CLICK ABOVE TO BUY THE NEW ALBUMWe look forward to making a return to The Wedding Present’s annual festival this weekend!
The inevitable online move has rebranded it as At The Edge Of The Sofa, and it all kicks off on Friday in the comfort of your own home. We’ll perform a song from our latest album, The Golden Hour, in the segment starting at 7pm BST.
Check it out here!
”Wonky chamber pop”, said Stuart Maconie when he played ‘Roses’ on his Freak Zone show last Sunday on BBC 6 Music.
Second song in at 05:50 - listen HERE or stream the full album on Spotify, Apple Music and all the other usual places.
Until now you could only hear our latest album, “The Golden Hour”, if you were lucky enough to get your hands on a very limited and now sold out physical copy or by attending one of the 30 Golden Hour Listening Parties we’ve put on in places ranging from London to Tokyo, Taipei to Vancouver.
As of today you can also stream this hauntingly beautiful orchestral song cycle in full.
So, wherever you are, simply head over to your favourite platform:
Spotify
Tidal
iTunes
Amazon
Apple Music
Deezer
Google Play/YouTube
iHeartRadio
Napster
Need some moving images to look at? Watch Dorna Aslanzadeh’s beautiful video for “End of the World” HERE.
FINLAND!
Golden Hour Listening Party XXVII tomorrow Sunday 10th at 21.30!
61°47'40.0"N 23°48'17.7"E - bring your own headphones. Message us for more details.
Can’t make it? Watch this beautiful video made by Dorna Aslanzadeh for “End of the World” instead.
What’s this all about? Read more here.
Having previously only been available as a physical pre-order or by attending our Golden Hour Listening Parties, we’re releasing our latest album “The Golden Hour” to all streaming platforms later this month.
To celebrate, here’s the opening track “Roses” featuring the amazing CHROMA. It’s a song about a devious gardener who obsesses about her crops and poisons whilst high on pills - worth a listen!
Need something to watch? Have a look at Dorna Aslanzadeh’s amazing video for “End of the World” instead.
LUXEMBOURG!
Golden Hour Listening Party XXVI today Sunday 6th!
Gather behind Mudam by the Drei Echelen at 20.30 and bring your own headphones.
Can’t make it? Watch this beautiful video made by Dorna Aslanzadeh for “End of the World” instead.
What’s this all about? Read more here.
Golden Hour Listening Party XXV tomorrow in Tokyo!
Gather at 17.30 by the Hideyo Noguchi statue in Ueno Park. More info in Japanese HERE.
Bring your headphones!
If you caught our previous post, you will know that we are releasing “The Golden Hour” to all usual digital platforms on May 25th.
Up until now, you could only hear the album if you pre-ordered a physical copy or by attending one of our Golden Hour Listening Parties. These have been great fun and it would be a shame to stop these, so as the weather gets nicer, we will organise one listening party a month in various places around the globe, starting with Tokyo on April 8th.
MORE about the parties
WATCH Dorna Aslanzadeh’s new video for “End of the World”
DATES Check websites/social media for exact locations and confirmation depending on weather
April 8th - Tokyo
May 6th - Luxembourg
June 10th - Tampere
July 8th - London
August 5th - Duinbergen
September 9th - London
About a year ago we released an album called “The Golden Hour”. Physical copies were limited to pre-order and streaming was only possible by attending our Golden Hour Listening Parties.
Now’s the time to also release it everywhere else, so on May 25th the album will be available to stream/buy in full on all the usual digital platforms!
To celebrate this our friend Dorna Aslanzadeh has made a spectacular and haunting video for “End of the World”. You might remember her stellar work from some of our previous videos and she doesn’t disappoint this time either. Using facetracking animations and the concept of death masks she has created a fitting film to a rather dark song, perfectly complementing S. Husky Hoskulds’ beautifully creative mix treatment.
Have a look, have a listen and enjoy!
Dorna says:
“I have, through facetracking animation, allowed different death masks to come to life and perform the song. Historically death masks were used to capture a persons face after they passed. The ancient Egyptians would bury their dead with the mask to help the spirit find their body in the afterlife, whereas in the Middle Ages the death mask became a way of remembering the deceased. To me, this strange and beautiful song evokes a feeling of something speaking from elsewhere, so the idea of a kind of infinite transcendental being mourning all things lost became the starting point for making this film.”
We say:
“The song is inspired by the tragic events of a mother of three, who crashed herself and her children into an oncoming bus whilst talking on the phone to her husband, who was sitting on that same bus. It also takes in a Werner Herzog movie and the importance of always having your bags packed in case of the worst happening.”