WRITHING!: CD
Voka Gentle
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US$14.99
- Release Date 26 November 2021
- In Stock
- Code
- LEAFY2CD
- Format
- CD Album
- Label
- Leafy Outlook
Operating on a plane between avant-garde indie, bubbling electronica and cosmic psychedelia, London group Voka Gentle have an addictive, amorphous sound. A three limbed beast made up of twins Ellie and Imogen Mason, and William J. Stokes, each is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer with an imperious understanding of three dimensional sound.
The newest single ‘Necrofauna / The Garden of Eden’ - features Wayne Coyne from The Flaming Lips.
The hallucinatory mix of squelching synth bass and rhythmic samples, three-tiered harmonies playing off against William’s sprechgesang, and a cutting, full-bodied drum beat is reflected in the oneiric themes.
“This song is a dream sequence about the narrator entering the Garden of Eden, the emblem of an idealised pastoral relationship with the natural world, and realising they can’t stand it and want t o consume and bring destruction to it (I see a deer pass me by and I break its neck / Rip off its hind leg and take a bite through fur, sinew and bone).”
‘Necrofauna / The Garden of Eden’ - recorded with neo - metal battalion Pigsx7 guitarist and producer Sam Grant - is the first release in earnest since 2019’s acclaimed debut album ‘Start Clanging Cymbals’, released via Nude Records. Having come through the dues - paying gestation period that leads up to a debut record, there’s a sense of liberation around this new phase for Voka Gentle - a subtle confidence in their craft. It’s well earned too - with high praise from the likes of UNCUT, MOJO and The Line of Best Fit at press. Support comes too from BBC 6 Music - including presenting an edition of Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone - and Radio 1. Tracks from that album also featured on FIFA 19 and The Sims 2020, aiding in recognition.
A live set at the prestigious Pitchfork Avant Garde festival, as well as a clutch of tastemaker festivals in the UK (Dot to Dot , Live At Leeds, The Great Escape, Kendall Calling, Bluedot, Neighbourhood), alongside the serendipit ous shows with The Flaming Lips and sell - out headline gigs, provide a strong live pedigree
Tracklist | ||
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Track Listing | ||
1 | Kestrel | |
2 | Necrofauna/The Garden Of Eden (feat. Wayne Coyne) | |
3 | Horse Latitudes | |
4 | A Selving | |
5 | Respect My Eccentricity pt. 1 | |
6 | Respect My Eccentricity pt. 2 | |
7 | Miasma Field Modulator(Trafalgar Square)+/-field recs (feat. Oliver Wilde) | |
8 | TV Bra™ | |
9 | See Damage (зона) | |
10 | Election Day | |
11 | Dread/TKOE (feat. BELLS) | |
12 | [When We Go, We’re Taking You All With Us!] | |
13 | Slow Joe | |
14 | The Black Swell |
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