« In Our Circle », RIVULETS new album (the first one on Talitres), dwells heavy in a contemporary American psyche
Sure, on the band’s 6th album "In Our Circle", there are prairies of space over which notes and tones often hang like dust specks in a light beam. But there is a pulsing intensity to these moments, these Rust Belt incantations. Denver-via-Minneapolis Songwriter Nathan Amundson might be laconic in his presentation, but his music is abound with thoughtful sentiment and rich in soul. Think of the way the seemingly austere music of Low (with whom Amundson has toured and collaborated), Jason Molina or even, say, the repetitive psych-metal of the vastly under-appreciated Lungfish, vibrated with raw nerve and dark energy. "In Our Circle" vibrates with a similar hard-earned confidence and perhaps with an even darker energy.
"In Our Circle" dwells heavy in a contemporary American psyche. Rare is the news that doesn’t feel worse than the day before. If we’re currently in the Autumn of the American Era, then In Our Circle sits out there in late November in a first snow made of ash. And this is from a band who once called an album We’re Fucked. But the hounds of time are really nipping at our heels now. “Another dark day, another dark day, another dark day, another dark day", Amundson quivers in his lovely, breathy tenor over a slo(ooo)w shuffling strum and a striking lap steel. Coming at the album’s midpoint, one might see this as Rivulets waving the white flag halfway through. But there’s a comfort in these blues, some sort of communal sadness in the dark. If the dad in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road had a guitar in his grocery cart, these would be the last songs he played before he used the guitar for campfire kindling.
European tour early 2019.
Rivulets ’In Our Circle’ || 1. Everything Goes – 2. Not Today – 3. Because I Don’t Care – 4. Wire – 5. You Can Never Come Back – 6. Dark Days – 7. Won’t Be Long Now – 8. I Was Lost When I Met You – 9. Sirens – 10. 24 – 11. Lucky
Out, Oct. 19th. Available for pre-order from the Talitres web store: CD (digipack 3 volets) | White Vinyl (Limited edition) | Black Vinyl | Digital. 10 % OFF till Oct. 19th (end of the pre-order campaign).
Motorama new album "Many Nights", first single "Second Part"
New album available for pre-order from the Talitres webstore. CD / LP / Cassette / Digital.
August Offer: 4 LPs (vinyls) | 36 €, free shipping
4 LPs / 36 euros (free shipping) / From August 21st till August 26th, only.
This special offer includes the following items (Vinyls only):
Maison Neuve "Joan"
Will Samson "Welcome Oxygen"
Will Stratton "Gray Lodge Wisdom"
Laish "Pendulum Swing"
Available now from our online shop.
Motorama, first UK show at The Lexington, London, oct. 20th, 2018
Motorama new album "Many Nights" available for pre-order
CD* digipack three panels.
LP*, Vinyl (+ free download coupon).
LP, Clear vinyl (+ free download coupon), limited edition, up to 500 units (200 units available from our webstore, then via a few indie record stores + at the merch table of Motorama after their shows).
Cassette (limited edition, 200 units).
Digital (mp3, .wav).
* 10 % OFF during the pre-order campaign (till sept. 21st). CD & black vinyl only.
Front cover: photography Vadim Gippenreiter. Vadim Gippenreiter was born in 1917 in Moscow, Russia. His name has become a legend a long time ago, and his works have been recognized as classic master pieces. He is regarded as a founder of nature photography and the greatest representative of a Russian school of Artistic Landscape Photography.
"Many Nights" is Motorama’s fifth album. The recording lasted over five months in Vlad’s apartment and band’s rehearsal space. The new record is a mix of gothic Balearic beats and jangle pop guitars with the lyrics about transcendenсe and surreal worlds, influenced by Arthur Rimbaud and Alexander Blok. Ten songs are structured around a few instruments with the simple melodies and grooves, inspired by Soviet New Wave scene, the cinematographic electronic music of Eduard Artemiev, New Zealand kiwi pop and African percussion arrangements
Motorama will tour late october - early november in France, Benelux and Switzerland.