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THE POISONED GLASS SHARE ‘LOW SPIRITS’ FROM THEIR DEBUT 10 SWORDS

April 13, 2016
Adam Richardson

Adam Richardson

 

THE POISONED GLASS SHARE ‘LOW SPIRITS‘ FROM THEIR DEBUT 10 SWORDS  AS THEIR EUROPEAN DATES APPROACH
  The Poisoned Glass (the duo of Stuart Dahlquist and Edgy59) summon another piece from their forthcoming debut album, 10 SWORDS released on April 22nd via Ritual Productions. The Stockhausen-esque sounds of ‘Low Spirits’ are now streaming as their debut European tour dates commence this week.

On 10 SWORDS, wide steps of ringing drones link and linger, finding slow, supple harmonious instances, and masochistic examples of the opposite, over which Edgy narrates eloquent batches of lamentation. Sometimes isolating and windswept, often immediate and agonizing, the interplay between his impassioned vocals and burgeoning electronics is a key identifier in The Poisoned Glass sound, while Dahlquist’s bass surges intermittently across the record, devastating when cranked up to full power. Pick scrapes sound off like the claustrophobic clamour of jungle animals on ‘Eels’, while elsewhere and over and over again, frequencies pulse in tandem with an unidentified score, leaving the listener suspended, for minutes on end. ‘Verbatim’ surrounds its explosion of a centre piece with an almost sarcastically reverent chant, and ‘Silent Vigil’ finds them at their most structured and consequently, at their most unsettling.
  10 SWORDS utilises infinite textures and crawling pace to create a manipulative, negatively influencing flow of sound that is suffocating, suggestive, sinister and genuinely enthralling – in other words, a huge and affecting achievement from the pair.
 The Poisoned Glass shall also be at Rough Trade West on April 30th to sit in on an album playback and signing session, free to attend, and with all details here on the Rough Trade site. Please find details regarding their amended European tour schedule below…
LIVE SHOWS:
14/04/2016 Netherlands, Tilburg – Het Patronaat, Roadburn Festival
15/04/2016 Belgium, Brussels – Magasin4
16/04/2016 Germany, Osnabrueck – Bastard Club
17/042016 Czech Republic, Prague, Chapeau Rouge
18/04/2016 Germany, Hamburg, MS Stubnitz
20/04/2016 Norway, Oslo – Blitz
22/04/16 – Belgium, Antwerp – Antwerp Music City Issue
24/04/2016 Netherlands, Amsterdam – OCCII
26/04/2016 – France, Lille – Centre Culturel Libertaire (CCL)
27/04/2016 France, Paris – La Mécanique Ondulatoire
28/04/2016 UK, Bristol – The Exchange
29/04/2016 UK, London – The Black Heart, Desertfest
ALBUM PLAYBACK/SIGNING SESSION:
30/04/2016 UK, London – Rough Trade West
10 SWORDS CD TRACKLISTING
1. Plume Veil
2. Toil and Trouble
3. Eels
4. The Still Air (bonus track, CD exclusive – not available on LP or Digital Download)
5. Verbatim
6. Silent Vigil
7. Low Spirits

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