Hidden Orchestra’s first single ahead of somophore album

20 July 2012

The much anticipated second album by Edinburgh quartet Hidden Orchestra will arrive this fall. The upcoming album, entitled Archipelago, is due out on October 1st via Tru Thoughts.
According to the label, Archipelago sees lead member Joe Acheson “exploring and developing many of the themes from their debut while introducing new guest players, instruments and found sounds”.

Ahead of the new album, Hidden Orchestra will release the double A-side single ‘Vorka’ / ‘Spoken’ on September 10th.
Listen to “Vorka” below, a cinematic song featuring guest cellist Su-a Lee.

Maserati offer first taste from upcoming album

19 July 2012

Instrumental psych post rockers Maserati have announced the release of a new album entitled Maserati VII.
The new effort, due out on October 2nd via Temporary Residence, is the band’s first album since the tragic death of drummer Jerry Fuchs.

The band has unveiled ‘The Eliminator’,  the first taste lifted from the upcoming Maserati VII. Listen to it beneath and check out the album trailer.


AU’s ‘Solid Gold’ remixed by Deerhoof

17 July 2012

Here at Cast the Dice we don’t really fish for remixes. But every now and then an exceptional one gets trapped in our nets.
And that is the case with ‘Solid Gold’, the very first single taken from AU‘s third album Both Lights, which just received the remix treatment from Deerhoof.
AU will be releasing it on a limited edition split 7″ with fellow Portland residents Pure Bathing Culture.
And whilst we wait for it to drop, check out the original track here and enjoy the Deerhoof remix below.

Mono ready to release new album For My Parents

16 July 2012

Japanese orchestral post-rockers Mono are set to release the follow up to their 2009’s Hymn To The Immortal Wind. The new album, entitled For My Parents, is due out on August 22nd in Japan via the quartet’s own label Magniph and September 3rd in the rest of the world via Temporary Residence.

For My Parents sees Mono being supported again by the Wordless Music Orchestra, with whom they had recorded the live album Holy Ground in 2010.

We are still waiting for the first taste from the album to surface, but check out below the album trailer Mono put together. And after that listen to the majestic ‘Silent Flight, Sleeping Dawn’, lifted from Hymn To The immortal Wind.


Rudi Zygadlo’s somophore album arrives in September

13 July 2012

Berlin based Scottish singer-songwriter and producer Rudi Zygadlo is set to release his second full-length entitled Tragicomedies.
The album will be released on September 17th via Planet Mu and it follows his 2010’s debut Great Western Laymen.

Ahead of the release, Zygadlo dropped last week the lead single ‘Melopomene’, a beautiful ballad named after a Greek Muse. The single is available digitally and on vinyl, and it features the B-side ‘Arrows’.
‘Melopomene’ “works a wonderful alchemy with acoustic instrumentation and dramatic suture-like edits with a gauzy side-compressed production, over which a tempered tale of love lost unravels among Rudi’s fragile harmonies”, according to the issued press release. “The track builds to a middle passage, as piano and accordion duel with a beautiful grace in an almost neo-classical passage before the penny drops on the outro and the sadness hinted at before dramatically plays out in the song’s chorus.”

‘Melopomene’ comes with a video, directed by Nick Rutter. Check it out beneath.