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New EP, Dancing in the Face of Danger, out March 24!
Kerrang Magazine
Acclaimed young alt-pop/prog trio EXPLORING BIRDSONG have released their new single/video “Bear The Weight”, the second single off their new EP, Dancing in the Face of Danger, due outMarch 24 via Long Branch Records.
The band comment:
“‘Bear the Weight’ has gone through a few different structure changes since we first formed the skeleton for the song back in 2019, but contains one of our collective favourite choruses. Lyrically it is one of the most conceptual on the record; it is written from the perspective of one of thousands of workers, working on a building / structure of massive scale against their will. They are merely a number, and the only thing to relieve them of their duties is death – however they know they will only be replaced by someone else, so to prevent someone going through what they have experienced, they continue. ‘We bear the weight, to defend the man who would fall in your place’.”
A beautifully curious blend of pop-sensibility, delicacy, experimentation and heaviness. British piano led, guitar-less trio EXPLORING BIRDSONG are paving their own musical path with their new record, Dancing in the Face of Danger.
Their acclaimed 2019 debut EP, The Thing With Feathers – a concept release centered on the Seamus Heaney poem ‘Bye Child’ and the story of Kevin Halfpenny, one of the most bizarre cases of child cruelty ever recorded – caught the eyes of key players in the UK press (Prog magazine, Kerrang! Magazine, Classic Rock Magazine) and achieved two Progressive Music Awardsnominations in the same year.
Dancing in the Face of Danger, recorded and mixed at Northstone Studios, Bridgend, builds on the musical foundations of The Thing With Feathers. The five track EP has an evolutionary growth; synthesizers and a live string section add texture and gravity to the piano led core, and whilst the record isn’t conventionally conceptual, lyrically, the band describe each track as ‘having its own tale to tell’.
Pre-Order Dancing in the Face of Danger HERE:
CD-EP – Dancing In The Face Of Danger
1 Pyre
2 The Way Down
3 Bear The Weight
4 Ever The Optimist
5 No Longer We Lie
LP – Dancing In The Face Of Danger / The Thing With Feathers
Side A – Dancing In The Face Of Danger
1 Pyre
2 The Way Down
3 Bear The Weight
4 Ever The Optimist
5 No Longer We Lie
Side B – The Thing With Feathers
6 Hope
7 The River
8 The Sinking Question
9 The Thing With Feathers
10 The Baptism
11 The Downpour
The young group most recently made their European debut at Euroblast festival (Cologne, DE) – their first live performance since their five city inaugural headline tour across the UK in September 2021, including London, Manchester and Birmingham, and following successful support tours with the likes of Sleep Token and Thank You Scientist. Whilst the band refuse to be pigeon-holed to one genre, they evoke moments of Agent Fresco, Kate Bush, Everything Everything, Sleep Token and Karnivool.
EXPLORING BIRDSONGare:
Lynsey Ward – Vocals, piano
Jonny Knight – Bass guitar, synthesizer
Matt Harrison – Drums, percussion
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