Yesterday Akron/Family premiered the first song from their forthcoming record, Sub Verses, out on Dead Oceans on April 30th (29th in the UK).
"No-Room" showcases the heavier, more direct sound of Sub Verses. Influenced, in part, by monumental land art installations and harnessed by producer Randall Dunn (Sunn 0))), Earth, Black Mountain, Wolves In The Throne Room etc…). In a sense it sees the band returning to their roots, revisiting the heavy physical impact, emotional confrontation, intensity, and musicality of their collaborations w/ Michael Gira of Swans. In a personal statement Gira had this to say about Sub Verses:
We find [Akron/Family] rocking (still rocking), but now in a skittering kaleidoscope. The shards of music styles and influences flung through the speakers from all directions, congealing for a second, then just as quickly dissolving into something new and unexpected. They're amphetamine-crazed jugglers of sound and texture, but there's always those vocals, rooting the thing in a deep and satisfying place.
It seems to me lots of groups these days view the whole history of music as fair game for their palette, which might be understandable, since it's all there at easy access now, but most of it seems like playing dress up to me, and certainly it exists in inverted commas.
There are no inverted commas in the world of AK. They're inside the music, grinding it, fighting it, chewing it, digesting it, then spewing it up to the sky in a multicolored spray of endless sound and love."
The full text from Gira is available, alongside statements from Seth Olinsky & Miles Seaton from Akron/Family here at Dead Oceans.
The album’s art was created by Sunn 0))) guitarist Stephen O’Malley.
Low Vertical, a Bruges/Ghent region 3 piece released their debutalbum “I saw a landscape once” early 2010 and got very good reactions at Belgian press and radio, calling them one of the new bands to keep an eye on…
So here is their second album “We are Giants”, recorded again by Wouter Vlaeminck (tomàn member and producer of Raketkanon, Renee, Kapitan Korsakov) at the GAM studios.
The Radiohead influenced indie guitar style and sound with already some original keyboard and electronica influences has progressed to a more electronic sound with the guitar filling in or creating extra vibe and climax (“Epic Slaughter”).
The band started working live as well with a drummer (Lode Vlaeminck from tomàn fame) who became a full member whilst writing and recording the new album, so some energetic livedrums can be heard fighting a battle with the crispy electronic rhythms (“Sensei”).
“We are Giants” is one long trip which has to be listened to in one go whilst dreaming away when watching the beautiful artwork by bandmember Seppe Vandenberghe.
Here it is...the new Daybehavior videoclip. Gorgeous synthpop!
Described as bedroomwave. And hey, it's the right words!
Terror Bird are playing at Cafe Central in Brussels on 23rd May.
Location: Borgvai 14, 1000 Brussels.
After the gig there'll be an analogic cold afterparty, but here's a musicclip first...a band to discover!
Cahier Du Cinéma named Matías Bize one of the best filmmakers from Chili.
Now Filmfreaks are releasing his latest movie La Vida De Los Peces on dvd.
SYNOPSIS
A house party, a handsome man wanders around catching up with friends he has not seen for some years. A travel writer now based in Berlin, Andre appears to be living an exciting international life, and yet... something has drawn him back home to Santiago. As the night goes on, we realize that a tragedy binds this group - an event that was also the impetus for Andre's departure from Chile years ago. Moreover, there is someone at the party he goes to great lengths to avoid. But she is the very person he most needs to see.
Cast: Santiago Cabrera, Blanca Lewin, Victor Montero
