Mick Harvey Reveals "Baby Teeth, Wolfy Teeth," Final Volume of Gainsbourg Covers Out November 4

MICK HARVEY INTOXICATED WOMEN VOLUME 4 OF SERGE GAINSBOURG TRANSLATIONS OUT NOVEMBER 4, 2016 LISTEN TO “BABY TEETH, WOLFY TEETH” HERE

Photo credit: L.J.Spruyt / L.J.Spruyt Photography

“Harvey’s intimate understanding of Serge’s rich catalogue allows him to smother markedly different compositions… with a menacing Bad Seeds swagger.” – Uncut 8* review   Mick Harvey has unveiled the first track to be taken from Intoxicated Women, the fourth and final volume of his Serge Gainsbourg translations series, which began in 1995 with the release of Intoxicated Man. “Baby Teeth, Wolfy Teeth” is a translation of Gainbourg’s 1967 duet, “Dents de Lait, Dents de Loup” – one of many songs Gainsbourg wrote for the French yé yé singer France Gall – and is here sung with a special appearance by Harvey’s son, Solomon. Listen to the track in full here. Intoxicated Women mainly concentrates on the duets and songs written by Gainsbourg, mostly during the 60s, in a period where he was focusing his songwriting on singers such as France Gall, Juliette Gréco and most famously, Brigitte Bardot. Here Harvey has enlisted the talents of guest singers Channthy Kak (Cambodian Space Project), Australian singers Xanthe Waite (Terry, Primo), Sophia Brous, Lyndelle-Jayne Spruyt, Jess Ribeiro and the German chanteuse Andrea Schroeder. Intoxicated Women opens with a stunning version of “Je T’aime… (Moi non plus)” – here titled “Ich Liebe Dich… (Ich Dich Auch Nicht)” - rendered in the sexiest imaginable German by the divine Ms. Schroeder and culminates with “Cargo Cult,” the closing track from the classic Melody Nelson album. In between we are treated to a smorgasbord of Gainsbourg gems in English (with a bit of Khmer thrown in). Mick Harvey explains, “After the initial recordings for Delirium Tremens, JP Shilo and I continued investigating the duets and female songs, many of which were unknown to me. So it became a voyage of discovery into quite a lot of material I hadn’t heard before. There are even a couple of songs for which the only versions existing from the 60s are from TV performances Serge gave.” [“The Drowned One” (La Noyée) and “Wolfy Teeth” (Dents de Lait, Dents de Loup)] A recent reissue of Vol. 1 and 2 rekindled Harvey’s interested in the Gainsbourg translations and 20 years after the release of Vol. 1 - Intoxicated Man, work began on what would become Volumes 3 and 4. Recording in late 2015 in Melbourne with J.P. Shilo and the rest of his Antipodean-based live band, 10 songs were tracked at Birdland Studios. The project then relocated to Berlin where a further 9 songs were recorded with Toby Dammit (The Stooges, Residents) and Bertrand Burgalat (of French label Tricatel) who was the string arranger on the first two volumes. The resultant recordings served to whet Harvey’s appetite for more and work continued almost immediately back in Melbourne in order to have enough material to fill two new volumes. Along with principle musical collaborator, Shilo (with whom Harvey also worked on Rowland S. Howard’s Pop Crimes) and Melbourne based musicians Glenn Lewis and Hugo Cran, Harvey enlisted the aforementioned female singers to help complete this final volume in the series. Listen to a sampler for Intoxicated Women HERE. Intoxicated Women – Tracklisting and Featured Vocalists Ich Liebe Dich...Ich Dich Auch Nicht (Je T'Aime… Moi Non Plus) - featuring Andrea Schroeder & Mick Harvey on vocals All Day Suckers (Les Sucettes) - with Mick Harvey on vocals Contact - featuring Channthy Kak & Xanthe Waite on vocals Prévert's Song (Chanson de Prévert) - featuring Jess Ribeiro & Mick Harvey on vocals The Eyes To Cry (Les Yeux  Pour Pleurer) - featuring Sophia Brous on vocals Puppet Of Wax, Puppet Of Song (Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son) - feat Xanthe Waite on vocals Baby Teeth, Wolfy Teeth (Dents de Lait, Dents de Loup) - featuring Solomon Harvey & Mick Harvey on vocals God Smokes Havanas (Dieu est un Fumeur des Havanes) - featuring Andrea Schroeder & Mick Harvey on vocals While Rereading Your Letter (En Relisant Ta Lettre) - featuring Sophia Brous & Mick Harvey on vocals Sensuelle et Sans Suite - featuring Lyndelle-Jayne Spruyt on vocals The Homely Ones (Les Petits Boudins) - featuring Xanthe Waite on vocals Lost Loves (Les Amours Perdues) - with Mick Harvey on vocals Striptease - featuring Andrea Schroeder on vocals The Drowned One (La Noyée) - featuring Jess Ribeiro & Mick Harvey on vocals Cargo Cult (Cargo Culte) - with Mick Harvey on vocals