Oxbow announce new album ‘Love’s Holiday’
OXBOW have announced a new album!
Titled Love’s Holiday, the upcoming album from the American experimental rock band is the follow-up to 2017’s Thin Black Duke, and is scheduled to be released in July this year, via Ipecac Recordings.
Previous OXBOW albums found their impetus in a lyrical framework provided by vocalist Eugene Robinson, with guitarist Niko Wenner applying his musical compositions to the singer’s narratives. But Love’s Holiday began with the music. “The music was chiefly inspired by and written for my family. We’ve had two children born and my father died while writing and working on this record,” Wenner says. “The songs are just a collection of music that I sang to my babies and then wrote guitar parts for and brought to the band as OXBOW songs.” Love, the guitarist confirms, was the organising principle behind these songs, even if they still carry the band’s signature brand of drama and conflict.
Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; 1000 Hours.
Speaking about the new single, Robinson says, “1000 Hours for the OXBOW completist, 100 percent ties in to our other song 1000, thematically in my mind. But filming the video, given that I just had surgery a few days before felt very much like Mann’s Death in Venice to me. You know where waiting to die never felt more beautiful. Which really feels like the essence of love. Or at least one of them.”
Guitarist Niko Wenner adds, “1000 Hours began life with the bright extroverted feel you hear most, but inevitably the darker introspective mood of the coda and intro emerged. Both qualities are essential to Love’s Holiday. Roger (backing vocals), John (video director), and Joe Chiccarelli (co-producer) all did extraordinary work to heighten these emotions.”
Watch the official music video for 1000 Hours here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
- Dead Ahead
- Icy White & Crystalline
- Lovely Murk (ft. LINGUA IGNOTA)
- 1000 Hours (ft. Roger Joseph Manning Jr.)
- All Gone
- The Night the Room Started Burning
- ” “
- Million Dollar Weekend
- The Second Talk
- Gunwale
Love’s Holiday is set for release on July 21st via Ipecac Recordings. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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