ANATHEMA ALBUM SIGNINGS
Anathema will host a series of in-store album signings and select acoustic performances following the release of ‘distant satellites’!
Monday 9th June:
Sister Ray Records, London – 5.30pm
Tuesday 10th June:
Rapture, Witney – 1.00pm
Sound Knowledge, Marlborough + acoustic set – 7.00pm
Wednesday 11th June:
Spillers Records, Cardiff – 1.00pm
Rise, Bristol + acoustic set – 6.00pm
Thursday 12th June:
Head Records, Leamington Spa – 1.00pm
- April 2nd, 2014
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ANATHEMA ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF NEW ALBUM & CONFIRM UK ACOUSTIC SHOWS
ANATHEMA return in June with distant satellites, their brand new studio album.
Due to be released on 9th June via Kscope, distant satellites is the highly anticipated follow up to 2012’s Weather Systems, recorded at Cederberg Studios in Oslo, with producer Christer-André Cederberg.
The beautifully ethereal artwork was created by Korean new media artist Sang Jun Too and based around his Distant Light Installation
The band released a statement on their new album:
“distant satellites is the culmination of everything ANATHEMA been working up to so far in our musical path. It contains almost every conceivable element of the heartbeat of Anathema music that it is possible to have.
There is beauty, intensity, drama, quietude, and extra musical dimensions that the band have previously only hinted at. All built on the song writing chemistry of Daniel, John and Vincent ~ and the haunting voice of Lee Douglas.
Produced and mixed once again by our very own Christer-André Cederberg (Weather Systems, Universal) and with some songs also mixed by the unassailable Steven Wilson, It’s a special and unique release for the band.
ANATHEMA hopes the fans get as much joy from listening to and feeling the music as we did in creating it.”
Ahead of their appearance at this year’s Download Festival, on Friday 13th June, ANATHEMA will be playing a series of acoustic shows
ANATHEMA LIVE:
31/05 – UK, London, Islington Assembly Rooms – Celebr8 Festival
12/06 – UK, Leamington, Assembly Rooms (Acoustic show)
13/06 – UK, Download Festival (Pepsi Max Stage)
15/06 – UK, Gloucester, Gloucester Cathedral (Acoustic show)
18/07 – Poland, Jarocin Festival
19/07 – Germany, Night Of The Prog
21/08 – Australia, Brisbane, Hi Fi Bar
22/08 – Australia, Sydney, MetroTheatre
23/08 – Australia, Melbourne, Corner Hotel
16/10 – France, Paris, Bataclan
More dates to be announced…
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- March 28th, 2014
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65DAYSOFSTATIC ‘TAIPEI’ VIDEO
65daysofstatic revealed video for new single ‘Taipei’ yesterday – view it below!
A Broken Pixel Film
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube by J&J Dean
Animation : Fon Khamwijitraporn & Abi Netto
Editing Assistant : Tristan Graham
Compositor : Ted Burch
Production Assistant : Max Ryan
Special thanks to Broadcast Media Technologies and Graphic Arts and Design students at Leeds Met University.
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B-side ‘DroneNotDrones’ can also be streamed here:
- March 26th, 2014
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KATATONIA RECORD STORE DAY RELEASE ‘KOCYTEAN’
Record Store Day 2014 is coming on April 19th!
“Katatonia collectors and vinyl lovers will be pleased to know that we’ve compiled some of our most rare and appreciated b-sides on a 12″ vinyl for the first time ever! Printed on matte reversed stock and limited to 2000 copies, ‘Kocytean’ will be available only from independent record stores, so get ready to hunt down your copy next month and enjoy this beautiful vinyl release!”
Tracklist:
Side A
1. Unfurl
2. Sold Heart
3. Ashen
Side B
4. Second
5. Code Against The Code
6. The Act Of Darkening
‘Kocytean’ is a wordplay on Cocytus or Kokytos, meaning “the river of wailing” (from the Greek Κωκυτός, “lamentation”) and is a river in the underworld in Greek mythology. Cocytus flows into the river Acheron, across which is the underworld, the mythological abode of the dead.
Anders comments on how the idea came up behind the artwork “I had this scenario playing over and over in my head and together with my graphics shrink Travis Smith decided to convey them down into a series of 4 images where it takes you through struggle, despair, tranquility and hope”.
More info on RSD ’14: www.recordstoreday.co.uk
- March 25th, 2014
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65DAYSOFSTATIC ‘TAIPEI’ SINGLE OUT MONDAY
To coincide with 65daysofstatic’s March & April tour dates, the band are set to release their next single ‘Taipei’ on the 24th March 2014. The track is taken from last year’s critically acclaimed album ‘Wild Light’, and the single also features an unreleased B-side titled ‘Drone Not Drones’.
The band had this to say about the track:
‘Taipei is one of the first Wild Light songs that started getting written. It began with some chance polyrhythms at the Gloria Hotel, Taipei, under the shadow of the 101 and above the hum of the MRT. Night markets selling bootleg operating systems and tofu; one of Calvino’s cities made real; a lithe metropolis sculpted like a well EQ’d kick drum: all sub and crispy punch, the muddy low-end junk scooped out.
Took all that back to a room in Sheffield and tried to kick all the pretentiousness out of it, found some melody to hold all that noise down for a while so when it does get going, it really gets going.’
The band hit the road in March for several dates in the UK & Europe, including a SOLD-OUT show at Koko in London.
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- March 21st, 2014
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