Vier jaar na hun vorige plaat keert British Sea Power terug. Op 31 maart brengen ze hun nieuwe album uit: Let The Dancers Inherit The Party. Daarbij hoort alvast een eerste track: luister hieronder naar Bad Bohemian.
British Sea Power werd eerder al genomineerd voor de prestigieuze Mercury Music Prize en mocht David Bowie en Lou Reed tot hun fans rekenen.
Hoewel de plaat geen conceptalbum is rond een specifiek thema, schuilt er volgens gitarist Martin Noble toch een coherent en hedendaags gevoel in: “It was made to a background of politicians perfecting the art of unabashed lying, of social-media echo chambers, of click-bait and electronic Tonka Toys to keep us entertained and befuddled. All this can easily make the individual feel futile. But I think we’ve ended up addressing this confusion in an invigorating way, rather than imprisoning the listener in melancholy. Musically, it’s our most direct album and maybe the first one where we maintain a coherent mood from start to finish. Perhaps a little clarity isn’t a bad thing at this point. There wasn’t a plan to create an album with any particular subject matter but we’ve kind of ended up with a case of ’think global, act local’ – an album where individuals are dealing with their domestic and personal lives against a background of uncontrollable international lunacy.”
Tracklisting:
- Intro
- Bad Bohemian
- International Space Station
- What You’re Doing
- The Voice Of Ivy Lee
- Keep On Trying (Sechs Freunde)
- Electrical Kittens
- Saint Jerome
- Praise For Whatever
- Want To Be Free
- Don’t Let The Sun Get In The Way
- Alone Piano