27 October 2016 HUIS HANNELORE | Ghent, BE
29 October 2016 HUIS DE MAESSCHALCK | Moerbeke-Waas, BE
02 November 2016 SIEGESSÄULE LOUNGE – MONARCH | Berlin, DE
03 November 2016 VALENTIN STÜBERL NEUKÖLN | Berlin, DE
05 November 2016 DER STANDARD – IN SESSION | Vienna, AT
08 November 2016 WUK | Vienna, AT *
18 November 2016 AUTUMN LEAVES FESTIVAL | Graz, AT
19 November 2016 UNION CHAPEL – Daylight Music (12-2pm) | London, UK
20 November 2016 THE BETSEY TROTWOOD | London, UK
22 November 2016 THE WASHINGTON | Sheffield, UK
24 November 2016 SUMMERHALL | Edinburgh, UK $
25 November 2016 THE ELM HOUSE | Craigrothrie, UK +
$ w/ Modern Studies
+ w/ Ben Seal
“The funny thing about the film is that I went to Guanajuato, MX to film the Day of the Dead festival but didn’t end up filming it. So it felt like shooting a film in Paris but not showing the Eiffel tower. The streets were too crowded and the parade was moving too fast for me to setup for a proper shot. So instead during my time there, I just responded to things happening around me that I thought were interesting, even unrelated to Day of the Dead. The film ended up being a collection of moments in the spaces in between the big spectacle. Like meeting a family setting up to sell flowers or running through the city with a group catrinas performing the Macarena.”
This is a record about rhythm and sex and sadness. Previous Woodpigeon LPs have been epic affairs about falling in love with the interplay between choirs and symphonies, guitars and voices. This one narrows things down to the finest point, because so often less is so much more. As Hamilton points out: “It’s the loudest thing I’ve ever made.”
The songs were so different from anything that he had done before that Hamilton even toyed with changing the name to create a new beginning, a fresh start. Despite being under the same Woodpigeon moniker, T R O U B L E is a huge step forward and the finest album of a storied career. Even the album name has multiple meanings. As he explains; “Trouble can refer to bad shit coming or getting naked with someone… Either way, really.” Ready to get in to trouble?
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