C Douglas @ Towneley Hall

Burnley Express

C Douglas performs at Towneley Hall to promote Burnley Year of Culture 2027. Credit: Creative Talent Management

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00:00We thought we'd take advantage of Townley Hall's restoration before it opens on Friday back to the public after a couple of years being shut.

00:08So hopefully people will come and enjoy what it looks like inside which is pretty exciting stuff.

00:13We thought we'd take this chance to invite C. Douglas who's got some new singles coming out.

00:18C. Douglas grew up around here and went to school in Burnley.

00:22We thought we'd give him the opportunity to sing some songs within the hall and enjoy the surroundings.

00:28To showcase the talent that does exist in Burnley.

00:58Everyone is telling me to grow up and be a man.

01:05Won't you tell me about your five year plan?

01:13I'm just a dreamer with my head in the sand.

01:20At first I was a kid.

01:25Had the feeling I was pretty good at it.

01:29And then I was a teen.

01:33Had the feeling I was never really seen.

01:36Had the feeling I was never really seen.

01:49I kept up my insights at the start of the week.

01:55I lose all my talking points when I speak.

02:08I miss up the singles of my favorite bands.

02:15Everyone was telling me to grow up and be a man.

02:23Won't you tell me about your five year plan?

02:28Won't you tell me about your five year plan?

02:32I'm just a dreamer with my head in the sand.

02:36At first I was a kid.

02:41Had the feeling I was pretty good at it.

02:46And then I was a teen.

02:50Had the feeling I was never really seen.

02:55So tell me a bit about what it's like now to be a solo artist after the Gower Express.

03:06For those who don't know your sort of career.

03:09Yeah, yeah.

03:10So I was in a band from round here called the Gower Express for a while.

03:14Like during college and then we all went to university.

03:17And we did lots of different things across the country.

03:19But yeah, basically all met here at school in Burnley.

03:22All went to college in Burnley and then sort of migrated to Manchester.

03:25But yeah, the new project, Sea Douglas is just, it's more poppy.

03:29It's more synthesizey, more electronic-y.

03:31And yeah, my musical tastes have changed over the years.

03:34And I think this is more reflective of the sort of, yeah,

03:37of the sort of music that I listen to and want to make at the moment.

03:40And how's it been sort of being used to being in a band,

03:43but now sort of doing everything by yourself?

03:46There's pros and cons.

03:48So not having a band is obviously a con,

03:51because you have to make all the music by yourself and you can't rehearse for shows.

03:54And all this sort of stuff.

03:56But I mean, yeah, there's lots of things you can do by yourself these days.

03:59You don't really need much equipment to be able to make lots of music.

04:02So that's nice.

04:03You can basically write an album in your bedroom,

04:05and you don't have to rely on other people to be there to do it.

04:08And I think that's like a huge part.

04:10And where did you record the tracks?

04:12I recorded all of the tracks in Paris, where I live.

04:17And then the producer is Steve Coppy from Fila Brasilia.

04:21And he's based in Hull.

04:22He had like pork recordings and all this stuff.

04:24So yeah, it was a real pleasure to work with him.

04:26It was a great experience.

04:28And what's the name of the first single?

04:30At first.

04:31At first.

04:32Yeah, I think it's out on, well, this Friday,

04:34which will be probably in the past when this comes out.

04:37But yeah, yeah, very soon this Friday.

04:39And there's a second single?

04:40Second single in August.

04:41And then the physical EP comes out in September

04:45on the Golden Lion Sounds record label,

04:47which is based in Todmorden.

04:48And then, yeah, hopefully a little tour in October.

04:51Yeah.

04:52For the next few months.

04:53Okay.

04:54And do you think you'll come back and help us promote Boone 27?

04:58Yeah, absolutely.

04:59And play for us?

05:00All my ties are around here.

05:01Like all my family are around here.

05:02All my friends are around here.

05:03And yeah, it's nice to come home and see everyone.

05:05So yeah, I would imagine I'll be back and forth,

05:07back and forth all the time.

05:08That sounds good.

05:09Yeah, I mean, it's beautiful.

05:10Again, like I used to come here all the time as a kid,

05:12so it's different now playing here.

05:13But yeah, we were in the, just outside the main hall.

05:16And yeah, it was, the acoustics were amazing.

05:18It was beautiful, nice and echoey.

05:20My voice sounded nice and loud without me trying to.

05:22So yeah, it was really nice.

05:24Well, I hope that we can do more of this kind of thing in the hall,

05:27maybe have some small acoustic shows for the people of Burnley

05:30and invite talented artists such as C. Douglas here.

05:34And wouldn't it be great to have 5,000 people in a field,

05:37in Townley, looking at new music?

05:39Cool.

05:40Well, good luck with the single.

05:41Thank you very much.

05:42And I hope you get on 6 Music

05:43and I hope it's a big, roaring success

05:45and you're back here playing soon.

05:46I hope so, that would be very nice, yeah.

05:47Thank you for showing me around.

05:48It was a throwback, a nice throwback.

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