Listen To “Kong,” The Lead Single From The Nowtist’s
Forthcoming Album, Close To The Glass
You can now listen to “Kong,” the lead single from The Notwist’s forthcoming album Close To The Glass, available February 25th in North America via Sub Pop. Pitchfork premiered the track, and had this to say: "Here's the propulsive, driving "Kong", a surprisingly sparkling uptempo cut (see “Tracks” January 21st).”
The Notwist’s Close To The Glass will also be available in the following territories: in Japan from Afterhours on February 12th; in Australia via Spunk on February 21st; and in Europe via City Slang on February 24th. Close To The Glass features the aforementioned “Kong” and the previously released title track, along with highlights “Run Run Run,” and “Casino.” Please find a full tracklisting below.
Fans who pre-order Close To The Glass via iTunes will receive the album’s title track and “Kong” immediately. Both singles can be purchased individually as well. The album is also available for pre-order at Sub Pop’s Notwist page. People who pre-order Close To The Glass on LP at subpop.com will receive the limited “Loser Edition” of the album on colored vinyl, as well as the opportunity to purchase two brand new The Notwist t-shirts, that will be available as a premium bundle with CD or LP purchases (while supplies last).
The Notwist have European tour dates scheduled to support Close To The Glass, beginning with two Austrian shows this weekend: January 24th in Innsbruck and January 25th in Vienna at FM4 Geburtstagsfest. The band will resume performances on February 24th in Wiesbaden, DE at Schlachthof, with a series of tour dates that currently end May 28th in Amsterdam, NL at Melkweg. There will also be a North American tour announcement shortly. Please find a full list of tour dates below.
More about The Notwist:
The Notwist have always been pioneering their own sound, walking a trail of songs across genres toward something definitively new and distinctly them. Yet the German born band are never running ‘from’ their previous creations rather ‘toward’ the next, and in doing so have crafted a series of personal yet impeccable records that warmly thread together the far corners of independent music. Simply speaking, the Notwist make this careful and banging, private yet pop, post-everything music, for the movie going on inside you.
Their latest full length Close To The Glass is yet another courageous leap into the sky of songs. It is a catchy and unpredictable marriage of playing your heart out on an instrument and the magnetic pulse of precise programming. While the band always creates music ripe with authenticity and mood, we find them now defining their edges with no shortage of bravery or beat. As romantic as it is robotic, Close To The Glass is a bottomless collage; part pop song, part science, part band, part story telling and all Notwist. The sturdy glue between the layers of Close To The Glass is their newfound synergy as a band, no longer co-writing parts, Markus Micha and Martin have finally found their human form and in some ways, at last, have ‘become’ the Notwist. Along side Max and Andi, they write, re-write, and record songs as one, tapping into the energy they possess on stage, and naturally arriving at the band all their exploratory recorded music had cut out for them (read more at Sub Pop).
Close To The Glass
Tracklisting
1. Signals
2. Close To The Glass
3. Kong
4. Into Another Tune
5. Casino
6. From One Wrong Place To The Next
7. 7-Hour-Drive
8. The Fifth Quarter Of The Globe
9. Run Run Run
10. Steppin’ In
11. Lineri
12. They Follow Me
Tour Dates
Jan. 24 - Innsbruck, AT - Weekender Club
Jan. 25 - Vienna, AT - FM4 Geburtstagsfest
Feb. 24 - Wiesbaden, DE - Schlachthof
Feb. 25 - Bielefeld, DE - Forum
Feb. 26 - Berlin, DE - Heimathafen
Mar. 10 - Stuttgart, DE - Wagenhallen
Mar. 11 - Lyon, FR - Epicerie Moderne
Mar. 12 - Nantes, FR - Stereolux
Mar. 13 - Paris, FR - La Maroquinerie
Mar. 14 - Lille, FR - Le Grand Mix
Mar. 15 - Manchester, UK - The Deaf Institute
Mar. 16 - Glasgow, UK - Mono
Mar. 17 - Bristol, UK - The Fleece
Mar. 18 - London, UK - Village Underground
Mar. 19 - Brussels, BE - Botanique
Mar. 20 - Cologne, DE - E-Werk
Apr. 10 - Ljubijana, SK - TBA
Apr. 11 - Zagreb, HR - Mochvara
Apr. 12 - Linz, AT - Posthof
Apr. 13 - Munich, DE - Circus Krone
May 27 - Hamburg, DE - Laeiszhalle
May 28 - Amsterdam, NL - Melkweg
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