As we had already mentioned, British experimental jazz trio Troyka are releasing Ornithophobia, their third studio album, next month. They’ve previously enticed us with an album teaser and now they’re offering a full track off the new album called ‘Life Was Transient’. Listen to it below and watch our for the album release on January 26th via Naim Jazz.

In other related good news, Troyka have announced a string of UK dates in February and March. Check all the info in their website or here,

Guitarist Chris Montague, keyboard player Kit Downes and drummer Josh Blackmore make up the experimental jazz trio Troyka. With two fantastic and ambitious records under their belt, they’ve have announced the release of their third studio album aptly named Ornithophobia, after guitarist Chris’ real fear of birds. Its title track paved the way for the whole album, which is set in a fictionalised London according to the press release, “a post-apocalyptic dystopian nightmare in which people have contracted a form of avian flu that is slowly turning them into human-size birds and gradually making them lose their minds”. Quoting influences like Tim Berne, Aphex Twin, Deerhoof, Albert King and Flying Lotus, Troyka push boundaries creating a unique world of their own that is both accessible yet unpredictable, warm yet dark, subtle yet groovy.
Ornithophobia arrives on January 26th via Naim Jazz. Here’s an album teaser to get you excited for this release.