Mayumi Hirata
British Sea Power‘s next album Let The Dancers Inherit The Party will be released on March 31st.
“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,” guitarist Martin Noble has said.
“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.”
All this coalesced during recording sessions in Sussex and the Isle Of Skye, lead track Bad Bohemian is streaming right here:
Let The Dancers Inherit The Party tracklist:
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