French born, London based art rockers Underground Railroad have revealed a slew of new DATES, in support of their new single ‘8 Millimeters’ (One Little Indian, 17th October). See below.
With their new album ‘White Night Stand’ Underground Railroad have made a career defining best – an intense, accomplished third that encapsulates a brooding Dystopian vision of modern London: Hailing from Paris, Underground Railroad’s outsider status perhaps has granted them a detached insight into the city’s workings.
New single ‘8 Millimeters’ (One Little Indian, 17th October) – written and sung by guitarist Marion – was inspired by the bar of the same name in Berlin’s hip Prenzlauer Berg district, visited during a break from the recording of the album. Inside Marion recollects, ‘there’s always a subtitled 60’s art movie on with no sound – the only source of light!’ Hence ‘the really strange atmosphere down there’ caught her imagination, giving the words their disassociated millennial feel, and the song its uneasy descending blues. The overall impression conveyed is at once intoxicatingly decadent and thrillingly ominous.
Further inspiration across the album came from Twin Peaks and David Lynch – Marion naming ‘The Black Widow’, ‘The Orchid’s Curse’, and ‘Traces To Nowhere’ after episodes of the show, and ‘Yellow Suit’ in reference to ‘Blue Velvet’.
The album was produced in London by Underground Railroad and mixed Paul Walton (Massive Attack – “Mezzanine”, Bjork – “Homogenic” / “Vespertine”).
http://whitenightstand.net/
LIVE: 17 Oct Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, London 19 Oct King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow 25 Oct Spanky Van Dykes, Notthingham 26 Oct The Oporto, Leeds 27 Oct Trof Fallowfield, Manchester 28 Oct The Croft, Bristol29 Oct The Oakford Social, Reading
