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On March 24th, Tonstartssbandht return with their new album, Sorcerer. The follow-up to 2011’s Now I Am Become, due out through Mexican Summer, was first previewed last month with the title track, an opus navigating the realms of many genres including psychedelia, low-fi pop, rock and blues. Now the duo of brothers Andy and Edwin White are teasing their forthcoming record with another outstanding track, the opener ‘Breathe’. It “slips suddenly from a small intimate moment of realization (“breathe / and know you are forgiven”) into a thundering wall of disarming blues rock”, describes the issued press release, adding that ‘Breathe’ “traverses a motorik offroad into a safe haven, and spends its last moments basking in a numbing yet chilly synth drone.”

Listen to ‘Breathe’ below and let yourself fall under de spell of Tonstartssbandht.

Tonstartssbandht are currently touring the UK. Having kicked off the tour at London’s Moth Club last Monday, the pair are still set to play this week in Dublin, Liverpool, Manchester and Brighton.

Florida / New York brothers Andy and Edwin White are the pair behind Tonstartssbanht, which is pronounced tahn-starts-bandit. Their 2011’s Now I Am Become is finally being followed up with a new full-length album entitled Sorcerer. Set for release on March 24th via Mexican Summer, the album sees them “chart a heavenly course above the storm and stress, one explored over years of touring and a poetic language forged between performers and siblings”, as the press release describes. Sorcerer comprises three expansive tracks, each one “form[ing] depictions of Tonstartssbandht’s boundless spirit; ambitious noise rock narratives buoyed in a swampy sonic scene of delay, distortion, and virtuosic interplay”.

Clocking in at nearly 10 minutes and navigating the realms of many genres, from psychedelia, low-fi pop to rock and blues, the album’s epic title track, which is also the shortest of the three, is being offered as the first single. Take a listen below.


In other related good news, Tonstartssbandht have announced a string of UK live dates ahead of the album’s release. Check their full run of dates below.

February 20th – Moth Club, London
February 23rd – Worksman Club, Dublin
February 24th – Shipping Forecast, Liverpool
February 25th – Soup Kitchen, Manchester
February 26th – The Joker, Brighton