UK psychedelic/shoegaze/post punk duo The KVB (Nicholas Wood and Kat Day) have announced their new studio album ‘Tremors‘.
The follow-up to their 2021 album Unity, will be out on 5th April via Invada Records. Pre-order your copy here.
The band have dubbed their new album ‘dystopian pop’, and wrote it with the live show in mind; full of energy, hooks and dynamic moments. On the album’s subject matter, the band explain that they have “expanded on previous album themes of dystopia, apocalypse and the human condition, but with a more pessimistic outlook and deeper distrust than before. It also touches on themes of loss, and the resistance, lament and acceptance of inevitable change.”
Along with the album announcement, the duo premiered the record’s lead single “Labyrinths“, as well as its accompanying video. Speaking about it, they say:
“‘Labyrinths’ is one of the more aggressive tracks on the album. Thematically it touches on historical subjectivity; the flexibility of truth and construction of narratives. The self-directed music video is a visceral assault of digitalised nature, CRT screens and analogue glitch textures. We wanted the aesthetic to reflect the album artwork and the energy of the edit to mirror the aggression of the song.”
Get the track here and watch the video now.
The KVB ‘Tremors’ Tracklist:
- Negative Drive
- Words
- Tremors
- Labyrinths
- In The Silence
- Tremors (Reprise)
- Overload
- Dead Of Night
- A Thirst
- Deep End
The KVB Upcoming Live Shows
21 Feb – Loftas / Vilnius, Lithuania
22 Feb – Laska Bar / Riga, Latvia
23 Feb – Paavli Kultuurivabrik / Tallinn, Estonia
24 Feb – Invisible Wind Factory / Liverpool, UK
26 Apr – The Castle and Falcon / Birmingham, UK
More about The KVB
Formed in 2010 by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Wood as a solo project, the KVB got started with a number of limited cassette and vinyl releases that included the single “The Black Sun” on FLA Records and the Into the Night EP on Downwards Records. Vocalist/keyboardist/visual artist Kat Day joined Wood in 2011, and they released their debut album, Always Then, in 2012 (Clan Destine Records).
The duo has yet to share more details about their upcoming album, it follows last year’s collection ‘Artefacts (Reimaginings From The Original Psychedelic Era)‘. Their latest album ‘Unity’, is included in our Best Albums of 2021 list.
Photo credit: George Katsanakis
