John Peel favourites, Billy Mahonie, who shaped within the first wave of British post-rock along the likes of Mogwai within the past due 90s, are set to go back with their first new album with the unique line-up in just about 1 / 4 of a century.
Titled Box Of Heads, the album might be launched Might twenty fourth by the use of their very own Whistling Sam Tasks document label. Pre-order right here.
While their debut album The Giant Dig, launched in 1999 on Too Natural Information, is regarded as a vintage of the post-rock style, Billy Mahonie all the time crafted their intricate song with memorable hooks and melodies and carried out it with power and gusto. Theirs was once now not an aimless, meandering sound, as a substitute the songs and angle have been rooted in punk rock, and nonetheless are. Billy Mahonie put the rock into post-rock.
Set for liberate this coming Might twenty fourth by the use of Whistling Sam Tasks, Box Of Heads sees the band returning with their vintage authentic line-up of Gavin Baker (guitar), Howard Monk (drums), Hywell Dinsdale (bass and guitar) and Kevin Penney (bass and guitar).
While this line-up has been semi-active for a couple of years, no new subject matter got here to fruition. After their ultimate gig in 2017, alternatively, the band made up our minds it was once time to get again into the studio, however with two contributors residing out of the country new demanding situations have been confronted, however concepts have been shared, previous ones have been resurrected and in any case in October of 2019, Billy Mahonie have been again within the studio.
Recorded over two lengthy weekends on all sides of the Covid-19 lockdowns, the band tracked at The Church studios, owned via their former collaborator and front-of-house engineer Paul Epworth, with senior engineer Luke Pickering on the controls, permitting Box Of Heads to temporarily take form.
New unmarried Kaiju provides the song global the primary style of Box Of Heads and proper from the off, it’s vintage Billy Mahonie. Right away bursting into existence with the power and melody this is so distinctive to their sound, Howard’s riding drums thrust the song forward because the guitars and synths weave their means round them. Intricate and moving, however by no means on the expense of a music that sticks to your head.
”This one got here from a chord development myself and Gav first attempted out jamming in 2010,” explains Howard. ”Understand that, when Hywell and Kev were given their fingers on it, it turned into one thing nobody ever envisaged. Kev’s nice identify is, in fact, the Jap identify for the subgenre of monster-based science fiction” he provides. ”A frenetic riff opens the track and for a counter guitar section best two choices stay, play within the minimum gaps or in finding an overarching theme. We selected each. Kaiju motion pictures affect the extra Synths, echoes of the ones early Jap film subject matters. Some folks we now have performed this to upfront have prompt this observe is one we will have to lead with, because it is more or less the place we left off. We agree. It rocks lovely onerous. And is a little bit funky too. What’s to not like?!”
After just about 1 / 4 of a century, Billy Mahonie are very a lot again.
Take a look at the video for Kaiju underneath.
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Whistling Sam Tasks, the crowd’s personal label has been arrange for world distribution thru SRD.
A virtually sold-out London release display at The Lexington on Might 4th has been booked and they’re showed to play Portals Pageant Saturday Might twenty fifth in East London.
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