Neige (Alcest) - 'Spiritual Instinct'
Stéphane Paut (AKA Neige) principal architect and songwriter for ambient metal masters Alcest speaks to Andy Rawll about the band's forthcoming album 'Spiritual Instinct'.
It's the band's sixth album and the first on their new label, Nuclear Blast, and is released on October 25th 2019. It reveals a darker companion piece to the dreamy and profound 'black gaze' soundscapes that permeated its 2016 predecessor 'Kodama'.
Spritual Instinct (Nuclear Blast)
"The recording of Spiritual Instinct has been a long and challenging process, but we feel really proud of it and can't wait to share our new music with all of you. The artwork has been made by the Parisian duo Førtifem and represents a sphinx, as a reference to the symbolism art movement. The sphinx is the ultimate figure of the enigma, which embodies both the spiritual and feral sides inside us."
The band were invited by The Cure's Robert Smith to play at the 2018 Meltdown festival at London's South Bank and also performed at this year's Download at Donington Park. They return to the UK for two shows towards the end of the year:
* Damnation Festival, Leeds - 2Nov19 https://www.damnationfestival.co.uk
* Special guests for Mono at the Barbican; London - 14Dec19 https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2019/event/mono-with-the-platinum-anniversary-orchestra-alcest
Album pre-order details are here:
https://media.nuclearblast.de/shoplanding/2019/Alcest/spiritual-instinct.html
For more information
www.alcest-music.com
@alcest.official
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Video: 'Protection' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn7wvu8R4Wk
Video: 'Sapphire' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69fnUZhV8SI
Video Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxg3Kml41wE3IPq-PC-LQw
Remaining 2019 Tour Dates:
26.10. FR Strasbourg - La Laiterie
02.11. UK Leeds - Damnation Festival
16.11 DE Neunkirchen - Gloomaar Festival
06.12. ES Madrid - Madrid is the Dark
13.12. NL Eindhoven - Eindhoven Metal Meeting
14.12. UK London - Beyond the Past at The Barbican (support to Mono)
ALCEST are:
Neige - vocals, guitars, bass, synths
Winterhalter - drums
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