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The Duke Spirit unveil new track ‘In Breath’ + live dates!
“…an utterly hypnotising song that
further establishes the London
quartet as one of England’s greatest
rock bands.”
- Wonderland
"...lush and spongey while also swaggering along with a muscular grace."
- Stereogum
"Easily one of Britain's best experimental rock outfits."
- Gigwise
"... a stellar return."
- Mojo
Following last year’s acclaimed album KIN and November's EP Serenade, The Duke Spirit march on with poignant new album Sky Is Mine, released on 18th August 2017 via Ex Voto Records. The album is available to pre-order now.
The band have revealed the second track to be taken from the album is In Breath, which premiered on Wonderland Magazine and is now available to stream on The Duke Spirit's Soundcloud page.
Produced by the band themselves, and mixed by Bruno Ellingham (Massive Attack), the album also features guest vocals by long time friends Josh T Pearson (Lift to Experience) on the woozy ‘How Could, How Come’, and Duke Garwood on album closer ‘Broken Dream’.
On Sky Is Mine each song approaches, revises, steps back and looks for humanity on a planetary scale. From the shimmering melodies and prodigious power of tracks like Magenta and ‘See Power’ to the energy-fuelled psychedelic rock of ‘Houses’ and ‘Yoyo’, the album flows with a dark, beguiling grandeur with the majestic allure of Liela Moss’ crystal vocals. Sky Is Mine looks at harm, control and lack of love but burns through it to find the essential human heart.
Talking about the album, front-woman Liela Moss explains: "Sonically, it's the most tender record we have made, the expansiveness will lift hearts but the rawness will burn through greedy fingers. Lyrically, this is where I stand... With feet cold and wet from standing in the sludge of fear that is the world we tread upon, this album snapshots a palpitating heart that values above all things, life. Half-finished sentences describe nasty bits and pieces, shards of cruelty as they are dissolved by being pissed on from a great height with a stream of golden, glowing benevolence!"
Continuing to prove themselves as one of the UK’s most enduring and distinctive rock acts, The Duke Spirit are known for their captivating live shows and will continue to hypnotise listeners with the sweeping power of Sky Is Mine.
Catch the band live at the following dates:
17th August - Bush Hall - London - Tickets
Sky Is Mine is released on 18th August 2017 via Ex Voto Records and is available to pre-order now.