Jo Quail announces new album ‘Exsolve’
Jo Quail has announced a new album!
The new album, titled Exsolve, features three new pieces from the cellist and is scheduled to be released in November this year.
The upcoming record was recorded with Chris Fielding at Skyhammer Studios (ELECTRIC WIZARD, PRIMORDIAL, WITCHSORROW, CONAN) and the initial ideas for the record were formed following an invitation to perform at the Arp Museum in Bonn, to celebrate the Barbara Hepworth Sculpture for a Modern World exhibition (previously at the Tate Modern).
Speaking about the record, Jo Quail says, “as well as my standard concert repertoire from my previous three albums I wanted to write and perform something specifically to honour these beautiful works. I wrote a piece for solo cello called Single Form which explored the cello physically, using the extensive pitch range and then creating a sonic ‘hole’ literally by handshape and position on the neck, mirroring the curves and spaces in Hepworth’s work. There are many aspects of Barbara Hepworth’s life and works that inspired the early creative stage of this album. She talked of the left hand ‘seeing’ and the right hand then carving, and I found this analogy greatly inspiring. I wanted to explore what it actually feels like physically to play cello and at the same time I wanted to write something ambitious, brave and proud, something that pushes beyond what I had done before in terms of live looping, yet something that has the weight and certainty of a monolith for want of a better term! For me, the final record is usually only the starting point of the journey and over time and with each performance the music will morph and be reshaped – composing and performing is a collaborative process between me, the space and the audience”
Alongside the announcement for the new record, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album. Both of which are available to view below:
Track List:
1) Forge – Of Two Forms
2) Mandrel Cantus
3) Causleen’s Wheel
To build anticipation for the new record, for the remainder of the year Jo Quail will head out on the road in support to MONO and A STORM OF LIGHT in October as well as opening for MYRKUR in December.
Tour dates are as follows:
European tour w/ MONO & A STORM OF LIGHT
01 Oct: Bristol, UK, The Fleece
02 Oct: Norwich, UK, Arts Centre
03 Oct: Glasgow, UK, Classic Grand
04 Oct: Newcastle, UK, The Cluny
05 Oct: Leeds, UK, Left Bank
06 Oct: Ghent, BE, De Central
07 Oct: Utrecht, NL, Tivoli De Helling
08 Oct: Bremen, DE, Tower
09 Oct: Dresden, DE, Beatpol
10 Oct: Wiesbaden, DE, Schlachtof
11 Oct: Aarau, CH, Kiff
12 Oct: Lyon, FR, CCO
13 Oct: Barcelona, ES, Aloud Music Festival
14 Oct: Toulouse, FR, Le Rex
15 Oct: Bordeaux, FR, Krakatoa
16 Oct: Orleans, FR, Astrolabe
17 Oct: Heerlen, NL, Nieuwe Nor
18 Oct: Oberhausen, DE, Drucklufthaus
19 Oct: Leeuwarden, NL, Into The Void
20 Oct: Athens, GR, Fuzz Club
22 Oct: St. Petersburg, RU, Zal
23 Oct: Moscow, RU, Zil
European tour w/ MYRKUR
03 Dec: SE Stockholm, Vasateatern04/12 – NO Oslo, John Dee
05 Dec: SE Gothenburg, Pustervik
07 Dec: DK Aarhus, Voxhall
08 Dec: DK Copenhagen, Pumpehuset
10 Dec: PL Poznan, U Bazyla
11 Dec: PL Krakow, Kwadrat
13 Dec: HU Budapest, Durer Kert
14 Dec: AT Vienna, Arena
16 Dec: NL Tilburg, 013 KZ
18 Dec UK London, The Dome
19 Dec: UK Bristol, The Fleece
20 Dec: UK Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
21 Dec UK Glasgow, The Great Eastern
22 Dec: – UK Manchester, Gorilla
Exsolve is set for release on November 2nd via self-release.
For more information on Jo Quail like her official page on Facebook.
