Being officially released tomorrow, Thursday January 18th.
I definitely will be buying this, per my loyalty and love of Cloud Cult's music. It;s all instrumental, which honestly, may be really cool to hear.
I do recall Craig Minowa was interviewed by 1 or more people like a year or more ago talking about wanting to make all-instrumental music or albums, so maybe this is the 1st thing he and CC have done.
I suspect I'll want to check out the film after hearing this too (much like the new Nordic Giants, a film sadly I still have yet to see, and am unsure how to right now unfortunately).
1.Great Alone Intro 3:40
2 Meditative Trail 3:30
3 Just Want To Be Like Dad 2:09
4 The First Win 2:24
5 Lance 3:01
6 Don't Tell Me I Can't 3:12
7 Cancer 3:03
8 Great Alone Close 02:53
32 minutes. Went okay; maybe a little better than I expected. I do think I will try and put some music in the background on 1 of these soon.
10-1 coming soon, although not sure if this week or not. This week is...well, let's say I will be happy once it's over. I have a job interview on Thursday which the prep is tormenting me every waking hour.
29. Bubblemath - Edit Peptide
28. Childish Japes - After You're Born [EP]
27. The Family Crest - Prelude to War [EP]
26. The Contortionist - Clairvoyant
25. Hotel of the Laughing Tree - Hotel Junk Box
24. Red Planet with Bill Carothers - Red Planet with Bill Carothers
23. Ramona Falls - Coils
22. Mew - Visuals
21. Timmy Sean - Weeks
20. Persefone - Aathma
19. Moonloop - Devocean
18. Umi - World of Color [EP]
17. Bend Sinister - The Other Way [EP]
16. Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar
15. Beck - Colors
14. Subterranean Masquerade - Vagabond
13. Major Parkinson - Blackbox
12. Nordic Giants - Amplify Human Vibration (Soundtrack)
11. SikTh - The Future in Whose Eyes?
⌆ We are very pleased to announce the details for our new concept ‘Amplify Human Vibration’. This plans to be a documentary film, scored with an original soundtrack which could be taken on tour. We need your help to make this one possible plus we would love some of you to be involved in the actual film itself ! Please follow the link for more details, trailer and to see all the rare items we can offer in exchange for your contribution to this project - Thanks ⌆
rel date pushed back until April 27th (per an email I received). 3/20/15 7:41PM
Looks like the release date for this album is now April 20th. The tracklist and preorder links are below (Burningshed fwiw, it doesn't seem this record will get US distribution yet, but I imagine it'll be available digitally).
Also the 1st track shared "Rapture" was shared recently on YouTube.
‘A SÉANCE OF DARK DELUSIONS’ DEBUT ALBUM RELEASED APRIL 20th Nordic Giants have announced their UK headline tour for May 2015. The seven-date tour kicks off at Leeds’ Brudenell on May 3rd and finalises at The Lantern, Bristol on May 10th. Nordic Giants will play their headline London show at Village Underground on May 4th. Filled with intrigue and excitement, a Nordic Giants live show is an awe-inspiring sonic and visual spectacle. Using complex digital mapping with original short films –incorporating delicate illustration and animation as well as immersive actor-led stories from highly acclaimed directors – Nordic Giants provide the stunning soundtrack to this emotive sensual experience. Nordic Giants are touring in support of their debut album A Séance Of Dark Delusions –due for release on April 20th on Kscope which will provide the soundtrack to this otherworldly cinematic showcase. Largely instrumental, A Séance Of Dark Delusions reflects the inspired musical experimentation and atmosphere of SigurRós, Mogwai, Björk and Pink Floyd. Nordic Giants bring a heavy orchestral brutality through progressive guitar, drum and brass, which are paired with beautiful and haunting