THROAT
ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘WE MUST LEAVE YOU’
RELEASED
27TH OCTOBER (SVART RECORDS) / WATCH THE VIDEO FOR 1ST SINGLE ‘HEAVEN
HANGED’ HERE
For 14 years
Throat have been the sonic equivalent of forcing a square peg into a round
hole; often abrasive, causing utmost irritation at times and on a rare occasion
a feverishly pleasant dose of brooding darkness in one's otherwise dull
existence.
The peg now
fits. 'We Must Leave You', set for release on 27th October (Svart Records) sees
Throat dropping pegs of all shape and size through the same hole. The last
confines of musical genres are behind them, resulting in an album which can be
regarded as the easiest listening Throat has ever presented or simultaneously
their most difficult and puzzling work to date.
Thematically
what we have here is a breakup album. Never ones for thinking small, Throat
breaks up with the world. Enough is enough. Bring back lockdown. No need for
petty social commentary on how the world is burning. Let it burn. Throat is
already walking away and it remains to be seen where they end up next. If
anywhere.
Breakups
always require dramatic music and 'We Must Leave You' more than fits the
purpose. Throat have already hinted at new directions and new sounds on their
previous two albums, but here it all breaks loose. Rooted in the same heavy,
dark rock sound as always, but a touch of gothic drama from the 80s has been
injected to the band's sonic palette which obviously means a few deeper shades
of black. The noise and dissonance remains, but this time it all has been
dipped in honey and black grease paint.
'We Must
Leave You' was written over a few years time and finally recorded in 2023 at
Tonehaven Recording Studio with Tom Brooke and the band's own Amplified Human
Audio. Once again, Andrew Schneider mixed the album at Acre Audio and Carl Saff
handled mastering duties at Saff Mastering. Photography by Dorota Brzezicka and
design by Stefan Alt of Ant-Zen.
‘Heaven
Hanged’ is the first single to be shared from the album with the
band stating,
"Bring back lockdown. Bring back isolation.
Heaven Hanged sums up these sentiments that are some of the key elements on We
Must Leave You. We’re breaking up with the world. It’s not us, it’s you. No, we
can’t stay friends. Musically Heaven Hanged offers a glimpse of the album going
from morose and goth-tinged sound to more hysterical dark rock ruckus. Our
intention has never been to keep treading the same tracks, so the direction of
progress evident on the last few releases has brought us to We Must Leave You.”
With the single released on 11th August, you can
watch the video for ‘Heaven Hanged’ now: https://youtu.be/Ky1UIJ5rGIU
Pre-order the
album from Svart Records:
Digital
- https://orcd.co/kqnvw1x
Physical
- https://www.svartrecords.com/en/product/throat-we-must-leave-you/11667
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