THESE NEW PURITANS
ANNOUNCE SPITTING STARS USA TOUR AND USA RELEASE FOR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM FIELD OF REEDS ON MARCH 4TH
These New Puritans today announce a USA release for their latest album Field of Reeds on 2x12" vinyl, CD and digital supplemented by their first US dates since the band shared a bill with Björk at The Hollywood Bowl last year.
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These New Puritans are a band from Essex, England, comprising of twin brothers Jack and George Barnett, their friend Thomas Hein and the many different collaborators who are drawn into their orbit. Their music is widely lauded as amongst the most original and progressive in the world, having released three unique and critically acclaimed albums that highlight their uncompromising musical vision. The band is anchored by the opposing characters of the Barnett twins: George, extroverted, a violently virtuosic drummer who directs the band's visuals; Jack, obsessively perfectionist, occupying an unusual role somewhere between producer, composer and bandleader. Hein brings equilibrium, multi-instrumentalism, and a certain wryly-amused take on the back and forth between the brothers.]
2010's Hidden was hailed as "the first masterpiece of the twenty-first century" and named NME's album of the year. It is a modern, expansive record that takes in disparate influences to create something rare in music today, something unique. The band recreated the album live with a series of ĦỊĐĐỂŅ LIVE shows, notably at the Barbican and Paris' Pompidou Centre, featuring the Britten Sinfonia, a children's choir, 10ft taiko drums, multiple vibraphonists and live Foley techniques.
New album Field of Reeds brings you closer to These New Puritans, with its highly dynamic, intense and emotive sound that bypasses any fads or fashions in today's music, with Portuguese singer Elisa Rodrigues joining the band as a guest member. "with this album the biggest change has been that i've tried to move away from abstraction... It's like when I was younger. I'd get home from school and write songs on the guitar about how I felt,this album is kind of like that". The album was critically acclaimed across Europe. TNP debuted the album with a series of concerts in Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles (supporting Björk at Hollywood Bowl) and London, with a new live septet (drums / bass / live electronics / trumpet / french horn / piano / female vocals).
The band will be playing the following dates which will go on sale from Friday 21st February
April 30th – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
May 2nd – Evanston, IL @ SPACE
May 3rd – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
May 5th – Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
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