L’album “The Great Distraction” uscirà il 29 settembre per la Different Recordings
La band sarà al Village Underground di Londra il prossimo 4 ottobre
I Vessels pubblicano oggi il nuovo singolo ‘Erase the Tapes’, che vede la partecipazione dell’acclamato crooner americano John Grant. Il brano – che anticipa l’imminente albumThe Great Distraction – è pervaso dalla bellezza malinconica e solenne della voce di Grant. Come dichiarano gli stessi Vessels, “We were aiming to create a living, breathing human version of dance music. And there isn’t really anything more honest and organic than the human voice. John Grant really inspired us to create something totally new”.
In contemporanea all’uscita del singolo, i Vessels annunciano gli special guest del loro tour nel Regno Unito. A condividere il palco nelle date di Leeds, Manchester, Cardiff e Glasgow ci sarà infatti il produttore con pianta stabile a Londra Guy Andrews (Houndstooth), che ha appena pubblicato il suo nuovo album Tåke.
The Great Distraction uscirà il prossimo 29 settembre per la Different Recordings.Includendo le collaborazioni di artisti del calibro di The Flaming Lips,Vincent Neff (Django Django) e Katie Harkin (Sky Larkin), l’album rappresenta un importante passo in avanti per i Vessels.
Alle rivelanti partecipazioni presenti nel disco si aggiunge l’evoluzione del loro sound rispetto al passato, percepibile nell’inarrestabile intensità ipnotica di brani strumentali quali ‘Mobilise’ e del loro primo singolo ‘Radiart’, oltre che nella frammentata e complessa bellezza della traccia ‘Radio Decay’. Come spiega il batterista Tim Mitchell, “A few of the longer instrumental tracks on the album strike a balance between long, dirty, polyrhythmic techno and the math-rock, post-rock band we used to be, and that’s never left us”.
The Great Distraction simboleggia il percorso di autoanalisi della band rispetto alla nascita, alla morte e all’invecchiamento, tradotto in un’esplosiva scarica di energia che da sempre costituisce il tratto distintivo dei Vessels.
Come dichiara Martin Teff, “We’re not 18 anymore. I think this album represents a convergence of where we are in our personal lives and where the band is in its journey. And it all seems to be happening at a time when the world is quite a strange place. The music acknowledges a bleakness and tension, but I think our response is optimistic and euphoric”.
Una riflessione che si applica indirettamente all’origine del titolo The Great Distraction. Come afferma lo stesso Martin, “The title came from a misheard lyric that John Grant had written. To us, it resonates in a few different ways. Personally, I like art that has a slower impact like that”.
Con alle spalle quattro album e oltre un decennio di vita, si sarebbe portati a pensare cheThe Great Distraction sia l’apice definitivo della band. In realtà, l’inarrestabile ricerca dei Vessels è appena iniziata.
Come spiega il produttore e principale songwriter Lee J Malcolm, “We’re always learning and trying new stuff, and the set-up has evolved as the records have evolved. The exploration of sound to me is so exciting and that, for me, is the catalyst for everything”.
Affermazione sostenuta dallo stesso Pete, che aggiunge “Lee once said that ‘it’s a puzzle we might not solve’, but this, this feels like we’ve landed on something .
I Vessels sono Lee J Malcolm, Martin Teff, Peter Wright, Tim Mitchell e Tom Evans.
Il loro quarto album The Great Distraction uscirà il 29 settembre per l’etichetta Different Recordings. I Vessels suoneranno live al Village Underground di Londra il prossimo 4 ottobre.
Tracklist
01. Mobilise
02. Deflect The Light (feat. The Flaming Lips)
03. Position
04. Radiart
05. Deeper In A Sky (feat. Harkin)
06. Gløwer
07. Trust Me (feat. Vincent Neff)
08. Everyone Is Falling
09. Radio Decay
10. Erase The Tapes (feat. John Grant)
Live Dates
30 settembre – Brudenell Social Club – Leeds, UK
3 ottobre – Sticky Mike’s – Brighton, UK
4 ottobre – Village Underground – London UK
5 ottobre – Soup Kitchen – Manchester, UK
6 ottobre – Club Ifor Bach – Cardiff, UK
7 ottobre – Art School – Glasgow, UK
14 ottobre – Batofar – Paris, FR
18 ottobre – ADE – Amsterdam, NL
19 ottobre – Rotown – Rotterdam, NL
20 ottobre – Het Bos – Antwerp, BE
26 ottobre – Prince Charles – Berlin, DE
27 ottobre – Kleiner Döner – Hamburg, DE
28 ottobre – Artheater – Cologne, DE
1 novembre – Razzmatazz – Barcelona, ES
2 novembre– Siroco – Madrid, ES
Dichiarazioni stampa per “The Great Distraction”
“Most bands produce their best music early on but Vessels have bucked the trend by delivering their finest album yet” – Mixmag 8/10
“While ‘The Great Distraction’ doesn’t forget what came before, it finds Vessels in a new universe – one even more exciting” – Dork 4/5
“What do you do when you’ve pushed the prog-rock envelope as far as it extends?… delve deeper into electronica territory, and wind up with what could be your best album to date” – The Skinny 4/5
“Vessels have the style and substance to step up to another level – and from the sound of this, they deserve it” – Electronic Sound
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