Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus

"Four years after Fuck Buttons’ Benjamin John Power and Andrew Hung dropped the second of two of the most unparalleled electronic-driven albums in recent memory, with the hyper-acceleration of 2009’s blistering Tarot Sport, the duo return with a new album Slow Focus, their first self-produced record, and one that looks set to re-shape the landscape of the leftfield all over again.

Once again abiding by their fundamental rule that “we must always be in the same room when writing,” what Fuck Buttons have created on Slow Focus is something that feels more close-up than ever before, a first-person view through winding pathways set against a frequently aggressive and constantly evolving terrain. It’s an ominously shimmering mirage that could only have come from their own volition. “Slow Focus seemed like a very apt title when considering the sentiment of the music,” comments Benjamin John Power, “It almost feels like the moment your eyes take to readjust when waking, and realising you're in a very unusual and not a particularly welcoming place. We like to think that we create our own new landscapes, and with this it's a very alien one.”

You could argue this is the first album where the pair have really gone all in, taking control right down to producing it at their own Space Mountain studio. “We've used producers as safety nets in the past,” says Andrew Hung, “but we've always had a very specific idea of what our music should sound like and so it became about following the logical path.”

Between them, Fuck Buttons have been busy behind the scenes in the intermediate four years since Tarot Sport, but they were flung out into the perception of the global public last year when Danny Boyle opted to use their music in his breathtaking Olympics opening ceremony in London, after recommendations from techno veterans Underworld. Now they’re ready to face the limelight again in full, with a string of European festival dates coming up, including Primavera, Glastonbury and Green Man. It’s been a while since we heard from them, but Slow Focus looks set to further establish Fuck Buttons reputation as one of the most arresting electronic acts in the world today."

sounds good to me, i liked tarot sport a lot.

Fuck yes, been quietly excited about this for a while, glad its finally gotten a release date. Previous albums were produced by Andrew Weatherall I think.

  On 5/16/2013 at 5:15 PM, jules said:

sounds good to me, i liked tarot sport a lot.

I'll second those exact words

Can't believe how much music is coming out this year...

Even more than hearing this I am excited to see them tour in support of it; Fuck Buttons are great to see live!

Very excited for this, hoping for more chord progressions in the vein of Olympians and Space Mountain.

  On 5/16/2013 at 10:29 PM, beerwolf said:

 

  On 5/16/2013 at 5:15 PM, jules said:

 

sounds good to me, i liked tarot sport a lot.

I'll second those exact words

 

Can't believe how much music is coming out this year...

and I'll second those words

  On 5/16/2013 at 5:40 PM, feltcher said:

Fuck yes, been quietly excited about this for a while, glad its finally gotten a release date. Previous albums were produced by Andrew Weatherall I think.

Agree that 2013 is shaping up as an amazing year for music.

  On 5/16/2013 at 11:58 PM, lawrenke said:

Very excited for this, hoping for more chord progressions in the vein of Olympians and Space Mountain.

saw them open for The Pixies, hope this album is more good stuff.

lookin forward to this!

Just saw them do a tiny warm-up gig in Manchester. They played 3 new tracks and holy fucking shit this new album is going to be the bollocks.

I saw Andrew Hung DJ before Ewan Pearson once in Manchester and he was so good. Played Clark Growl's Garden and SuperMayer "Two of Us", plus loads of other good stuff I can't remember. Never got round to checking out the music though.

2013 is turning into an epic music year

https://soundcloud.com/alltomorrowsparties/fuck-buttons-the-red-wing

HOOOLLLYYYYY SHHHIIITTT BITCHES!

damn!

hot shit indeedy, bring it on

album version is 8 minutes. I'm all over this.

Sounds like some of their finest work yet!

This is powerfull

Video for The Red Wing

Fact interview: http://www.factmag.com/2013/06/20/more-aggressive-malevolent-apocalyptic-olympic-heroes-fuck-buttons-introduce-their-gargantuan-new-album-slow-focus/

fuckin' 2013 man

Three tracks in, this is incredible.

Preorder is a go.

it leaked?