Babyshambles drummer Adam Ficek is concentrating on a new solo offshoot named Roses, Kings, Castles and later this month he'll be releasing his first single.
Writing on MySpace, Ficek says of the project: "The music: a cobblestone bridge lying somewhere between the pastoral warmth of Belle & Sebastian and the suburban, quixotic pop of Syd Barrett."
His first release will be a split limited edition 7" with Hideki Kaji, released on June 16th by Alphaville Records. Ficek offers the track 'Sparkling Bootz' and Hideki Kaji gives 'Typical Me, Typical You'.
Speaking further on the new act, the sticksman has revealed he hopes to attract a different fanbase to the one his shambolic other band already has.
"I'm hoping to get a new audience," says Ficek. "A lot of Babyshambles fans are leather jacket / Jack Daniel's rock n' roll fans."
"I'm not like that. I could pretend to be swaggering around with a cigarette hanging out of my mouth, but what's the point in doing that?"
Four songs from Roses, Kings, Castles are on MySpace for listening right now - 'Sparkling Bootz', 'Entroubled', 'Tales To Tell' and 'Sweet Contempt'.
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