What do you do when in less than one year, you become one of the biggest alternative rock acts in your native land of Holland?
What do you do if your record tops of the year end lists of 2010, following critically acclaimed performances at prestigious festivals including Lowlands, Pinkpop, Sziget and Glastonbury?
De Staat has made a new album that meets all expectations. 'Machinery' is the band’s second album and follow-up to their stunning 2009 debut 'Wait For Evolution'. 'Machinery' is described by the band as a “gut-inducing slab of psycho funk.” It’s a dark sonic adventure that takes the listener through underground caves of blues, funk and electro where halal butchers, serial killers, whistleblowers, rats and sweat-covered bodybuilders cross paths. 'Machinery' will be released in the UK on Monday 7th March 2011.
“I often hear we sound like a machine when we play live,” says lead singer and songwriter Torre Florim. “I thought it would be fun to expand on that on this record and emphasize the mechanical elements in the music.”
Continues Florim, “We played a lot of rhythms, and also created crazy sounds with the guitars. I didn’t want to exclusively focus on the rhythmic parts, but instead wanted to change the way we approached the tools of a conventional rock band setup. During the process of writing and creating the music, the album developed an industrial flavor that reminded us of a machine.”
De Staat – 2011 UK Tour
Wednesday 6th April - London Camden Barfly
Thursday 7th April - Manchester Deaf Institute
Friday 8th April - Nottingham Bodega.
Saturday 9th April - Bristol Louisiana
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