Crease is the debut full-length album of deconstructed electroacoustic postpunk songcraft by Montréal guitarist and producer Kee Avil, whose touchstones range from Scott Walker and Coil to Fiona Apple; (early) PJ Harvey and (later) Juana Molina to Eartheater, Pan Daijing and Smerz—or like Grouper produced by Matmos.
Chiselled twitchy minimalist guitar, sinuous electronics, industrial and prepared-instrument micro-samples, furtive rhythmic propulsion, all galvanised by the anxious intimacy of finely wrought lyricism/vocals: Crease is one of those debut records that excites a wide range of peerless references precisely because it’s so compelling and convincing in its own idiosyncratic originality, vision, detail and execution.
Ahead of some extensive touring, Kee Avil has unveiled a video for album track ‘Drying’. Watch it here:
20.05 Vigo ES Radar Estudios
21.05 Lugo ES Liberdades Sonoras
24.05 Leeds UK The Brudenell*
25.05 Glasgow UK The Hugs and Pint*
26.05 Nantes FR Whine Nat White Heat
27.05 Dublin IE Pepper Canister Church*
29.05 Manchester UK The White Hotel*
30.05 London UK Oslo*
31.05 London UK Oslo*
01.06 Vienna AT Replugged
02.06 Prague CZ Underdogs
03.06 Brussels BE Les Ateliers Claus**
04.06 Antwerp BE wunderkammer x de studio
*with Suuns
**with Horse Lords
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Canada / Spring
10.06 Toronto ON TONE
11.06 Ottawa ON Pique Summer Edition
17.06 Montreal QC Suoni Per Il Popolo – official Crease release show
25.06 Vancouver BC Vancouver International Jazz Festival
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Europe Summer / Fall
10.08 Berlin GE A l’Arme
13.11 Utrecht NL Le Guess Who?
And more to be announced.
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