PVT set to release fifth album New Spirit early next year, share first cut ‘Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend’

03 November 2016

PVT - Morning Mist Rock Island BendThree years on from the release of Homosapien, Sydney based trio PVT have just announced the release of their fifth album New Spirit. Arriving on February 17th via their own Felte, New Spirit marks a sonic shift, with the electronic rockers “combining ambient electronica, warped vocals and an industrial charge that runs throughout”, as the press release explains.

PVT have let loose the first single off New Spirit, the mighty ‘Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend’, clocking in at 9 minutes. Here’s what PVT had to say about the track:

“The title ‘Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend’ comes from the name of a landscape photo by the Australian photographer Peter Dombrovskis depicting a bend in the Franklin River in Tasmania. The photo was successfully used in a 1983 campaign against the intended destruction of large areas of national forest by the government of the day.

Our hope was to examine one of the large elephants that appears to be in Australia’s living room at the moment.”

The track comes with a stunning and powerful video portraying the political themes behind the album. Director Mclean Stephenson explained his vision:

“This video is about the spiritual ruination of a nobody. A beaten person. A man who couldn’t even get a seat at a support group meeting. So he moves to the bush. And he decides to dress like a bush. And eat animal food. And erase himself. And in the depths of his erasure he encounters a new hope. He soon becomes a spirit of the bush. A spirit of the bushland night sky. And he soars through the trees and over the trees. And he is a Phoenix and a guardian of places without postcodes. A new spirit.”

If ‘Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend’ is anything to go by, we can’t wait for 2017 to arrive. Check it out below.

Watch the video for ‘The Few Of Us Left ‘ off Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie’ upcoming Salero OST

31 October 2016

Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie - The Few Of Us LeftBack in September, composer Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie shared ‘Lithium, The New Era‘, the first utterly beautiful excerpt from the score he composed for Salero. Salero, filmed by Mike Plunkett, is a feature documentary set in Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni.
Salero OST comes out on November 11th via Erased Tapes and to get us further enticed, Wiltzie has unveiled another magnificent excerpt from it, ‘The Few Of Us Left’. It comes with a video edited by Marina Katz. Watch it below.

Tanya Tagaq shares title track from forthcoming album Retribution and announces UK/European dates

28 October 2016

Tanya TagaqWe’re only three weeks away from the release of Tanya Tagaq’s highly anticipated new album, Retribution, an effort that portrays and protests environmental and human rights violations and abuse. When you’re itching with anticipation like we are, three weeks can seem like an eternity. Luckily she is offering the tremendous title track as a third single, following the mind-blowing ‘Centre’ featuring Shad and the poignant and intense ‘Aorta‘.

What’s more, Tagaq has announced a string of UK/European dates for early 2017 in support of the album. Starting off with a date in Brussels and wrapping up with a show in Berlin, the tour includes two London shows, on January 24th at Cafe Oto and January 26th at Corsica Studios. We caught her utterly mesmerizing, powerful and visceral performance at The Forge last June to accompany the 1922 silent film Nanook of the North, and we just can’t wait to see her bring Retribution to life.

Listen to ‘Retribution’ below and straight after check out Tagag’s full run of European dates.

Tanya Tagaq’s 2017 European tour:

January 20th –  Recyclart, Brussels, Belgium
January 21st –  4AD, Diksmuide, Belgium
January 23rd – Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds UK
January 24th – Cafe Oto, London, UK
January 26th – Corsica Studios, London, UK
January 28th – C T M Festival @ HAU1 Festival Opening Show, Berlin, Germany
January 29th – C T M Festival @ HAU1, Berlin, Germany

Retribution is out now in North America and on November 18th in Europe via Six Shooter.

Neil Cowley Trio offer accompanying video for ‘Weightless’

25 October 2016

Neil Cowley Trio - WeightlessFresh off the back of Spacebound Apes, Neil Cowley Trio are offering a new music video for ‘Weightless’, taken from the album. Coinciding with video release, they have just embarked on a number of shows in support of the album, which will see them perform at London’s Union Chapel this Thursday. Now check out the video for ‘Weightless’, featuring illustrations from DC Comics artist Sergio Sandoval.

Happy Place’s debut album Northfield out this Friday

24 October 2016

Happy Place - NorthfieldNew York based Happy Place are an unusual quartet of two drums and two guitars, fronted by renowned percussionist and composer Will Mason, with Austin Vaughn also on drums and Andrew Smiley and Will Chapin on guitars. This Friday will see the release of their debut album, Northfield, written by Mason while experiencing sleep deprivation due to anxiety. The music on the album “is an exploration and celebration of the altered states of consciousness that asceticism elicits”, describes the press release. “It is about experiencing exultation through absence. It is about ecstasy through privation.”

Northfield is one of the most exciting albums we’ve heard in a long time. To get a taste of their instrumental virtuosity, listen to the two monumental album cuts Happy Place have previously shared, ‘Spoon!’ and ‘Rapture!’. The latter comes with a video directed by Chelsea Burcz.


Northfield is out on October 28th via Exit Stencil Records.