Love Remains Strange Boy SKU: LPGRON284 Barcode: 5061010500299 21.00 £21.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Groenland Records Released Date: 1st March 2024 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Saturday night and Sunday morning; the sacred and the profane. These are the creative spaces of electronic pop duo Strange Boy. Disillusioned with the elitist hierarchies of classical singing, Kieran Brunt turned his attention to the songwriting world, drawing on his love of storytellers such as Anohni, The Magnetic Fields and Rufus Wainwright. With Brunt weaving a choral narrative on top of collaborator Matt Huxley’s atmospheric soundscapes, Strange Boy create a world rich with symbolism, grandeur and communion. The London-based duo are releasing their debut album, ‘Love Remains’, via Groenland Records. The eleven songs that make up the album have formed gradually years of collaborating since they first met on a night out while wandering through Glastonbury in 2011. After moving to London together to pursue music seriously, Strange Boy’s sound has matured alongside Brunt and Huxley’s notable collaborations with the likes of Terry Riley, Nils Frahm, Clark, Squid, Aurora and artist Jeremy Deller. Combining a bold narrative thrust with grandiose symbolism, Strange Boy have created a suite of impressionistic songs that exist in atmospheric soundworlds. The first single, ‘Boston Blue Period’, sets out the stall as a lush-but-unsettling piece, building over an extended intro then falling away to reveal a tender tale about letting go. Following single ‘Sofia’ opens with a bouncing solo synth; the propulsive pattern ebbs and flows through the song, swelling with the outline of Brunt’s beautiful, bittersweet address to the titular ‘Sofia’, who he explains “was the first child to come into my life as a grown-up. She brought with her such a fun and fresh energy at a time when I was grappling with early adulthood and despairing at what was happening in the world around me.” ‘Follow The News’ is the lead single from the album and draws upon Brunt’s personal experiences with ‘medication and self-medication’. Serious themes of mental illness are brought to the fore across the record, and treated with a mixture of irony, humour and catharsis. Elsewhere on the album, the band lean further into this intimate, reflective mode of storytelling than ever before. ‘November Skies’ combines lo-fi vocal production with the lush strings and guest vocal of Nico Muhly and Anna B. Savage respectively, while Side A closer Whipping Boy’s softly crooned vocals and up-close piano recall the early works of James Blake and Anohni and the Johnsons. Brunt signposts his love for The Magnetic Fields with a cover of cult classic ‘100,000 Fireflies’, recorded in one take over layers of found tape played backwards at half-speed. The album closes with the eponymous ‘Love Remains’, a song written early in the band’s formative years and honed gradually over their time together in live performances. The song swells in intensity as Brunt’s choral-inspired vocal soars over Huxley’s organ drones, industrial layers and experimental string textures, meditating on life and death in a swooping narrative of deep self-introspection. The writing and recording of the album was as dramatic as it’s subject matter: while developing material Brunt was forced to leave his studio space at very short notice and ended up moving into the crypt of a Victorian church in London. The space – beautiful , spooky and very atmospheric – had a grand impact on the sonic imprint of the music, which was completed in Yorkshire alongside producer and mixer Richard Formby. Working with rising star Jack Warne on the artwork, the band decided to make church objects and surroundings integral to the imagery of the album. Ultimately, as the amorphous presence of Strange Boy, Brunt and Huxley have built a sonic world that inspires communion – with ourselves and with something more ethereal. Their debut album is a visceral storytelling experience not to be missed. Artist Strange Boy Genre Electronica Label Groenland Records Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Boston Blue Period Follow The News Oscar’s Song Drunk In Iceland Whipping Boy (I Count The Fleeing Hours) Annunciation Sofia November Skies 100,000 Fireflies Love Remains Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Electronica View Product Quick View Polo & Pan Cyclorama Electronica | Virgin | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 25th June 2021 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Polo & Pan Cyclorama £24.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Virgin SKU: 3807572 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 25th June 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Harvey Mandel Electronic Progress Electronica | Bellaphon | 1LP Released 20th September 2022 £12.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Harvey Mandel Electronic Progress £12.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Bellaphon SKU: nn249934 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th September 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Sunareht Youth EP Electronica | Lucky Me | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 2nd February 2024 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sunareht Youth EP £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Lucky Me SKU: LM095EP Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 2nd February 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Squarepusher Damogen Furies Electronica | Warp | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 15th April 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Squarepusher Damogen Furies £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARPLP264 Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 15th April 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sofia Kourtesis Madres Electronica | Ninja Tune | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 27th October 2023 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sofia Kourtesis Madres £24.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Ninja Tune SKU: ZEN292 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 27th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fakear Everything Will Grow Again Electronica | Caroline FR | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 26th June 2020 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fakear Everything Will Grow Again £23.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Caroline FR SKU: 899466 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 26th June 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mariusz Duda Claustrophobic Universe Electronica | Kscope | 1LP Released 12th August 2022 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mariusz Duda Claustrophobic Universe £25.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Kscope SKU: KSCOPE1166 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th August 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View µ-Ziq Grush Electronica | Planet Mu | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Glow In The Dark Vinyl Released 14th June 2024 £26.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders µ-Ziq Grush £26.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Planet Mu SKU: ZIQ465X Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Glow In The Dark Vinyl Released Date: 14th June 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Advisory Circle, The Full Circle Electronica | Ghost Box | 10", 2LP Released 30th September 2022 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Advisory Circle, The Full Circle £24.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Ghost Box SKU: GBX042LP Formats: 10", 2LP Released Date: 30th September 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Caravan Palace Chronologic Electronica | MVKA | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 30th August 2019 £13.00 - £17.00 Select options Caravan Palace Chronologic £13.00 - £17.00 Genre: Electronica Label: MVKA Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 30th August 2019 Read More Select options See more in Electronica Start again
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