UK post-rock duo A Burial At Sea release contemplative new single »Masterfred« accompanied with a bittersweet, visual love letter video!
Liverpool, UK based post-rock duo A Burial At Sea has released new single and lyric video »Masterfred« taken from their sophomore full-length album, »Close To Home«, which will see the light on February 23rd, 2024 via Pelagic Records.
»Masterfred« is available now on all streaming platforms!
Tracklist:
01. Páirc Béal Uisce
02. Tor Head
03. Down To The Floor
04. Hy-Brasil
05. Gorse Bush On Fire
06. Objects Of The House
07. New Old
08. Masterfred
09. Everything You Are Not
10. T.G.G.O.A.
11. Dall
Courtesy of Pelagic Records:
“Post-rock collective A Burial At Sea release contemplative new single »Masterfred« taken from forthcoming full-length, accompanying video is a bittersweet, visual love letter!”
Inimitable post-rock outsiders A Burial At Sea have released »Masterfred«, the third single from their forthcoming sophomore album, »Close To Home«, set for release on the 23rd of February, 2024 via Berlin’s Pelagic Records.
Simultaneously sombre, haunting and empowering, »Masterfred« serves as an awesome showcase of A Burial At Sea’s latent musical maturity. At first jokingly named after co-founding member Dara Tohill’s dad, Fred, both the track and the sentiment behind it have become a vital part of the album. Whilst the band’s penchant for blistering post-hardcore velocity is a welcome presence throughout »Close To Home«, »Masterfred« shows that A Burial At Sea aren’t afraid to turn the volume down as well; giving way to a deeper, organic dynamic that picks up every intimate detail, rattle and hum. This intimacy is evident too in the video that accompanies the single. Familial, found footage interspersed with vibrant, time-lapses leave us hurtling between nostalgic past and piercing present as the haunting refrain of “I think I fell on hard times, but that’s alright” is as much a fatherly sentiment as it is one of self-forgiveness.
Photo by Sara Wolff
Irish-born but now Liverpool-based, A Burial At Sea made waves in 2018 when, bursting with bombastic creativity, the »…And The Sum Of Its Parts« EP turned the traditionally austere post-rock frown upside down. Quickly catching the attention of like-minded, international genre-benders Quickly catching the attention of like-minded, international genre-benders And So I Watch You From Afar, This Will Destroy You, Caspian and Some Become Hollow Tubes (Godspeed You! Black Emperor), A Burial At Sea subsequently spent months on tour in support, honing their incendiary craft and gaining a loyal fan base across Europe in the process.
Somewhat conversely, sophomore album »Close To Home« represents A Burial At Sea exploring the influence of their Gaelic roots. Written quickly over lockdown in an intense period of introspection, the record comprises years of creative ideas brought to life in the here and now. Haunting, bittersweet melodies plucked from childhood folksongs ebb and flow like a stream of consciousness as the eclectic collective dial down the overdrive and let the ephemeral, breathless spaces where distortion meets horn section sing out the loudest.
A staggering refinement of the band’s truly unique, brass-led sound; the confidence, experience and sheer musical assuredness behind these compositions renders any generic labels immediately obsolete. The tempestuous adrenaline rush of »Tor Head« proves without a doubt that A Burial At Sea are so much greater than the sum of their parts; positioning the band on the crest of a truly progressive wave of uplifting, anthemic post-rock.
»Masterfred« is out now.
»Close To Home« releases on 23rd February, 2024.
A Burial At Sea’s Patrick Blaney on »Masterfred«: “»Masterfred« was originally a silly working title. We named the track after Dara’s dad Fred because he’s a legend but, as we dug deeper into our inspirations for this album, there was no doubt that he absolutely deserves to be on the record in some shape or form. Although the track is one of the darkest on this record, the title brings a familiar light-heartedness to it.”
Pre-order »Close To Home« HERE!
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well