Alexander Tucker – Shares new track ahead of seventh solo album and tour, inc 5 September release show in London with Paper Dollhouse

By Chris Todd

On July 25, 2018

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ALEXANDER TUCKER

SHARES NEW TRACK, VISITING AGAINTAKEN FROM HIS FORTHCOMING ALBUM

DON’T LOOK AWAY – OUT 24 AUG ON THRILL JOCKEY

TOUR INC LIVERPOOL, NEWCASTLE, GLASGOW, LONDON AND BRIGHTON

“Accomplished return from Kentish doom-folk oracle, now wrapped in a warm blanket of mid-70s Eno.” – UNCUT

“Simultaneously beautiful and uncanny” – MOJO

“Alexander Tucker constructs surreal landscapes out of the most natural materials” – Dusted

Alexander Tucker has shared a new track, ‘Visiting Again’, from his forthcoming solo album, Don’t Look Away, due out on Thrill Jockey Records on 24 August 2018.

Listen the stretched minimalist pop of ‘Visiting Again’, described by Tucker as being “about a friendship changing and the unstoppable motion of time” here,

The album release is followed by a string of shows across Europe in summer and autumn 2018. Following dates in Italy, Alexander Tucker will be performing in Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow, Brighton and will play a free entry album release party at Shacklewell Arms in London on 5 September. Special guests on the night are Paper Dollhouse, presenting Plutonic Rave, a brand new live show of MoonDome electronics from the forthcoming Coney Island Ice Cream Techno series and DJing from the crew behind the newly formed archival imprint Disciples – expect an eclectic mix of DIY drone, (post)punk, next level noise and much more…

In a live setting, Tucker’s compositions take on beguiling new forms. Resampling the original recordings for the foundation, he weaves dense soundscapes from loops, utilising electronics and processed cello patterns alongside live instrumentation.

Continuing to carve out a space as one of Britain’s most forward-thinking songwriters, on Don’t Look Away Alexander Tucker contrasts traditional song structure with experimental collage and rich orchestral arrangements. Featuring guest appearances from Nik Void (Carter Tutti Void, Factory Floor) on vocals and Daniel O’Sullivan on viola, the album emerged during a particularly prolific creative period for Tucker that saw him composing for the Schauspielhaus Zürich in Switzerland, and establishing UNDIMENSIONED, his own independent publishing imprint. As a result, Tucker’s wider work feels more present here than on previous recordings.

Alexander Tucker 2018 tour dates
23 Aug – Perugia, IT – T-Trane Record Store
24 Aug – Avellino, IT – Godot Art Bistrot
25 Aug – Recanati, IT – Dong Festival
28 Aug – Liverpool, UK – 81 Renshaw

29 Aug – Glasgow, UK – Broadcast

30 Aug – Newcastle, UK – The Cluny
5 Sep – London, UK – Shacklewell Arms ••
7 Sep – Brighton, UK – Rose Hill
29 Nov – Bruxelles, BE – Café Centrale
30 Nov – Rotterdam, NL – Worm

15 Dec – Nantes, FR – Le Lieu Unique

•• Don’t Look Away album release show with Paper Dollhouse and Disciples DJs