It's finally here! The second album from Sons of Noel and Adrian will be released on May 21st, 2012. It is called Knots and it will be released on CD by Broken Sound (alongside Forest Fire, Peggy Sue, Rachael Dadd, The Mariner's Children), digitally by Willkommen and on glorious gatefold vinyl by One Inch Badge. The CD is already available to preorder over at the Broken Sound shop.
The
band's sophomore album sees them breaking far away from the acoustic
roots of their debut. Sons of Noel and Adrian's immersion in folk music
was always more informed by guitarists like Dave Pajo, David Grubbs and Jeff Parker
than by traditionalists. These influences, rooted in the city of
Chicago’s pre-millennial post-rock, jazz and avant-pop scenes, are
explored on Knots to their fullest. At times soft and orchestral, at times crass and loud, Knots is always infused with beauty and tenderness: soulful, taunt, honed and with a new found love of kosmiche experimentation. Knots’
expanded sonic tapestry is marshalled and woven with growing stature by
SONAA’s chief song-writer, Jacob Richardson, whose meditative lyrical
concepts and melodic craftsmanship mark him out as musician
of genuine depth and gravitas whilst remaining as arcane and beguiling
as Palace.
Rejecting
notions of a fixed line-up, Sons of Noel and Adrian is more of a
sprawling musical whirlpool centred around a few key members, not unlike
Broken Social Scene, with whom two members of Sons toured with last year as part of their horn section. The band includes members of The Mariner's Children, Eyes & No Eyes, and make up most of the renowned Willkommen Collective that spawned The Leisure Society, and the various members lend their talents freely to everyone from Damo Suzuki to Laura Marling.
Also don't forget the following shows:
April 2: CARDIFF – 10 Feet Tall | Last.fm | Songkick | Tickets | with Winter Villains & Emma Gatrill
April 3: BRISTOL – The Fleece | Last.fm | Songkick | Tickets | with Laish & Emma Gatrill
April 4: NORWICH – Arts Centre | Last.fm | Songkick | with Laish & Emma Gatrill
April 5: LONDON – Bush Hall | Last.fm | Songkick | Tickets | with Laish & Emma Gatrill
April 7: BRIGHTON – The Haunt | Last.fm | Songkick | with Laish & Emma Gatrill
April 3: BRISTOL – The Fleece | Last.fm | Songkick | Tickets | with Laish & Emma Gatrill
April 4: NORWICH – Arts Centre | Last.fm | Songkick | with Laish & Emma Gatrill
April 5: LONDON – Bush Hall | Last.fm | Songkick | Tickets | with Laish & Emma Gatrill
April 7: BRIGHTON – The Haunt | Last.fm | Songkick | with Laish & Emma Gatrill
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