This April, Ritual Cloak will be releasing their brand new EP, ‘Vanished in Transition’ on Bubble Wrap collective. The first taste of the EP is ‘Left Behind’ a meditative psych flecked drone, laced with sitars and an enveloping atmosphere, the song’s haunting vocals delving into ancient history of a ‘saviour’ who returns, but nobody needs them anymore. Watch the video which we are debuting below.
Daniel Barnett explains: “Left Behind wouldn’t exist without the influence of George Harrison and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. The song revolves around a sitar-like guitar line that we knew we wanted to have constantly looping to create a meditative drone. The lyrics are a collage of different lines and ideas that when brought together to create a story of a long-forgotten ‘saviour’ that’s coming back but nobody needs them anymore.”
Ritual Cloak is Daniel Barnett, formerly of Samoans & drummer/producer Andrew Sanders.
Both coming from predominantly rock backgrounds, the duo set out to explore new musical territory in the form of piano-led ambient soundscapes & minimal techno beats drawn from a mutual love of sci-fi, all resulting in their well-received self-titled debut in 2019.
In 2020 Ritual Cloak signed to Bubblewrap Collective Records, releasing the single, I Lawr Ymhlith Y Tywyllwch, that revisited and rebuilt the glacial sonic wizardry of their debut brick-by-brick, glitch-by-glitch.
2021 was Ritual Cloak’s most ambitious year yet, releasing two full-length albums, Divine Invasions & A Human Being Is The Best Disguise, a reworking of the debut album, with new lyrics & vocals by writer & comedian Autumn Juvenile, followed by a cover of R.E.M.‘s Orange Crush and the meditative collaboration Witaj w Domu with Polish photographer, Michal Iwanowski.
