A Winged Victory For the Sullen - Atomos

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A Winged Victory For The Sullen have announced details of their second studio album, Atomos, out October 6th on Erased Tapes and Kranky.

 

The album was initially made for the Royal Ballet’s head choreographer, Wayne McGregor, who commissioned the work for his Random Dance company after hearing the group's self-titled debut album. (Atomos gets its title from McGregor's piece of the same name.) Recorded in the summer of 2013 across sessions in Brussels, Berlin and Reykjavik, it wasn’t until halfway through the process the duo realised it would also be their second studio album.

 

"We never imagined 2013 would be such an explosively creative year," says Dustin O'Halloran, one half of A Winged Victory For The Sullen alongside Adam Wiltzie. "The first record took us two years from start to finish, but in the microspan of time over last summer we were able to change the formula for the way we write, record, and let go."

 

"We had virtually no time for second guessing ourselves," adds Wiltzie, who also plays in drone outfit Stars Of The Lid. "We tried to balance the discordance between being creative, and fulfilling our duties for a commissioned soundtrack with a very strict deadline, and all the while staying true to our collective melancholy." The outfit bring electronic elements to the fore on Atomos, which was preceded by an EP called Atomos VII in April.

Stream a quite lovely track from the album right 'ere:

First album is one of my favourite records ever, so not sure whether to be pleasantly surprised or disappointed that this is going to be somewhat different - at least they're not going to get stale. Nice track, definitely.

Refreshing! Lots of ideas bouncing around in that track. Wiltzie is the King Midas of the ambient world.

well I'll be damned, I just bought the Atomos VII ep. I'll eat up anything SOTL and this is no exception

i went to one of the live preview shows for atomos late last year, and thought the new material took a huge leap in the right direction.

Stoked for this, their s/t is fantastic.

Preview track is nice, reminds me a bit of Bersarin Quartett (which is good).

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exited for this, love my copy of the first LP, such a nice overall product

Previews: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP061

  On 7/18/2014 at 11:17 AM, encym said:

Previews: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP061

Veeery nice.

Fantastic - lots of what I loved about the debut and lots of different stuff too, by the sounds of it. Can't wait!

Just got this - it's lovely. Truly music to soothe the savage beast. Composition skills of Wiltzie and O'Halloran keep on growing and the production is wonderful. Crisp, clean.

Have a feeling it will reward on repeat listens.

Yeah, this has been on repeat a lot here. VI, VIII and XI are particularly brilliant.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO IV