Paris post-rock goldsmiths BANK MYNA share new video “The Other Faceless Me” on Invisible Oranges; new album “EIMURIA” out April 25th
Parisian post-rock and dark folk purveyors BANK MYNA unveil their new single “The Other Faceless Me” exclusively on Invisible Oranges, a dark and soul-stirring second excerpt taken from their forthcoming album “EIMURIA”.
“Drawing on post-rock, folk, and more, Bank Mynabrings listeners along for a tumultuous journey. (…) Nestling listeners inside a billowing, ever-changing cloud of sound, Bank Myna visit scenes of still, peaceful sadness as well as moments of agonizing change.” – Invisible Oranges
Accompanied by a hypnotic and visually haunting music video, the track unfolds like a three-part ritual where ethereal drones give way to raw, trance-like intensity before fading into an intimate, slow-burning finale. A sonic and visual experience mirroring a metamorphosis, dissolving the boundary between body and sound in an enigmatic, ritualistic procession.
Watch Bank Myna’s new video “The Other Faceless Me“
At the heart of “The Other Faceless Me” lies Maud Harribey’s inward journey, shaped by a brutal rupture — one that fractures the connection between body and self. The video follows this fracture through disorientation, struggle, and eventual transformation. Directed with a caravaggesque painterly eye by Clément Verrier and edited by Constantin du Closel, it unfolds like a fever dream: bodies in flux, veiled figures moving in synchrony, shadows stretching across a darkened canvas. The freeform dance is raw and instinctive, a physical response to the sonic landscape, an act of regaining control over the body.Heavier and more direct than its equally dark and ritualistic predecessor “VOLAVERUNT”, Bank Myna‘s new album “EIMURIA” combines lightness and absolute darkness through a palette of influences matured over the last few years: obsidian-tinged post-rock, doom incursions and delicate slowcore with mystical overtones turn the five tracks into a breathless, cathartic album. At times loud and intense, at other times minimalist and profound, the sound atmospheres alternate and serve a more assertive narrative, where the solemn slides irrevocably towards distortion, bringing an electric fury that we hardly knew existed within Bank Myna, as a counterpoint to their airy melancholy.
New album “EIMURIA”
Out April 25th on Medication Times Records / Araki Records
Stellar Frequencies (LP/CD/cassette/digital)
Initiated in 2013 in Paris, Bank Myna is the architect of a unique universe where dark post-rock, drone, sound experiments and doom-like incursions mingle. Among a mystical voice and dronian soundscapes, Bank Myna’s music offers free structures within which the sounds are ample, deep and the play on textures permanent. Ecstatic vocals lead the way to slow movements before letting the sound space tear up under bass and guitar feedbacks. Progressive, intense, torn between shadow and light, the Parisian quartet likes to give breadth and power to its compositions in an abrasive and instinctive live act, oscillating from flutterings imposed by drone sounds to dazzling noise and heavy rock explosions.
Recorded in a live setting, their forthcoming new album “EIMURIA” captures the palpable osmosis between the musicians with sensitivity and spontaneity, thanks to ample, warm sounds. Especially inspired by the tumultuous lives and artistic productions of poetess Alejandra Pizarnik and sculptor Camille Claudel, and deeply intimate, it narrates a process of personal transformation interspersed with brutal ruptures. “EIMURIA” was recorded and mixed by long-time collaborator Mathieu Gaud at Vetter Studio, and mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market in Montreal. Artwork was designed by Italian experimental photographer Ramona Zordini.
BANK MYNA is
Fabien Delmas – guitar
Maud Harribey – vocals, violin, keyboards
Constantin Du Closel – drums, percussions
Daniel Machon – bass
BANK MYNA links
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