Sugar Horse announce new EP ‘Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico’
SUGAR HORSE have announced a new EP!
Titled Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico, the upcoming EP from the UK doomgaze band is the follow-up to last year’s Waterloo Teeth EP, and is scheduled to be released in November this year, via Fat Dracula Records.
Speaking about the new EP, the band says, “it’s frequently been difficult for us, as a band, to limit ourselves to ‘normal’ pop song lengths and structures….as evidenced in pretty much all of our releases to date. From time to time we feel the need to loose the ropes that bind us and let our Long & Tedious flag fly freely. Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico is the result of said untethering.
We’ve always found the idea of exploring a single note over long stretches of time interesting and this song is that idea taken to an extreme logical conclusion. It’s an exploration of the note A in all its possible variations. Lyrically the song is an extravaganza of navel-gazing. There’s a cliché in the literary world nowadays of authors writing novels about the trials, tribulations and rewards of writing a novel. Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico is just as sickeningly self-referential, exploring the obsessive urge to create art of all kinds and how it turns into a cycle of imbibing real life experiences, then spitting them back out in whatever artistic discipline you happen to find yourself practicing. A kind of snake eating its own tail….but with the kind of self-pitying pretentiousness that only folks who think they’re very clever indeed (that’s us) would want to impose on themselves.”
Alongside the announcement of the new EP, SUGAR HORSE have released a new song from the upcoming EP; II – Or.
Speaking about the new song, the band says, “the second part of a single piece of music divided into six (easily streamable) chapters. A first little slice of heaviness that may well hint of what’s to come. It’s a kind of rallying cry to those who create and appreciate art of all kinds, reminding the listener of art’s power as both sword and shield in this difficult world we navigate and attempt to survive. Or is a reassuring hand on the shoulder and whisper in the ear. Through adversity there is redemption.”
Listen to II – Or here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming EP below:
Track List:
1. I – Truth
2. II – Or
3. III – Consequences
4. IV – Comma
5. V – Neu
6. VI – Mexico
Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico is set for release on November 3rd via Fat Dracula Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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