Following the announcement of Smote’s fifth release for Rocket Recordings – Songs From The Free House – the band now shares a second taster of what’s to come in the form of ‘Snodgerss’, a flute-led jig-turned-pitch-dark-ritual. Their deepest and most fully-realised album to date, Songs From The Free House continues Smote’s exploratory mission into heaviness in all its forms, and sees its primary creator Daniel Foggin exploring a variety of new avenues.
Songs From The Free House features guest appearances from Sally Mason of the Smote live band on vocals and Ian Lynch from Lankum on Uillean pipes and will be released via Rocket Recordings on 17th October.
Forged from repetition and mantric intensity and possessed of formidable psychic fortitude, this album proves that the only retro-chic Smote indulge in is liable to go back several centuries. The megalithic monomania of last year’s A Grand Stream set a formidable precedent, and Smote’s live shows in its wake have gradually built a reputation as visionary seers building audial monuments by cranked amplification and atmospheric intensity alike. Yet these five gnostic serenades offer portals and paradigms anew.
Smote has now shared the track ‘Snodgerss’. About the track, Daniel says,“’Snodgerss’ roughly translates to ‘smooth grass’ or ‘long grass’. Waves and layers dance around each other and modulate against the wind, each blade moving individually but still in harmony with the rest. Such is the nature of the 3rd track on the album, blown out percussion dances around flute melodies and explosive guitars alike, each playing its own part in the movement."
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Upcoming Smote live dates:
17 Oct / Falmouth / KCM Church
18 Oct / Bristol / Down Stokes Festival
19 Oct / Preston / The Ferret
20 Oct / Glasgow / Hug and Pint
23 Oct / London / The Lexington *sold out*
24 Oct / Derby / Dubrek Studios
26 Oct / Newcastle / The Lubber Fiend
13 Dec / Todmorden / The Golden Lion
13 May / London / The 100 Club
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