electronics as they warp loops and end-of-the-world samples through creeping keys. Mixing dark and light with ambience and raw power, the dynamics of A Séance Of Dark Delusions mark the changing moods of the human spirit. Nordic Giants have just finalised a lengthy European tour in support of Sólstafir and are also set to play a number of European festivals this year including La Ferme Festival, Out Of The Crowd Festival and Aloud Music Festival – the latter of which Nordic Giants headline. NORDIC GIANTS TOUR DATES 03/05 – Brundenell, Leeds 04/05 – Village Underground, London 05/05 – Deaf Institute, Manchester 06/05 – Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow 08/05 – Contemporary, Nottingham 09/05 – Concorde 2, Brighton 10/05 – The Lantern, Bristol
1. Elysian Skies [3:57]
2. Evolve Or Perish [5:56]
3. Rapture feat. Beth Cannon [4:01]
4. Give Flight To The Imagination feat. Freyja [5:11]
5. Dissolve feat Saturday Sun [5:29]
6. Illuminate [6:21]
7. Futures Dark feat. Nadine Wild-Palmer [4:36]
8. Black Folds [3:23]
9. A Thousand Lost Dreams [7:47]
DVD:
1. Seance Documentary [15:50]
2. The Last Breath - Through a Lens Darkly [10:32]
3. Year Zero - A Thousand Lost Dreams [6:41]
4. Shine feat Cate Ferris [4:12]
SIDE A
1 Elysian Skies [ 03:35 ]
2 Evolve Or Perish [ 05:27 ]
3 Rapture feat. Beth Cannon [ 03:43 ]
4 Give Flight To The Imagination feat. Freyja [ 04:43 ]
5 Dissolve feat Saturday Sun [ 04:57 ]
SIDE B
1 Illuminate [ 05:50 ]
2 Futures Dark feat. Nadine Wild-Palmer [ 04:15 ]
3 Black Folds [ 03:07 ]
4 A Thousand Lost Dreams [ 07:07 ] 1/24/15 7:52PM
Great to finally find out information about this debut record of one of my favorite new bands, especially favorite Post Rock bands of late.
The lead single "Rapture (ft. Beth Cannon)" is streaming on that story's link.
This album is being released digitally, CD/DVD and Gatefold Vinyl. guests including members from Saturday Sun, Nadine Wild Palmer, Freyja, and, Beth Cannon whose on Rapture per the "featuring" title.
April 6th release date. Very excited to hear this. April seems like it'll be a pretty good month with Mew, Josh Rouse and now this record among others still to be announced.
Also it is probably worth noting the fact Nordic Giants are going on tour supporting Solstafir this Winter in Europe.
1. Little Bird 05:36
2. Mechanical Minds 04:47
3. Strangest Tides (Feat. Heymun) 05:08
4. Dark Clouds Mean War 06:01
1. Violent Lights (Feat. Alex Hedley) 04:12
2. Drumfire 03:53
3. Neotenie 04:52
4. Between Two Worlds (Feat. Freyja) 07:41
What the hell KScope? yet ANOTHER band, like iamthemorning, that appear to be right up my alley on their label.
Holy shit this is some atmospheric, incredibly dreamy stuff! And this (British but at also East Indian-based?) band, it appears are taking the Pure Reason Revolution/Revere approach of releasing a bunch of singles and EP's before their 1st full-length, which it sounds like they are working on? or maybe close to finished and I imagine may get released this Season.
Some of this stuff reminds me of maybe 2 bands, 1 being the late/great Post/Dreamy Rock band from Portland, Oregon Forest Park, but maybe even more, Canadian chillwave/dream/post rock band who I last heard about in 2012, Memoryhouse.
edit: They also remind me a fair amount of the band *Shels, mainly the percussion, vocals, and use of grand sounding trumpet almost as a texture. And when they use electronics, they can sound a bit like God is an Astronaut (or Toria).
That seems vague. I suppose I hear elements of many other "post" bands (Sigur Ros?, *Shels? God is an Astronaut), including KScope band Nosound I suppose. But regardless, I am rather intrigued by this group in just hearing some of their music on the latest KScope Podcast and now online.
Love the samples (although the ones that include yelling are hit and miss sometimes).
