The Invisible tease second album with first single

15 February 2012

The Invisible
London trio The Invisible announced today the release of their somophore album, due out later in the year.

The yet-to-be-titled album is the follow up to their 2009’s critically acclaimed debut eponymous album released via Matthew Herbert’s label, Accidental Records. Matthew Herbert also stepped in to produce the album.

The first single from the upcoming album is called ‘Protection’ and is now streaming on The Quietus’ soundcloud page.

‘Protection’ will be released as a limited 12″ vinyl on March 26th and it features a remix of the same track by Warp signing Kwes.

I’m keeping my eyes peeled for updates on this album and will keep you posted.
Enjoy this amazing track.

Death and Vanilla announce debut album and drop video for ‘Rituals’

13 February 2012

Death And VanillaMarleen Nilsson and Anders Hansson make up Swedish duo Death and Vanilla. The pair announced recently the release of their self-titled debut album due out next month.

The forthcoming album features “9 tracks of psychedelic and smooth pop influenced by 60’s/70’s electronic music, Library music, French and Italian 60’s soundtracks and 60’s French pop”.

Death and Vanilla will be available digitally, on a 12″ yellow vinyl limited to 300 copies and on CD. Hands In The Dark and Kalligrammofan teamed up to co-release the album which drops on March 13th. You can pre-order it through both labels, just hit the links.

Ahead of the album release, Death and Vanilla have unveiled a new video for the ethereal and dreamy opening track ‘Rituals’. Check it out below.

Autolux premiere animated video for ‘The Science Of Imaginary Solutions’

13 February 2012

Autolux - Transit Transit

Los Angeles based experimental noise rock trio Autolux took six years to release their somophore album Transit Transit.
The album was released on August 3rd 2010 via TBD Records in North America and Japan and via ATP Recordings in the rest of world.

So it’s no surprise that a year and a half after the album release, Autolux premiere a video for ‘The Science Of Imaginary Solutions’, the closing track off Transit Transit.

ATP are also releasing an A6 publication of stills imagery by Mark Whalen (Kill Pixie) used by director Thomas McMahan when shooting the video for ‘The Science Of Imaginary Solutions’. This edition is limited to 100 copies and you can pre-order it here.

Here’s the video.

Hanne Hukkelberg’s first cut from upcoming fourth studio album

12 February 2012

Hanne Hukkelberg - FeatherbrainNorwegian singer songwriter Hanne Hukkelberg moved to New York in 2010 to write new material. The outcome is her fourth full-length studio album Featherbrain set to be released next week.

Her previous albums show an incredible creativity and diversity in sound and Featherbrain is no exception.
Combining elements of her previous three albums, the press release states that “Featherbrain creates a kind of antique pop music, at the same time brittle and soft, powerful and fragile”. “Featherbrain is a risky album. Both dissonant and lyrical, it is music for headphones and notebooks. Itrs intimate, eccentric sounds demand your intimacy and your eccentricity, and the effort is rewarded: a personal and honest sonic world opens up, in fact, so sincere Hukkelberg had to toughen up to record it”.

Featherbrain drops on February 17th in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, February 20th in the UK and February 24th in Norway via Propeller Recordings.

The first offering from her forthcoming album is the dazzling track ‘My Devils’. Watch the video for this track below, courtesy of The Quietus.