Johnny Foreigner Gear Up For 12” Release

Johnny Foreigner are set to release their latest album ‘Johnny Foreigner vs Everything’ on double gatefold 12’ vinyl this summer. The band, who originally released the full-length back in November 2011, will put out the seventeen-track record on 25th June through Alcopop Records.

We caught up with frontman Alexei, who gave us an insight into the release: “To us, ‘Johnny Foreigner vs Everything’ is the greatest record we’ve ever made; in musical terms of sounding like we do in our heads, in punk terms of getting shit done ourselves, and in real cold practical terms as a venture that brought our bank balance into the black for the first time since 2007 when [drummer] Junior found a £20 note on the floor in a train station.

‘I’ve spoken about the challenges and the struggle to make this record enough times before, so let’s just use this as an analogy: there were seemingly insurmountable odds but we won in the end. It’s grandiose, sprawling, half too noisy and half too quiet, it’s essentially us painted as songs.

”Is it coming out on vinyl?’ is a question we’re kinda used to sighing at. We’re all three of us record sniffers, but our first label saw vinyl as a dead and pointless market. We kicked against that and fan-funded the ‘Every Cloakroom Ever’ EP.The success of which left us with the smug satisfaction of being right all along, but made us realise that our finances were way too shaky to be a record label as well as a band. Releasing music through Alcopop is awesome because they understand the impractical desire, from both artist and consumer, to have actual physical products for songs. Sometimes they’re fun promo things like frisbees and stickers, and sometimes it’s actual records.

‘So, it was at the back of our heads all the last year, that what we were doing would make it to vinyl. We also knew that we were making a huge sprawling album, and when it came to the point we had over 45 minutes worth of music, we merely shrugged, murmured ‘2x12” to each other, and carried on until it was finished. Luckilytheadultsaroundusagreed,and you’re going to be able to hold it in your own hands this June.”

Johnny Foreigner’s new album ‘Johnny Foreigner vs Everything’ will be released on 12” on 25th June via Alcopop Records.