Matmos, the digital duo whose catalog consists of albums product of sampled washing machines and medical procedures, have unveiled their newest gambit: a brand new album composed fully of steel object sounds. Metallic Life Assessment combines the sounds of pots and pans, creaking cemetery gates, steel tape-deck reels, aluminum cans, and plenty of different metals recorded all through the duo’s historical past and again to Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt’s childhoods. A single, “Altering States,” is devoted to the late Susan Alcorn, who performs pedal metal on the observe. Out June 20 by way of Thrill Jockey, the album precedes a tour, together with a present at New York’s Knockdown Middle. Discover the dates beneath.
Different company on the LP embody Owen Gardner, Swans’ Thor Harris, Half Japanese’s Jason Willett, and Jeff Carey. For the primary time ever on report, Matmos recorded a number of the album—specifically the second half—dwell within the studio. Daniel famous in a press launch, “We now have the sounds of plucking the metallic gates round a tomb recorded in an underground crypt, the sound of cemetery gates, and the loss of life of Susan Alcorn and the loss of life of David Lynch occurred as we accomplished the album. We had already blended the music with Susan earlier than she handed, and we dedicate ‘Altering States’ to her. David Lynch’s means of being an American artist was inspiring to us and we devoted ‘The Chrome Displays Our Picture’ to him.”
Metallic Life Assessment follows 2023’s Return to Archive and Drew Daniel’s 2022 album because the Mushy Pink Reality, Is It Going to Get Any Deeper Than This?
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Metallic Life Assessment:
01 Norway Doorway
02 The Rust Belt
03 Altering States
04 Metal Tongues
05 The Chrome Displays Our Picture
06 Metallic Life Assessment
Matmos:
05-23 Wiltshire, England – Acid Horse Competition
05-25 Glasgow, Scotland – Baked Beans on the Doorstep
05-28 Berlin, Germany – Silent Inexperienced
05-30 Pordenone, Italy – Astro Membership
06-01 Fano, Italy – Bagli Elsa
06-02 Roma, Italy – Monk
06-04 Genova, Italy – Giardino di Mentelacole
06-06 Milano, Italy – Museo della scienza
06-07 Bologna, Italy – DumBo
06-12 Vienna, Austria – Flucc
06-14 London, England – Rio Cinema
06-21 Queens, New York – Knockdown Middle
06-25 Philadelphia, PA – Photo voltaic Fantasy
06-29 Chicago, IL – Constellation
07-03 Louisville, KY – Artwork Sanctuary
07-08 San Francisco, CA – Nice American Music Corridor
07-11 Los Angeles, CA – 2220 Arts
07-16 Portland, OR – Holocene
08-30 Washington, D.C. – Black Cat
11-22-28 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain – Espacio Cultural el Tanque / Keroxen Competition
