Mat Ball announces new album ‘Amplified Guitar’
MAT BALL has announced a new album!
Titled Amplified Guitar, the upcoming album from the BIG|BRAVE guitarist is his first solo full-length, and is scheduled to be released via The Garotte in July this year.
The new album comprises eight pieces which were each recorded in only one single take, live and unadorned, at Hotel2Tango in Montreal by GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR’s Efrim Manuel Menuck. It seeks to use amplified resonance and feedback to create musical and beautiful work that often mimics the long gestures and sustained tones of bowed or woodwind instruments.
Speaking about the upcoming album, Ball comments, “I rely on amplification for amplitude, but I also rely on it to bring out certain harmonic qualities and voices of the instrument.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, MAT BALL has released one of the pieces from the album, titled To Catch Light I.
Listen to To Catch Light I here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:
Track List:
- To Catch Light I
- Within the Billow I
- Steel Wound Arteries I
- To Catch Light II
- Steel Wound Arteries II
- Within the Billow II
- To Catch Light III
- Within the Billow III
Amplified Guitar is set for release on July 1st via The Garotte. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
For more information on MAT BALL follow his official page on Instagram.