Two years after the release of self-titled debut album, whose single ‘Catching a Buzz / Blue on Red’ was championed by the likes of Steve Lamacq, Rev Rev Rev give birth to their second LP, titled after a quote from Arthur Rimbaud’s hallucinatory, dreamlike suite of prose poems “Illuminations”.
The album was recorded over the summer of 2015 at Wax Studio, Rome, engineered by Alessio Pindinelli (La casa al mare) and Fabio Galeone, and features tanpura layers by Tatiana Scalercio.The record will be released on CD and vinyl (including a hazy daze vinyl limited edition) via Kinotone Records.
From their debut the band have explored new sonic dimensions, experimenting with raga-style tanpura drones, DIY special stomp-boxes and brainwave entrainment modulations. These new elements, inserted into their wall-of-sound, result in a kaleidoscope of dreamy, liquid songs, still characterized by essential structure and catchy melodies. The album concept, condensed in the fascinating title’s synesthesia, takes different forms in the 12 self-contained idylls, sharing a blurry gaze at the nature and allowing our subconscious streams to emerge through symbols and myth.
… and play Cosmosis Festival in March …
Rev Rev Rev will come over the the UK in early 2016 in support of the album. On 12 March they will perform at Manchester’s Cosmosis Festival (Trafford Wharf Rd, Stretford, Manchester M17 1AB). The line-up features The Jesus and Mary Chain, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Raveonettes, Wire, Sleaford Mods, Of Montreal, LSD and The Search For God. More info from www.cosmosisfestival.com More UK dates to follow …
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