A Winged Victory For The Sullen have today announced that their new album The Undivided Five will be out 1 November.
The ambient and electronic inspired duo – that’s iconic film score composers Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie – add momentum to the announcement by unearthing two advance tracks: ‘The Rhythm Of A Dividing Pair’ and ‘The Haunted Victorian Pencil’.
The release follows on from the duo’s 2017 soundtrack to British drama God’s Own Country and adds weight to their already prolific oeuvre. And they’ve the honour of having signed to Ninja Tune for the studio LP. Of the two tracks released today, ‘The Rhythm Of A Dividing Pair’ is the chunkiest.
Of coming up with the above streaming new cut, Wiltzie says in the press release: "We were looking to create some melodic palettes within simple but different analog sounds and were fortunate to procure two vintage and extremely overpriced synthesizers: a Korg PS 3100 and Roland Jupiter 8 plus Dustin has a vintage Prophet 5 in his studio. So there we were and suddenly we did something we almost never do... we started jamming.
"As you know jamming has become sort of an icky word in these “we-are-serious-composer times” but on this particular occasion the resonance of the sounds that were coming out of the machines led us to something we were both quite pleased with! In the end it turned out to be a valid stylisation as we found a way to anchor it within the context of the sound of the record. The second half of the song takes a big swing in the direction of a large string ensemble but as things go when you’re making music sometimes improvisational jams need company."
Meanwhile, the neoclassical track below, ‘The Haunted Victorian Pencil', is a short, bleak, beautiful piano-led piece.
A massively talented duo, A Winged Victory For The Sullen are often thought of in the same breath as Max Richter, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Tim Hecker and Fennesz. They also count Jon Hopkins as a fan.
If you like what you hear, you can find newly announced 2020 European and UK tour dates below:
Feb
20 - De Duif - Amsterdam, NL
21 - Funkhaus - Berlin
24 - ePhil - Hamburg
25 - Magdalenakerk - Brugge
26 - Trinity Centre - Bristol
27 - Round Chapel - London
28 - Round Chapel - London
29 - St Paul’s Church - Birmingham
March
01 - St Les - Glasgow
02- St Philip's Church Salford - Manchester
03 - National Concert Hall - Dublin
04 - St Rosemary Church - Belfast
05 - St George’s Church - Brighton
06 - Unitarian Church - Liverpool
A Winged Victory For The Sullen - The Undivided Five artwork:
