We are counting the days until the release of Holy Fuck‘s highly anticipated new album, Congrats. The Canadian quartet are keeping us excited and they have just shared a kaleidoscopic video to accompany the mind-blowing single ‘Xed Eyes’, directed and animated by Chad VanGaalen. Watch it below and make sure you grab Congrats when it drops on May 27th via Innovative Leisure and Last Gang.
Sandro Perri unveils collaborative project Off World
Brilliant musician and producer Sandro Perri has unveiled an exciting new project. With an immense work stylistically diverse under his belt, Perri has been prolific in his solo work, using his own name and other monikers, and also collaboratively working with many different musicians. Entitled Off World, the new project assembles a collection of Perri’s collaborative work with other producers, including Lorenz Peter (Corpusse, Processor), Drew Brown (Lower Dens, Blonde Redhead, Beck), Susumu Mukai (Zongamin), M J Silver (Mickey Moonlight) and Craig Dunsmuir (Glissandro 70, Kanada 70), and musicians Eric Chenaux and Jesse Zubot .
Off World will be released in three volumes, with the first one seeing the light of day through Constellation this Autumn. We can already get a taste of what’s on offer with the incredible first single ‘Wonder Farm’, a collaboration with Drew Brown and Susumu Mukai.
Watch the new video for The Oscillation’s ‘Truth In Reverse’
Fresh off the back of their mind-blowing new album Monographic, and a European tour, The Oscillation have unveiled a video to accompany the relentlessly driving and haunting lead single ‘Truth In Reverse’, clocking in at over 7 minutes. The video was made by Julian Hand. Check it out now.
Monographic will be re-pressed next month as a limited edition clear red vinyl and pre-order is now available on The Oscillation’s bandcamp.
Perhaps Contraption detail upcoming album and share video for new single ‘Droplets / Molecules’
After last year’s excellent single ‘Lay Low’, we’ve been eagerly waiting for news of a new album from London based 9-piece Perhaps Contraption and they’ve finally announced its release. Mud Belief is due out on June 3rd via Grabby Claw. Infused with diverse styles and references from each of the nine members, the upcoming effort draws influences from post-minimalism, jazz, contemporary classical, and avant-rock. For a taste of what they’ll be throwing at us, Perhaps Contraption have shared the effervescent and exuberant ‘Droplets / Molecules’ and it comes with a fabulous fitting video. The troupe’s artistic director and piccolo/flute player Christo Squier had this to say about the track:
“Droplets/Molecules condenses the troupe’s love for post-minimalism, progressive rock and science, into a detailed, brass-fuelled flurry. Shot entirely on GoPros, it shows what it’s like to ‘ride’ upon our instruments.
The lyrics evoke fascination on a molecular and subatomic level – the ever-shifting discoveries being made about the smallest building blocks of matter. We wanted the musicality, particularly the woodwind at the end, to reflect that somehow.”
Check out the bubbly video for ‘Droplets / Molecules’ below.
Perhaps Contraption are celebrating the release of Mud Belief with a launch show at London’s Rich Mix on May 12th. The troupe is also reportedly plotting a London street tour that will include spontaneous performances in unusual public spaces around the city.
Jherek Bischoff announces new album Cistern and shares title track
The immensely talented multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Jherek Bischoff conquered our ears in 2012 with his magnificent debut album Composed, which was one of our Album Picks then.
We’re pleased to know he is ready to release a brand new album called Cistern. As the title suggests, Bischoff conceived the album in an empty two million gallon underground water tank, here he spent time improvising. Cistern reflects its inception space, which, according to the press release, “forced Bischoff to slow down, to reflect, to draw on his childhood growing up on a sailing boat – an unexpected journey of rediscovery, from the city back to the Pacific Ocean via the Cistern.”.
To bring the record to life, Bischoff has also enlisted the help of incredible New York ensemble Contemporaneous.
Cistern will see the light of day on July 15th via The Leaf Label. To get us enticed ahead of it, Bischoff has shared the majestic, poignant and introspective title track. Play it loud and on repeat.
Anna Meredith shares animated video for ‘Something Helpful’
Anna Meredith‘s long-awaited debut album, Varmints, came out a couple of months ago and we love it. The gorgeous and bouncy ‘Something Helpful’ is now being offered with a jolly animated video, directed by Jonny Sanders who also co-animated it with Sam Williams. Watch it below.
Varmints is out now via Moshi Moshi.
