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BEAK> MONO>          Release New Single on December 10th 2012

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MONO single on 7” vinyl is out December 10th, 2012 on INVADA RECORDS UK.

 

BEAK> were formed in 2009 by 3 musicians, Billy Fuller (bass), Geoff Barrow (drums) and Matthew Williams (keys-axe).

 

BEAK> have a strong ethos to making records – all albums come from live improv sessions with all musicians playing together in one room, no preconceived written ideas and once recorded no overdubs or fixing – what you hear is what happened.

 

BEAK> have released 2 albums and toured extensively in Europe & the US, headlining shows and supporting Chris Cunningham & The Horrors along with playing many festivals in Europe (ATP, Primavera Sound, Route du Rock).

 

Despite BEAK> members all being in other bands they passionately feel that BEAK> should not be seen as a “side project” – they’re a real, continuous working band.

 

Although BEAK> have been played on specialist UK radio shows, this single "MONO"is the band's first track specifically taken to radio as a single.               

 

BEAK> are on tour throughout the UK this November and December and will announce US tour dates for early 2013 shortly. 

 

 

November 15           Leeds            Brudenell Social Club  

November 16           Manchester    Deaf Institute

November 17           Glasgow        Stereo

November 18           Dublin            Whelans

November 19           Liverpool        Kazimier

November 21           London          The Lexington
November 22           London          The Lexington *w/Thought Forms    

December 19           Bristol           The Exchange *Invada Party w/ Savages/

                                                   Thought Forms/The Fawns/Scarlet Rascal                                                                Train Wreck/Fair Horns/Guest DJ

 

About the album………..

 

"The results are impressive...a record that's heroically uncommercial but hypnotic none the less." -The Observer

 

"Theirs is a refreshingly opaque, charmingly fumbling sound world whose obstinate  primitivism can't conceal a playful musicality and facility for skewed, inside-outside grooves."    - MOJO

 

"It’s weird, timeless, gloom funk where ancient-sounding electronics phase in Silver Apples woose-glory, krautrock grooves melt into This Heat avant-punk minimalism, where Devo performs through a mouth full of cottonballs and a stomach of Codiene.” –Spin Best 40 LPs of 2012 so far.

  “Krautrock is synonymous with a certain rhythmic precision and propulsion, but BEAK> don't just lock into a motorik beat and activate the cruise control. Rather, they see the music as part of a broader continuum, digging up its roots in the frazzled psychedelia of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, funk, and musique concrete...” Pitchfork

 

"Creativity prospers in hard times...Menacing and paranoid, this second album makes satisfying sense in 2012." - NME

 

"Music made for the sheer joy of making music."  -Q
   

 

“The slow build of "Kidney" feels: The move from a simmer into a raging boil feels inevitable and perfectly positioned in the track's running time. The push-pull of "Wulfstan II" has that same purposeful embracing of the quiet/loud dynamic. Nothing about the songs shock; you just give yourself over to the waves of volume and incident. What will surprise you is how much more of it you'll want to hear even after a full seven minutes of sound." -Alternative Press                                                                                                    

"Delightfully creepy"- The Fly

 

"A group playing exactly what they want, how they want and never mind the consequences." - Loud and Quiet

 

“The multiplying rhythms combining and spinning on top of each other provide a dense network to get lost in, as well as the vocals leading you down the rabbit hole to get there.”- Consequence of Sound.