Cult Of Youth Unveil New Single 'Garden Of Delights' - Listen Now
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Tuesday, 07 August 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Alternative folk outfit Cult of Youth have unveiled their latest helping of ‘evil-folk’ with a brand new single taken from their forthcoming new album ‘Love will Prevail’, out September 3rd.
‘Garden of Delights’ is the second single to be taken from the LP, and sees them showing off their incredibly unique style once again, with the track already described as ‘a piece of top-shelf dark, shouty acoustic monster-got’ by Stereogum.
The album itself expands on the psychedelic neofolk foundation of their early work and adds lush atmospheres not dissimilar from Austrian post-industrial futurists Nový Svět. There is also an intentional nod to the Crass Records bands that influenced Cult of Youth mainman Sean Ragon as a teenager and a tasteful hint of Velvet Underground worship. The lyrical content is also fairly politically charged this time around, and serves as a plea for peace in a world gone mad.
Cult of Youth began as a solo project of Sean Ragon, an active member of Brooklyn’s DIY punk, industrial, and experimental music communities on the east coast for over 15 years. Now performing as a full band, Cult of Youth’s last album landed them on tours with Zola Jesus, Cold Cave, and Iceage, and caused quite a stir among many-a US press outlet.
For this new album, Ragon built his own recording studio from scratch in the back of the record store he owns in Brooklyn. This allowed him to control every aspect of the album and to take his time recording; he plays five different instruments on ‘Love Will Prevail’ and also engineered and mixed the album by himself. The record features contributions from Glenn Maryansky (Blacklist) on drums and Christiana Key on violin, as well as percussion from the enigmatic ning nong and vocals from Beverly Hames (Battletorn).
Check out new single ‘Garden of Delights’ below.
Cult Of Youth UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Wed September 19th 2012 - The Hope, Brighton
Thu September 20th 2012 - Birthdays, London
Sun September 23rd 2012 - Manchester Kraak, Manchester
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