‘A perfect pairing... absolutely beautiful.’ 8/10 – NME
'Heavyweight Soul' 4/5 - Mojo
‘an exciting meeting of troubled minds’ – All Music Guide
Soulsavers’ latest album, The Light The Dead See is out NOW
via Mute. Recorded at various locations across the globe and mastered
at Abbey Road, this is the follow up to 2009’s critically acclaimed
album Broken, with collaboration from Dave Gahan. You can currently
stream the album in it’s entirety on the band’s website and view the first of a four part interview series here. Purchase your copy on CD or download. LP format has been delayed a few weeks.
The Light The Dead See Track Listing:
1. La Ribera
2. In The Morning
3. Longest Day
4. Presence of God
5. Just Try
6. Gone Too Far
7. Point Sur Pt.1
8. Take Me Back Home
9. Bitterman
10. I Can't Say
11. Take
12. Tonight
Venturing out from the studio to the road, Soulsavers were invited to support Depeche Mode on the European leg of the band’s vast 2010 Tour of the Universe. Here, the seeds of The Light The Dead See
were sewn. With Gahan penning lyrics for the music and recording his
own vocals in New York, then Machin building up the results into
fully-formed and arranged epics, the international project was a case
of “chemistry working”. The album was mastered at Abbey Road earlier
this year.
“There was no real script,” says the Rich Machin of the extraordinary fourth album The Light The Dead See,
a set of songs of majesty and momentum. “It just rolled and rolled; it
was effortless.” Joining forces with Dave Gahan it immediately became
clear that this was going to be something very special. “We realized we
were coming from the same place in so many ways,” adds Machin. “He’s
really laid himself bare on this record, his contribution is
astonishing.” Says Gahan, “Everything about it was relatively
unplanned, surprising: a magical thing. We were a perfect match and I’m
very, very excited about this record.”
Soulsavers – the music and production team of Rich Machin and Ian Glover – have been a growing force since 2003’s debut Tough Guys Don’t Dance. 2007’s It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s The Way You Land
brought their dark flair to a wider audience. The inimitable Mark
Lanegan served as primary singer, though there were also vocal
contributions from Will Oldham and Jimi Goodwin. In 2009, third album Broken
confirmed that Soulsavers were moving away from early electronica to
earthier guitars, use of space and what Machin described as “a soulful
twist.” Lanegan again led the vocals on stand-outs such as ‘You Will
Miss Me When I Burn’ and ‘All The Way Down’, with other guest vocalists
including Oldham again, Jason Pierce, Richard Hawley, Mike Patton and
Gibby Haynes. Clearly, there was no shortage of acclai med singers
ready to lend their lungs to Soulsavers’ stirring, seductive, soothing
or startling creations.
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