About: Summer Fiction
It’s approaching 3 am and Bill Ricchini aka Summer Fiction
isn’t on the windswept beach his moniker may suggest. He’s in a dank basement
echo chamber at Eve Studios—a 200-year old country house/recording studio just
North of Manchester, UK. His wordless “oohs” bounce off the cinderblock walls
overdubbing a tricky vocal harmony part Brian Wilson, part Jeff Lynn. A jangly
guitar chimes in channeling Johnny Marr—born just a few miles away.
It’s been over 4 years since Ricchini’s self-titled debut as
Summer Fiction was released to praise from New York Magazine, Vogue, NPR, KCRW,
Magnet, and other admirers. In that time, Ricchini moved from South
Philadelphia to Brooklyn and took songwriting trips to Mexico and the Pacific
Northwest.
Ricchini also went through a rough spot during that time,
losing two close family members to illness. Soon after, he saw the
disintegration of his parents’ 40-year marriage. In the months that followed,
he found himself writing songs that felt different. These were not love songs
but they were about love and longing, often focusing on romantic and religious
obsession. Songs that examined the idea of lover as deity and explored the
broken and beautiful aspects of his own relationships
Ricchini approached long time collaborator and UK transplant
Brian Christinzio (BC Camplight) to co-produce the new Summer Fiction record,
titled Himalaya. Arrangements were made and Ricchini camped out at Manchester’s
Eve Studios for two weeks that chilly spring shaping the songs: “the Big Star
meets The La’s power pop of “Perfume Paper,” the smiley pet sounds carousel of
“Lauren Lorraine,” the Nilsson/Bacharach melodic songcraft of “Religion of
Mine,” the icy fingerpicked ballad “By My Side.”
Himalaya was mixed in Brooklyn by Grammy-winning engineer
Geoff Sanoff and mastered by Joe Lambert (The National, Sharon Van Etten,
Deerhunter, Panda Bear).
Ricchini’s songs have appeared in films such as The Fault in
Our Stars, Safety Not Guaranteed and television shows such as Grey’s Anatomy.
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