of Earth

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Up to 2021, the BC live band consisted of Christinzio (piano/vocals), Luke Barton (vocals/synth/guitar), Stephen Mutch (bass), Thom Bellini (guitar), Adam Dawson (drums) and Francesca Pidgeon (vocals/synth/percussion/saxophone). That said, The Last Rotation Of Earth is not exactly a passive experience. There is an inherent buy-in to Christinzo’s work here and elsewhere, one that requires a bit of work from its listener. This marks Christinzo’s fifth album and the first to follow what he has called his “Manchester Trilogy,” three records steeped in turmoil and directly responding to an array of drastic life changes, including revitalizing moves across the world, forced deportation, and familial tragedy. Within that rush of biographical songwriting are true gems like “Just Because I Love You” from 2015’s How To Die In The North, “I’m In A Weird Place Now” from 2018’s Deportation Blues and “I Only Drink When I’m Drunk” from 2020’s Shortly After Takeoff, each containing a painful honesty among increasingly experimental production and songwriting. The Last Rotation Of Earth by BC Camplight

In 2017 Christinzio recorded a new album, Deportation Blues, released on Bella Union in summer 2018. Some of the album chronicled his experience with the UK immigration system. His most successful at the time, the release was nonetheless followed by another difficult personal period, including the sudden loss of Christinzio's father. [12]

The sheer bleakness of the details may not have stung so sharply were it not for the circumstances in which Christinzio, who has achieved cult status with his records as BC Camplight, found himself. Halfway through the recording of his new album, his fiancée and partner of nine years split up with him. It left him bereft, and suddenly all of the music he had been working on seemed redundant. The only consolation to be found was that a flood of new material was suddenly ready to replace it. Ten years later Christinzio is still making important music, still channelling the forces that have beleaguered him and making the most honest and candid work he can. Almost a year ago on May 19th, 2022, BrianChristinzio announced the latest dramatic hardship in his private life: “So, I’ve been a mess on here lately because I’ve had a recent breakup with my fiancee after 9 years. It’s a sadness I didn’t know existed.” This was followed by a second post that made light humour of the situation: “Having said that, I can finally do my dad-joke when the bartender asked me ‘double or single?’. I’ll say ‘single…very single’ then waggle my eyebrows.” AM I DEAD YET". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . Retrieved November 11, 2023.

Still, Christinzio doesn’t see any of this as a story of redemption. “This is not a story of victory,” he says. “It is a document created in the shadow of incredible darkness. One from which the creator hadn’t planned on escaping, and still doesn’t. Hence the title of the album. It is the result of an illness that I’ve battled my whole life. It isn’t something that the world has done to me. It’s the world I live in and it’s no one’s fault.” DeLuca, Dan (29 April 2014). "Philadelphia's BC Camplight makes it in Manchester, new album 'How To Die In The North' on the way". Philly.com . Retrieved 26 October 2014. John Freeman (10 February 2015). "The Homecoming King: An Interview With BC Camplight". The Quietus. In a new press release, Christinzio said The Last Rotation Of Earth “is a document created in the shadow of incredible darkness. One from which the creator hadn’t planned on escaping and still doesn’t. Hence the title of the album. It is the result of an illness that I’ve battled my whole life. It isn’t something that the world has done to me. It’s the world I live in, and it’s no one’s fault.”

So, he must begin again; new album, newly single, clean slate. And without tempting fate again, before the last rotation of earth, BC Camplight and his band will tour The Last Rotation Of Earth, including his biggest headline shows to date, at London Shepherd’s Bush Empire and Manchester’s Albert Hall. “It’s wonderful to realise the songs in front of that many people,” says Christinzio, “I know I’m never going to be Coldplay, but ten years ago, I was certain I wouldn’t make music again.” NewsTalk Podcasts - The Tom Dunne Show - Interview BC Camplight". Newstalk.com. 12 October 2015. [ permanent dead link]