Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The challenging UK-based band VOICES is set to release their second full-length album early in 2015. Today Invisible Oranges exclusively streams a selection from the anticipated album. "The Fucktrance," is the eighth song from the conceptual epic, titled London . Recorded at Hackney Studios during the early months of this year, it is now available for pre-order in North America via Candlelight Records' official webstore and Bandcamp page.
Listen to "The FuckTrance" HERE
London "chokes the listener with a cacophony of human voices, from shrieks to grunts, clean singing and monologues," says Invisible Orange's editor Joseph Schafer in his early review of the album. He continues calling it, "as diverse, populated, and claustrophobic as the London which the lyrics obsess over." Commenting on the song, bassist Sam Loynes notes, "The FuckTrance is a key song within the album. It's a most primal and unforgiving journey. It was one of those difficult days at the rehearsal studio and we just channelled the most negative and horrific aspects of ourselves through the power of the blast."
After the official dismantling of Akercocke in 2011, VOICES members Peter Benjamin (guitar/vocal), David Gray (drums) and Loynes assembled to create music that was at its core both disturbing and hypnotic. Signing with Candlelight Records in the early months of 2012, the band saw the release of their debut, From The Human Forest Create A Fugue Of Imaginary Rain, mid-June 2012 in Europe and several months later for North America . "Dizzying and jaw dropping," said Ave Noctum. Last Rites called the band's sound "unique and invigorated." Thrash Hits added, "it contains everything you'd expect from this collective; metronome-confounding blast wizardry, with a more than ample selection of Gray's trademark (and still unusual) break beats backing a vicious selection of riffs, synths and vocals."
London engulfs the listener with its harrowing sound for nearly an hour before it concludes. The band will perform selections from the album live in late November at a record release event at The Black Heart ( 23 Green Place , Camden , London ). Touring is expected to begin in the new year. Details to be announced.
Full track listing for London is:
1. Suicide Note
2. Music For The Recently Bereaved
3. The Actress
4. Vicarious Lover
5. Megan
6. Imaginary Sketches Of A Poisoned Man
7. The Antidote
8. The FuckTrance
9. Hourglass
10. The House Of Black Light
11. The Final Portrait Of The Artist
12. Last Train Victoria Line
13. The Ultimate Narcissist
14. Cold Harbour Lane.
