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Seefeel announce first new album for fourteen years
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 27 July 2010
Shoegaze and electronica blenders Seefeel will release their first album since 1996’s ‘(CH-VOX)’ later this year, with the first single from it, ‘Faults’, on 20 Sep via Warp.
The band reformed in 2008 to play a one-off show in Paris as part of Warp’s 20th anniversary celebrations, with former Boredoms drummer Iida Kazuhisa (aka E-da) and bassist Shigeru Ishihara (aka DJ Scotch Egg) replacing Justin Fletcher and Daren Seymour. It was after this show that they decided to work on new material.
Guitarist Mark Clifford explained: “We always said that we wouldn’t record a new Seefeel record unless we could present something that we felt was new. When [1993 debut album] ‘Quique’ was re-issued a couple of years back myself and Sarah [Peacock, vocals and guitar] did some interviews together and we talked about recording new material. We exchanged a few ideas which were OK and things slowly got into gear, but it was being asked to do the Warp20 show in Paris that really forced us to step up a couple of notches and since then, with the addition of E-da and Shige, things have developed and grown”.
Warp co-founder Steve Beckett added: “Seefeel were the first band that Warp signed who had guitars – they were brave to sign to us, because they became the ‘older siblings’ in the family and took all the flak by breaking the unwritten rules of an (up until then) purely dance label. After 1995’s ‘Succour’ [their only album for Warp until now] they stopped performing live, but we always kept in touch and then for the first Warp20 show in Paris we asked if they would play”.
He continued: “They came back six months later – not just with a record, but a great record. This band needs to be heard, they need to be seen, so that’s why we got involved again. Family members might leave for a long time but they always come home”.
The band will perform live at London’s ICA on 16 Sep ahead of the single release. The album’s release date has not yet been confirmed.
School Of Seven Bells guitarist Benjamin Curtis selected ‘Plainsong’ from Seefeel’s 1993 debut album ‘Quique’ for his CMU Weekly Powers Of Ten playlist, saying: “It’s one of the best things Seefeel ever did, and that’s saying a lot, because they’re great”.
Listen to the full playlist here: www.completemusicupdate.com/playlists/schoolofsevenbells.html
