Songs For A Short Attention Span is the surprise new release from The

Candle Thieves.

In 2021 reinventing the proverbial wheel in pop music pushes beyond

the realm of human possibility. Precariously, Scott and Glock have

managed to source some sparkly glow in the dark spokes to attach to

the wheel, along with a nifty reflector.

The self set gauntlet was to write songs between a minute and a minute

and a half but to create a scene, present a mood and successfully say

everything you want to both musically and lyrically in that short

space of time.

The idea came from the discovery of flash fiction. The idea of

telling a story in as few a words as possible was intriguing and

putting this idea into a musical way sparked some new ideas and an

alternative approach to writing.

The band went into the studio with 15 songs. As with every Candle

Thieves album, time and budget were their arch nemesis’, the final

boss battle!

“We had to make a decision fairly early on, we were either going to go

for numbers or production value. Although these are short songs we

wanted to take the same care as we would usually to make sure the

songs came to life musically.”

The songs were recorded in two days at the start of April 2021 at the

Nave studios in Leeds with long time friend and producer Andy Hawkins.

Thank you as always for listening and making it possible for us to

keep being creative, making music and keeping our band in existence.

It’s a beacon of light in our otherwise pretty regular lives.

We hope to see you again in China soon!