THOM YORKE & MARK PRITCHARD SHARE "THE SPIRIT"

MARK PRITCHARD & THOM YORKE SHARE NEW SINGLE “THE SPIRIT” AHEAD OF TALL TALES ALBUM, OUT TOMORROW VIA WARP LISTEN / WATCH TO “THE SPIRIT” HERE THE TALL TALES VISUAL EXPERIENCE, A FILM BY JONATHAN ZAWADA, TO BE SCREENED IN THEATRES/CINEMAS WORLDWIDE TODAY ONLY 

Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke photo credit Pierre Toussaint  Select press for Tall Tales: “Tall Tales feels like the most fully realized of Yorke’s non-band projects, a prog-tronic sonic journey with a dystopian kick that evokes the best of Radiohead.” - ROLLING STONE "Pritchard’s inventive productions often serve as a perfect foil for Yorke’s darker lyrics and mournful vocals.” - ASSOCIATED PRESS "The present might have imploded, but there's a return to something older here, something that's endured against the odds" – MOJO (Album Of The Month) “As disconcerting as Tall Tales may be, it also contains the moments of unvarnished beauty that have long populated the work of all three of the creatives behind it.” - BILLBOARD “Some of the most melancholically gorgeous music of [Yorke’s] career” - FLOOD “Tall Tales is Pritchard’s glorious re-emergence, as wild and smiling as a plug-pulled Yorke, the electrics in his brain as sparky as ever.” – ELECTRONIC SOUND Pioneering electronic musician and producer Mark Pritchard and The Smile / Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke have shared “The Spirit”, the final single from their highly anticipated collaborative album Tall Tales, out tomorrow via Warp Records. It also lands the same day as a special global cinema event, in which fans will be able to hear the album alongside its accompanying feature film a day ahead of release - dates may vary for certain locations (more info and tickets are available from Tall-Tales.info). Three previews for the film have been released in the form of music videos over the past couple of months paired with the first three singles from the album "Back In The Game", "This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice", and “Gangsters.” The video for the new single “The Spirit” offers another insight into visual artist Jonathan Zawada’s surreal and uncanny world, alongside Yorke’s ethereal vocals and Pritchard’s ruminative synth work.  Watch the video for “The Spirit” https://youtu.be/o_5IATIMlrw An effective third member of the group, Zawada - whose multi-faceted approach to melding analogue and digital techniques have seen him work alongside the likes of Flume, The Avalanches, Royksopp, and Dua Lipa – directed, animated, and edited the Tall Tales visual experience. The groundbreaking production was developed over the past few years in tandem with the evolution of the music, juxtaposing it with uneasy landscapes of natural beauty and the brutal aesthetics of a dystopian world. Through Yorke’s lyrics, Pritchard’s atemporal compositions and Zawada’s visuals, Tall Tales questions where our insatiable appetite for ‘progress’ might have landed us. A prophetic cinematic experience, Tall Tales has been years in the making, but delivered right on time. Some lucky fans that attend the screenings will also receive a zine compiled and designed by Zawada, which gives a unique insight into the concepts and inspirations running through the film and album – read an excerpt HERE. Watch the trailer for the Tall Tales film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mFe9znS9hI Pritchard is a luminary of 90s UK electronic music with his projects Reload, Link and as one half of the production duo Global Communication alongside Tom Middleton. In 2011 he released two remixes of Radiohead's "Bloom" and across an eclectic career that has incorporated many styles and various guises, he has remixed further material from the likes of Aphex Twin, Depeche Mode, PJ Harvey, and Slowdive. Tall Tales, Yorke's first release on Warp Records, is a multi-layered, richly textured record that channels both multiple narratives and multiple genres. Across its eclectic 12 song runtime, the record showcases Pritchard's mastery of archaic machines unearthed in synthesizer archives, guiding the music down unexpected and experimental paths. Yorke meanwhile delivers a haunting and expansive vocal performance, delving into dark, introspective storytelling. As well as digitally, the album will be available in a standard black vinyl 2LP gatefold edition and as a limited special black vinyl 2LP edition including a 36-page booklet featuring a wealth of images from the project and lyrics to all the tracks, carefully designed by Jonathan Zawada. There will also be both a standard CD edition and a limited special CD accompanied by the 36-page booklet Pre-order Tall Tales http://warp.net/talltales Find tickets for May 8 screening of Tall Tales film  https://tall-tales.info/ Watch the trailer for Tall Tales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mFe9znS9hI SUBSCRIBE FOR FURTHER UPDATES HERE

Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke Tall Tales Out May 9th on Warp Records A Fake in a Faker's World Ice Shelf Bugging Out Again Back in the Game White Cliffs The Spirit Gangsters This Conversation is Missing Your Voice Tall Tales Happy Days The Men Who Dance In Stags' Heads Wandering Genie