Knifeworld

It's about time we had a general thread for this awesome group, don't you think?

Clairvoyant Fortnight, their new EP (which isn't officially out till the 11th, according to the website) flopped onto my doormat this morning and after just one spin I'm already prepared to state that it's probably their most consistently brilliant offering to date. If they can sustain this kind of excellence for the duration of their next album then I believe their reputation as one of the UK's finest 21st century prog bands will be more or less guaranteed. So many ideas crammed into less than twenty minutes of music - perfectly balanced between dense complexity and deft, catchy hooks... Music that positively begs for an attentive ear. I love this band and I sincerely wish the prog community at large was as excited about them as I am.

For the uninitiated, I think Clairvoyant Fortnight would make an ideal introduction to just what's so exciting and unique about Knifeworld and, coupled with last year's Dear Lord, No Deal EP, it gives a very strong indication of where they've been heading during the transition from solo project to fully-fledged band.

Now is a good time to be excited about Knifeworld.

ahhhh when will it get to my house already?!!?!?!?!?! 

it's streamable :O

I'd consider myself a hard copy guy myself, but it's just too expensive, particularly when I have to ship it to Israel. They don't have T-shirts my size :D (I'm tall! Shame on you)

Slartibartfast wrote: avant rock progressive rock rock progressive psychedelic psychedelic pop psychedelic rock Hackney

Tagging bandcamp releases with your local area is an increasingly common practice it seems. My guess is that it's for promoters scouring the site for local bands to book. Not a bad tactic, if that's really the case.

So, has anyone else heard the new EP yet? That last track... crikey.


Edited by The Hemulen - June 11 2012 at 05:00

ahhh it just got here but I need to go!! I listen to it in a few hours! Blaaaa

welp listened to it and it's every bit as amazing as I thought it'd be. f**k yes.

Woah nobody posted it? Shame! The "In A Foreign Way" video is kind of a joke gone wrong I think :D ... 

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

You should deffo check out that album "Parallax Error Beheads You" if you're digging his particular brand of wonky proggy electronic avant-pop. It's one of the best things in the history of things.

I too have been listening to the EP on a multiple-spins-per-day basis. It hasn't left my CD player since it arrived.