HOUSEWIVES
Share new single ‘Sublimate pt. II’
New album Twilight Splendour due 22nd March
via Blank Editions
London five-piece Housewives return for more anarchic genre-blending adventures on their second LP, Twilight Splendour; a synthesized collage written in Wetherspoons, cafes and anywhere away from their houseboats where they could find a permanent electrical supply.
Exploring the possibilities of electronic sound, this new LP marks a turning point for the band – who sold their guitars to buy midi equipment and swapped London rents for water habitation. Bringing to mind the digital meditations of legendary producer Oneohtrix Point Never and the claustrophobic sampling of Animal Collective and Battles, Twilight Splendour presents a love letter from an early AI to its owner, its concept-led songs strewn with “ecstatic messages of frustration and a desire to connect”.
Their latest single ‘Sublimate pt. II’ is a melancholic anthem wrapped in sugary, ecstatic, pop gloss, which sees the band explore new relationships of separation, belonging and the claustrophobia of freedom ‘faces drenched in blue light’ ‘cosy in the covers, backs to each other’. With its heavy synth bass, ecstatic midi choir backing and buoyant saxophone lines, the song takes on the effect of cathartic release as it ponders the unchallenged life‘never dream for more than boredom, now defines us’.
The track is also available as a special edition lathe cut 7″ direct from the band, limited to just 50 copies.
Lathe cut buy link:
https://housewivesband.bandcamp.com/track/sublimate-pt-ii-2
Live dates:
27th March – London – Concrete (Album launch)
28th March – Sheffield – Picture House Social
12th April – Brighton – Hope & Ruin
13th April – Bristol – Crofters Rights
19th April – Manchester – Soup Kitchen
20th April – Milton Keynes – MK Gallery
24th April – Kortijk – De Kreun
25th April – Brussels – Magazin 4
26th April – Wurzburg – Cairo
27th April – Hamburg – Schute
28th April – Aarhus – Tape
30th April – Gothenburg – Skjulet
2nd May – Copenhagen – Alice
3rd May – Berlin – Trickster
4th May – Bamberg – Pizzini
5th May – Prague – Kasárna Karlín
6th May – Bratislava – Kulturák Klub
7th May – Krakow – Klub Re
8th May – Brno – Kabinet Muz
9th May – Ljubljana – Križanke
11th May – Faenza – Clandestino
12th May – Geneve – Cave 12
13th May – Zurich – Boschbar
15th May – Lyon – Ground Zero
16th May – Strasbourg – Stimultania
17th May – Reims – L’appart Café
18th May – Nantes – Les Ateliers de Bitche
19th May – Rennes – Le Terminus
22nd May – Paris – Supersonic
23rd May – Rouen – Les 3 Pieces
24th May – Rotterdam – Worm
25th May – Groningen – Vera
Preorder link:
http://smarturl.it/TwilightSplendour
Tracklist:
1. Beneath the Glass
2. Speak to Me
3. Dormi
4. SmttnKttns
5. Texu
6. Sublimate pt. I
7. Sublimate pt. II
8. Hexadecimal Wave / Binary Rock
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