The British Expeditionary Force are back! This time with a follow up to Chapter One: A Long Way From Home come’s Chapter Two: Konstellation Neu due out on the 26th March 2012 through Erased Tapes.
In celebration of the debut festival performance at Great Escape Festival and their upcoming album release ‘Chapter Two: Konstellation Neu’ (out March 26), the band has released their official music video for album opener ‘Commotion’. Singer Aid Burrows gives us access to a different side of his creative process by creating this playful and heartfelt 3D animation, centred around the waterfront.
Its follow up Chapter Two: Konstellation Neu comes a long five years after, and there is always the risk with such a long gap between albums that perhaps the ship has sailed, their musical style is no longer relevant, or more likely: their fans have just forgotten about them and moved on to adore other bands. If that is the case, then it is a damn shame because it’s clear from this album that Lockey (plus his brother and singer Aid Burrows) still have a lot to offer. While opening track ‘Commotion’ is a low key effects laden affair that tips its hat to perhaps Bon Iver, the following track ‘When All Of This Is Done’ has a rip roaring chorus that packs a sort of post-rock punch that instrumental bands take four minutes to find (while here it only takes just over a minute to find it) and I dare not forget the final track, ‘Irons In Fires‘, an epic slow building six minute see out to the album that you can imagine Sigur Rós writing were they more into electronic (than organic) music.
Purchase Chapter Two: Konstellation Neu – Erased Tapes
01 Commotion – £0.79
02 When All Of This Is Done – £0.79
03 Cogs And Chemicals – £0.79
04 Konstellation Neu – £0.79
05 Where You Go I Will Follow – £0.79
06 End Music – £0.79
07 Crack In The Clouds – £0.79
08 Strange Aftertaste – £0.79
09 Pleasantly Confused – £0.79
10 Irons In Fires – £0.79
As well as this release they have also released the Official Video for the first track ‘Commotion’.
In celebration of the brand new album ‘Chapter Two: Konstellation Neu’ (out March 26 on Erased Tapes) and the debut festival performance at The Great Escape in May as part of the Erased Tapes 5th Anniversary Night.
Coincidentally, the upcoming Great Escape Festival will also take place beside-the-seaside in Brighton on England’s sun-drenched south coast and sees us perform an Erased Tapes-curated label night alongside Nils Frahm and A Winged Victory For The Sullen, co-presented by Drowned In Sound.
Tickets are now available from the official festival site: escapegreat.com
You can also read more on it via Drowned In Sound.
Artwork: Chapter Two: Konstellation Neu