Photo: Mischa Lorenz

German duo Grandbrothers conquered our ears a couple of years ago with their divine debut album Dilation. So we’re pleased to know a new album will follow later this year. Entitled Open, the effort sees German-Turkish pianist Erol Sarp and Swiss engineer/mechanic/sofware designer Lukas Vogel continuing an exploratory and open approach to their music, with the grand piano as their one and only centrepiece.

Open will see the light of day on October 20th via City Slang but we can already hear a taste from it, the sublime and ravishing first single ‘Bloodflow’. It comes with video directed by Hugo Jenkins, who had this to say about it:

“When I first heard the track I was really intrigued by how certain parts repeated yet kept evolving in a way that felt amazingly effortless. This made me reflect on different forms of spirituality and therapy that often involve repetitive tasks. I tried to let this repetition inform the way the film is structured, often returning to a particular idea but revealing a little more each time we see it.

The feel of the music is just so emotive I felt an abstract exploration of memory, family and the mother/daughter relationship made sense to me. The environment I chose to explore this in was drawn from a personal experience I had a few years ago.”

To get excited for this release, check out the video for ‘Bloodflow’ below.