ASSIGNMENTS

Biography

ASSIGNMENTS is a new project from musician and performer Phil Hayes (Phil Hayes & The Trees).

In the midst of the Lockdown, whilst realising that everything he usually does is a collaboration with a group of people standing in the same room, Phil came across a Lou Reed interview where Lou talked about writ­ing the song Vicious and about how it was an as­sign­ment from Andy Warhol. Andy gave Lou the ti­tle and the first line and, ac­cord­ing to Lou, the rest was easy be­cause it be­came about fin­ish­ing an as­sign­ment. The first dif­fi­cult step had been done by some­one else.
Phil then wrote to some fel­low artist col­leagues around the planet and asked them for an as­sign­ment - the ti­tle and first line of a song - Maybe there's a song they'’d like to hear that no-one's writ­ten yet?
The songs were written quickly, quite often spontaneously.

ASSIGNMENTS #1 contains seven songs written by Phil after song titles and and first lines were suggested by;

Jacob Wren - a writer and performance-maker based in Montreal.
Paloma Ayala - an artist focusing on social-based artistic practices, originally from Mexico, now based in Switzerland
Charbel Haber - a composer, performer and songwriter from Beirut, Lebanon.
Erin Hawkins, - a writer and teacher living in Ontario,Canada
Renée van Trier - a musician, performer and painter from Tilburg, Netherlands

ASSIGNMENTS #1 was recorded and mixed by David Langhard at DALA Studios, Winterthur in 20. - 22. July 2020
Phil Hayes Sings, plays Guitar, Drums and a Bass
Daniel Nievergelt (Disco Doom, Floorbrothers) plays Guitars and Bass
David Langhard (Howlong Wolf, Neutral Zone) plays Piano.
mastered by Dan Suter at Echochamber
artwork by Adrian Elsener at eisbüro

Tags: songwriter, phil hayes, feelings, feeling, groove, songwriting, david langhard, floorbrothers, dala produkte, ikarusrecords, phil hayes and the trees, indie pop