Published
Wed, Mar 14, 2018, 11:05
- The trio's first LPs in nearly three years will get a simultaneous release in May.
The Black Dog will release two albums, Post -Truth and Black Daisy Wheel, on May 25th through Dust Science Recordings.
Post - Truth and Black Daisy Wheel will be the first albums to come from The Black Dog, AKA Ken Downie and Martin and Richard Dust, since 2015's Neither/Neither. Both are described as reflections of a world where disinformation and suspicion run rampant: "The mindset is beyond paranoid, the discourse so far post-fact that only opinion and assumed identity matter. Arguing against proven science is a part of the entry criteria, and wilful pedantry its standard currency... You couldn't make it up, even though that is exactly what the conspiratorial fringe (now one sharp corner from the mainstream) always do."
The albums offer divergent stylistic approaches. We're told Post -Truth features "high energy dance floor constructions," written at a time when the group "was fully engaged with people whose paranoia was in full swing." Black Daisy Wheel, which includes a collaboration with Emika, presents ambient music that's "reflective, often intense [and] frequently compassionate."
Listen to clips from Post -Truth and Black Daisy Wheel.
Tracklist
Post -Truth
01. Cognitive Dissonance
02. Solipsism
03. MK Future
04. Nothing Ever Changes
05. The Truth Is In The Post
06. Séance Of Entitlement
07. FWB
08. Anticipation Occupation
09. Timmy O & Gem P
10. The Patti Smith Disaster
11. Our Kes
12. Technological Utopians
Black Daisy Wheel
01. Black Daisy Wheel
02. Who He Was
03. Cognitive Dissident
04. Seroxat Smile
05. Out Of Reach
06. We Must Repeat
07. Bye Thee Bye
08. Lost To The Black Sun
09. Autohoaxer
10. Shutter Head
11. Tell Me What You Remember feat. Emika
Dust Science Recordings will release Post -Truth and Black Daisy Wheel on May 25th, 2018.
Photo credit: Shaun Bloodworth