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News : Hotel Wrecking City Traders announce new album, European tour

By on March 14, 2014

Melbourne duo Hotel Wrecking City Traders have had a string of excellent split releases and collaborations over the past few years but it has been a whopping five years since their last full length, Black Yolk. On April 16th, the band will finally release a new one…

“‘Ikiryo’ is a more harnessed beast and comprises 5 songs that were written over the course of a 3 month period at the end of 2013. They were recorded in a mere 2 days, in January, 2014. This time working with engineer Jason Fuller at his Goatsound Studios in Melbourne. Jason’s background is well known as being in the heavier more metal realm (Brutal Truth, Blood Duster). The band were sought out by Jason and invited to record, ironically entering the studio with some of the most melodic and concise songs of their existence. The result is a vivid sonic journey over the course of 40 minutes that sees HWCT’s new approach spread across 5 measured sonic explorations. Improvisational aspects are still present but so is a confident and measured velocity.  This is evident in the album’s title, suggesting a spirit leaving the body and moving around freely. The album is heavy, mind altering and noisy and still undeniably HWCT.”

The track listing for Ikiryo is;
1. Breath (7:40)
2. Riley (4:15)
3. Dance The Hempen Jig (4:49)
4. Tetryl (6:18)
5. Ikiryō (13:39)

Those of you in Europe can catch the band live throughout April and May. You can check out the full details, and the rather awesome tour poster, over at Wombat Booking.

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