Fitzsimon And Brogan Take Your Mind On an 80s Trip With New Single “Girl In A Gilded Cage”
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Posted On October 23, 2018
Based in London, Neil Fitzsimon and Bee Brogan aim to produce “pure pop for now people.” Neil and Bee were both members of the band, Pretty Blue Gun, who were signed to an indie label, licensed to Sony. They released two albums which were critically acclaimed. Some of the guest musicians included members of The Art of Noise, Dave Bronze (Eric Clapton’s bass player), Tobias Boshell (Moody Blues) and Pip Williams, who played guitar on the Walker Brothers’ track, ‘No Regrets’. The albums were produced by Pat Collier, who produced Katrina and the Waves’ international hit, ‘Walking on Sunshine’. The band went on national tours across the UK, until disbanding.
Fitzsimon and Brogan see themselves as a studio act much in the vein of Tin Tin Out and Talk Talk. Their influences range from The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Webb, Jacques Brel and David Bowie.
On their latest single release, “Girl In a Gilded Cage,” from current album, “Big Blue World,” I honestly felt I was wayyyy back in the 80’s, or maybe 90’s. This song made me feel like I was listening to some lost B-side (and a good one, I have to say, because I enjoyed it immensely) from the Go-Go’s or Belinda Carlisle herself. I also noticed the “scream” that is mentioned in the song’s info–it was flown in from an original demo of the song–it turned out great! Besides really loving the song, this writer feels it’s the best idea to have stylized the band’s name into FaB, because otherwise, their names sounded more like a folk or a jazz duo, rather than a band who drive a time machine towards wonderful 80’s style pop.
ABOUT FITZSIMON AND BROGAN: Neil Fitzsimon, the songwriter, and Bee Brogan, the vocalist, aim to produce “Pure Pop For Now People.” Preferring to remain faceless in an industry that holds image in high regard, the pair have gone on to form a songwriting/production partnership that led to placement of their songs in Film and TV. They also wrote a musical, Jack Dagger, which was showcased at the Greenwich Theatre, London for the Musical Futures Award. It was also showcased at the Bridewell and the Royal College of Music in London. They have also just had a song placed in a USA Sci–Fi Feature film. The duo recently had a track reach number 3 on a French national download chart. Their track, “This Is Love” earned the duo Semi-Finalist status in the Eurovision Contest. Their lyric video for “Big Blue World” reached #2 on the Beat100.com World Videos chart. They have been featured on the NBC Radio and Westwood One Radio networks. FaB are currently recording new tracks for WTPL Records with legendary Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars’ (David Bowie) drummer, Woody Woodmansey.
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–Lady Stardust
