Fortuna-Pop All-Stars You Can Hide Your Love Forever

Indie pop institution Fortuna Pop quit the scene last year amid much gnashing of teeth from
discerning music fans, going out in a blaze of glory with 5 days of sold out London shows by
artists spanning their 27 year tenure, before label owner Sean Price fled Brexit Britain for a new
life in Japan. That would have been it for Fortuna Pop, were it not for the label's Jukebox 45s
Singles Club. With one final single still owed to subscribers, Price saw the opportunity to do
something special for what would be the very last release on the label. Taking one of the label's
best-loved releases, Comet Gain's classic 2001 single "You Can Hide Your Love Forever", as his
starting point, contributions were solicited from Fortuna Pop bands past and present for a Band
Aid-style cover version. Over twenty bands contributed, with the music recorded by a crack
band featuring Amos Memon of Fanfarlo (drums), Emma Kupa of Mammoth Penguins (bass),
Laura Kovic of Tigercats (keys) and Paul Rains of Allo Darlin', Ben Phillipson of Comet Gain and
Sam Ayres of Flowers (all guitar) at Soup Studios in London. Mikey Collins of Allo Darlin' then
recorded percussion at Big Jelly studios in Ramsgate, and The Victorian Horns aka Gary Olson
(trumpet) and Kyle Forrester (sax) of The Ladybug Transistor put down their brass parts at
Gary's Marlborough Farms Studio in New York. Vocals were recorded in various studios and
kitchens around the world, with Amelia Fletcher of Tender Trap, Daniel Ellis of Martha, Lan
McArdle and Owen Williams of Joanna Gruesome, Adam Todd of The Spook School, Bill
Botting and Elizabeth Morris of Allo Darlin', Jeff Greene and Dan Greene of The Butterflies Of
Love, Lisa Horton and Iain Ross of Bearsuit, Katherine Whitaker of Evans The Death, Silvi
Wersing from Chorusgirl, Helen King of Shrag, Rachel Kenedy of Flowers, Pete Dale of Milky
Wimpshake, Darren Hayman, Pete Astor and Simon Love all contributing. Giles Barrett at Soup
Studios then made sense of it all and mixed the track. The result is a fantastic, uplifting indie pop
anthem that's sure to be lifting the lids off indie clubs around the world this summer and for
many years to come. Oh, and there's a B-side too, in which DC Feck of Thee Comet Gain
International Psychedelic Pop Conspiracy may have had more than a hand. Enjoy.