Daniel Avery shares new single
“Dusting For Smoke” – taken from surprise third studio album
Love + Light – alongside
“Lone Swordsman,” a contemplative, considered cut made in tribute to the legendary
Andrew Weatherall. Both tracks are available digitally today, September 1. Watch the video for “Lone Swordsman” – which was created by Australian visual artist
Greg Hodgson who recently collaborated with Avery on the
Love + Light visual album –
here.
“I was in my studio the morning I heard about Andrew Weatherall’s passing,” Avery explains.
“The track ‘Lone Swordsman’ is what formed that day. Andrew was a hero, a friend and someone who regularly reminded us all how it should be done, not to mention the funniest fucker around. Proceeds from this record will be donated to Amnesty International in his memory. Thank you for everything.”Purchase “Lone Swordsman” on Bandcamp
here. Proceeds will be donated to
Amnesty International.
Love + Light is out now on digital platforms via Mute/Phantasy in the United States and Canada and via Phantasy worldwide. Stream the album and pre-order limited edition vinyl and 2CD formats – the latter featuring the audio from Avery’s “Falling Light" project as disc two –
here.
Upon release, Exclaim hailed the album as “some of [Avery’s] most beautiful work to date,” while NME called it "a heartfelt eulogy for the hedonism we’re missing this summer,” continuing, “this two-part record perfectly captures the euphoria of club culture.”
Love + Light arrived unexpectedly following Avery’s recent collaborations with Alessandro Cortini on the critically acclaimed
Illusion of Time LP and alongside Roman Flügel under the alias of Noun. Pitchfork described
Illusion of Time as
“expansive in scope, charmingly rough around the edges, and brimming with possibility...a beautiful record that takes wonder as its defining characteristic,” while Loud & Quiet hailed it as
“a record that suggests Godspeed You! Black Emperor in drone mode, reimagining Music For Airports as if the runways were covered in gravel and air traffic control was on strike.” Avery’s previous solo album
Song For Alpha was released in 2018 to similar acclaim.
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