New Tim Hecker Album Out Now, ‘Black Phase’ Video, UK Tour Next Month
Tim Hecker Love Streams album out now
Watch ‘Black Phase’ video, UK live shows next month
Tim Hecker photographed by Emily Berl
“A hugely involving, weirdly moving experience: over the course of its 43 minutes, it variously feels blissful, soothing, profoundly creepy, uplifting and cathartic.”
The Guardian **** (Album of the Week)
“Marks a subtle shift in Hecker’s habitual style, a pivot away from his hazy trademark.” – The Observer ****
“The word “immersive” is bandied about a lot, but Hecker’s work really is.” – Pitchfork (8.2)
“His music is ravishing in a way that transcends method and context.
Radically beautiful.” – Uncut (8/10)
“A record that’s serene on the surface but with a dark undertow.” – MOJO ****
“Wholly absorbing…That you are compelled to stay listening…is proof of this record’s eerie power.” – Q ****
“He makes for a turbulent sonic trip that ultimately feels redemptive.”
Resident Advisor
“Borderline spiritual.” – The FADER
“It is clear from Love Streams, with its increased manipulation of vocals and wider palette, that he is becoming braver.” – The Wire
“Love Streams is both a masterpiece of contemporary composition and of emotional sensitivity.” – The Quietus
Love Streams, the new album by Tim Hecker, is out now.
Recorded throughout 2014 and 2015 at Greenhouse Studios in Reykjavik, Iceland – where parts of both Hecker’s previous albums Virgins and Ravedeath, 1972 were tracked – Love Streams saw the Canadian composer reuniting with the same crew of collaborators from Virgins (Ben Frost, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Grímur Helgason) plus the Icelandic Choir Ensemble, whose vocal arrangements were scored by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Last Friday, whilst hosting a Reddit AMA to celebrate the release of his eighth studio album, Tim dropped a video for Love Streams track ‘Black Phase’, which can be viewed below or here.
‘Black Phase’ (Official Video)
Directed by Brett Stabler
Tim Hecker will present Love Streams at the following live shows throughout 2016…
April 14 – NEW YORK, NY, Warsaw
April 15 – CHICAGO, MI, Empty Bottle
May 5 – LONDON, St John’s Sessions
May 7 – KREMS, Donau Festival
May 9 – BRAGA, Gnration
May 10 – LISBON, Teatro Maria Matos
May 12 – BERLIN, Berghain
May 13 – DEN HAAG, Korzo Theatre
May 14 – GENEVA, La Gravière
May 15 – GLASGOW, St. Lukes
May 16 – MANCHESTER, Academy
May 19-21 – DURHAM, NC, Moog Festival
June 2 – MONTREAL, QC, Mutek Festival
June 11 – TORONTO, ON, Unsound Toronto at Laminate Festival
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