A Permanent Shadow officially releases his newest single, "Number One Fan."
Barcelona, SPAIN (JULY 7, 2023) - A Permanent Shadow, the musical collective around CP Fletcher just released a new pop-inspired single, “Number One Fan.” This new track dives into themes related to toxic relationships such as loyalty, regret, remorse, and more.
A Permanent Shadow wrote this single after ruminating around the question, “Can you go back in time to fix things that lie firmly in the past?”. “Number One Fan” is a catchy yet melancholic ode to loyalty and unconditional support. The song fuses modern pop with sonic elements from eighties electronic music.
CP Fletcher of A Permanent Shadow channeled Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” while writing this new track, taking Joni's powerful songwriting skills and using them as inspiration for his own creativity.
I don’t tend to write lyrics about personal relationships. I’m much more comfortable writing about tsunamis, self-help gurus, religion or the corporate world.”
CP Fletcher of A Permanent Shadow, Alternative Pop Artist
About A Permanent Shadow:
A Permanent Shadow is a band for want of a better description. Its only fixture is CP Fletcher who for his recordings surrounds himself with a rotating cast of musicians and producers. Fletcher used to be a drummer in various bands that went nowhere, so at one point, inspired by David Bowie's death, he decided to form his own band as a singer. CP took his first steps as a front man forming a Lou Reed tribute project, The Magic and Loss Orchestra. Such is his admiration for the curmudgeon from New York that the tribute experience ended up bleeding into A Permanent Shadow via a cover of “Sword of Damocles,” originally featured on Reed’s Magic and Loss album and included on the band's first album “Songs of Loss” in a reworked form.
The band involves various collaborators, although two musicians so far feature on all recordings: Albert Català, a classically trained piano player, helps CP whip the demos into shape, while the finishing touches in the studio are usually provided by renowned producer Valentí Nieto. Both albums “Songs of Loss” (2019) and “Humdrum” (2022) as well as the EP ‘UnderCover’ (2022) and the new single were recorded with contributions from these two musicians.
