Gogo Penguin will release new album ‘Necessary Fictions’ on June 20th.
The Manchester experimental group blend the freedom of jazz with club-parallel electronics, creating immersive worlds in the process. New album ‘Necessary Fictions’ finds Gogo Penguin evolving once more, embracing new influences in the process.
https://gogopenguin.lnk.to/necessaryfictions" rel="nofollow - Out on June 20th , new album ‘Necessary Fictions’ is framed by images of Manchester’s iconic Toast Rack building – a true landmark, it features in the cover art.
In an introductory message, the Manchester band say…
““Necessary Fictions” is about shedding the mask and showing who we truly are — as people, as musicians, as a band.”
New single ‘Fallowfield Loops’ is out now, spacious return that contains some of the group’s immediately identifiable sense of audio painting.
Gogo Penguin comment…
“There’s a quiet sadness in it, but also rhythm and momentum — a sense of moving forward. The title is a nod to a hidden greenway near where we live in South Manchester — an old railway line turned peaceful urban escape.”
The accompanying video — directed by pianist Chris Illingworth and bassist Nick Blacka — is online out, and features the Toast Rack building prominently.
Check it out below.
TRACKLIST –
- Umbra
- FALLOWFIELD LOOPS
- Forgive the Damages (feat. Daudi Matsiko)
- What We Are and What We Are Meant to Be
- Background Hiss Reminds Me of Rain
- The Turn Within
- Living Bricks in Dead Mortar
- Naga Ghost
- Luminous Giants (feat. Rakhi Singh and Manchester Collective)
- Float (Loi Krathong, 2003)
- State of Flux (feat. Manchester Collective)
- Silence Speaks
- from www.clashmusic.com