After a limited 6 track demo cassette sold-out in a few hours only, the London based duo A Terrible Splendour announces its debut album Poseurs. Ask for your promo copies or download link. The band is available for interviews, don't be shy!
A Terrible Splendour are a London-based duo who weave tales of blackmail and despair, of cruelty and of heartbreak. Their sound is a darkly luxurious synthesized pop. They make a drama out of a crisis.
The band’s limited edition cassette EP, released on Desire in autumn 2012, sold out fast and left audiences wanting more. Their wish is now granted with the release of the band’s debut album Poseurs, released on desire.
Available in LP, CD and digital format, it features 11 tracks ranging in style from dissolute disco to sombre cabaret musings. Resolutely modern synth sounds, in turn lush and vicious, combine with lyrics addressing the eternal themes of rebellion, shame and the vagaries of outrageous fortune.
It was recorded by the band with James Aparicio (credits include Spiritualized, These New Puritans, Grinderman) and JJD (Soft Riot, Savage Furs, Radio Berlin).
Tracks from this album have previously featured on several compilations, such as 290.625 by Flexiwave (first run sold out) and the Ninthwave electro-pop sampler (#1 on the Amazon USA free download chart). They are currently involved in releasing ‘And You’ll Find Them In the Basement’, a compilation documenting the modern London synth scene.
Their live shows are a theatre of love and death, with performances drawing on Weimar-era cabaret. The recent self-made video for their track Victimless Crime displays an aesthetic that references German Impressionist cinema and gothic storytelling.
Live highlights include a triumphant performance at the Exit Festival in Serbia and well-received shows on the London circuit (Camden Barfly, The Lexington, Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, The Macbeth) and the UK Synth/Wave scene (Never Come Back, Bedsitland, Dancing and Laughing, Festival of Sins).
‘One of the most exciting live acts of the moment’ (Resonance FM)
‘A world of intrigue and disillusionment’ (Electro and Pop)
‘Doused in glamour, dank with weirdness’ (Some of it was True)
‘The first time we heard them we felt an attraction we could not control, like an arrow, a love at first sight’ (The Scrap Mag)
You are cordially invited to spend an evening in the company of A Terrible Splendour.
MEMBERS
MM Lyle – Synthesizers, Programming, Vocals.
Martin Block – Vocals, Keyboards.
Poseurs will be released on vinyl, CD & digital in April.
Der Klinke are proud to announce the EP's have arrived, official releasedate is end February.
This features The Doll (...original, instrumental and extended version) Cold Dance (new version & instrumental), Eternal (new version & instrumental) and the 2013 version of Where It Ends.
Good news for the AYRIA fans! AYRIA has prepared a special Valentines gift: the digital 7-track download EP "Plastic and Broken" The EP includes remixes by PROJECT PITCHFORK, Daniel B. Prothese (FRONT 242), JUNKSISTA, KOMOR KOMMANDO and DIMENSION FLUX.
Tracklist:
- Plastic Makes Perfect
- Missed The Mark
- Plastic Makes Perfect (KOMOR KOMMANDO's imperfection mix)
- Missed The Mark (PROJECT PITCHFORK mix)
- Plastic Makes Perfect (Daniel B. PROTHESE mix)
- Hunger (DIMENSION FLUX mix)
- Missed The Mark (JUNKSISTA mix)
Note that Alfa Matrix also added AYRIA's previous single, "Hunger".
Lyrics, music and programming were executed by Jennifer Parkin with additional programming, production and mastering by Sebastian R. Komor (Komor Kommando, Zombie Girl, Icon Of Coil,...).
The album will be called “Ein Tag Am Meer” (“A Day At The Sea”) and features 11 brand new tracks with German lyrics, recorded in 2011 and 2012. If you like the “Sommerwind” 10”, this is another gem for you. Wonderful melancholic songs between Minimal-Electro and Synth-Pop.
The album is at the moment in the pressing plant and we hope it can be finally released around March, 1st.
THE HOUSE OF LOVE were one of the most critically acclaimed Indie Rock bands of the late 80s/early 1990s. Their eponymous Creation Records debut album was cited as one of the best albums of 1988 (November 2012’s 3-CD deluxe edition has enjoyed rave reviews and impressive sales)
SHE PAINTS WORDS IN RED is a brand new studio album by the band, still fronted by the band’s singer/songwriter/guitarist Guy Chadwick with lead guitarist Terry Bickers, drummer Pete Evans and bassist Matt Jury.
TRACKLIST
1. A BABY GOT BACK ON ITS FEET
2. HEMINGWAY
3. SHE PAINTS WORDS IN RED
4. PKR
5. LOST IN THE BLUES
6. LOW BLACK CLOUDS
7. MONEY MAN
8. TROUBLE IN MIND
9. NEVER AGAIN
10. SUNSHINE OUT OF THE RAIN
11. HOLY RIVER
12. EYE DREAM
