{"product_id":"szun-waves-earth-patterns-cd","title":"Szun Waves - Earth Patterns [CD]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: BAY119CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 843190011926\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 19 Aug 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Jazz\/Electronic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSzun Waves’ third album, following New Hymn To Freedom (2018) and At Sacred Walls (2016).\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded over three days in London in 2019, with additional input from James Holden and mixer David Pye.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe album will be released on CD, black vinyl LP and limited edition indies only ‘brown smoke’ vinyl (900 copies for the world).\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVinyl editions include a spot varnished cover, printed inner sleeves and a download code.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe members of Szun Waves may not have been collectively in the same country, let alone room, for over two years, but that hasn’t prevented them from realising their third album, Earth Patterns.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe trio – comprised of producer Luke Abbott, saxophonist Jack Wyllie (Portico Quartet) and drummer Laurence Pike (Triosk\/PVT\/Liars) – recorded the album sessions together at the tail end of their 2019 European tour, locking themselves away in the studio for three days of improvisation. They emerged with hours of music, some inspired by their live shows, most born fresh in the studio itself, ready to be moulded into the group’s third album in five years.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHowever, with Laurence marooned in Australia, and Luke and Jack grounded in different parts of the UK, it meant an unexpected reassessment of the band’s creative remit, and the enforced long gestation period almost inadvertently ended up creating the most fully-formed Szun Waves record to date.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhere second album, New Hymn To Freedom, had its face tilted up to the heavens, Earth Patterns is a more grounded record, and in places, a more claustrophobic one: Wyllie’s saxophone squalls ripple in the background as Pike’s dense drums clatter, both shaped and guided by the atmospherics of Abbott’s synths. Moments of jazz harmony collide with cinematic soundscapes; long searching passages build into kaleidoscopic frenzies.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“I think the record we've ended up with is an emotional outpouring,” Abbott says. “There's a fluidity to it that feels like we tapped into something quite raw. The last record felt like drifting in space but I see this new record as a journey from the outer reaches of the universe down onto the earth, like a macrocosm to microcosm arc,” he explains.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e● Earth Patterns will be preceded by three digital singles: ‘New Universe’, ‘Exploding Upwards’ and ‘In The Moon House’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e● Dom Harwood’s video for lead track ‘New Universe’ is a brilliant distillation of what Szun Waves are - a marrying of the organic and the strange: spectral and widescreen\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e● Harwood has worked on all aspects of the visual identity for this era of the band, including the beautiful artwork that embodies the rich, detailed approach of Earth Patterns as a whole\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e● Previous album New Hymn To Freedom was incredibly well received, placing at number 4 in The Guardian’s Contemporary Albums of the Year list, and also featuring in end of year lists for The Quietus, Loud \u0026amp; Quiet, Get Into This, Resident, Drift and Bear Tree Records\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e● Support from Mary Anne Hobbs, Tom Ravenscroft and Shabaka Hutchings\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e● UK and European promo handled by Duncan Clark at 9PR\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e● Radio by Thea Hudson-Davies at Leaf\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTRACKLIST : CD LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. A1. Exploding Upwards 2. A2. New Universe 3. A3. Garden 4. A4. In The Moon House 5. B1. Be A Pattern For The World 6. B2. Willow Leaf Pear 7. B3. Atomkerne\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn New Hymn To Freedom:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Here the woozy, dream-like electronic meditations of Portico Quartet saxophonist Jack Wyllie and synth player Luke Abbott are brought to life by Laurence Pike’s fluttering, fizzing drums\"The Guardian\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Szun Waves jams come as swells, with a power that is hard to dismiss” Pitchfork\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Szun Waves landed with a bang on 2016’s At Sacred Walls, a spiritual quest born of improvised sessions between Norfolk synth voyager Luke Abbott, Portico Quartet saxophonist Jack Wyllie and PVT drummer Laurence Pike. While that album twisted Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra’s celestial jazz into otherworldly forms, New Hymn To Freedom rockets further afield\" Jazz Album of the Month, 4\/5 Mojo\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“A gleaming universe full of wonder, possibility and galactic freedom”Electronic Sound\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“These six pieces reveal the occasional trio’s telepathic sense of harmony, and and strike that broad sweet spot between James Holden’s rural exotica and Sun Ra’s tropical vibrations\"8\/10 Uncut\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Their unhurried, heady jams find power at the microcosmic level… These six tracks are complex compositions, but Szun Waves write and perform with the freshness that could trick you into thinking it poured right out of their heads” Loud \u0026amp; Quiet\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“A beautifully crafted, exploratory piece of work” Album Of The Week, the Quietus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Leaf Label","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41660007219356,"sku":"BAY119CD","price":10.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/BAY119CD_8aa68731-56b5-4d73-bb76-137b69946a8f.jpg?v=1653495397","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/szun-waves-earth-patterns-cd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}