Birdmask Tristan
Label | MVKA |
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Format | 12" Single |
Release Date | 20 April 2024 |
Catalogue Number | 0197338156148 |
Additional Info | This is an RSD24 release which will be available to buy on a first come, first served basis from Some Great Reward on Saturday 20th April, strictly 1 copy per person.All stock remaining at 8pm on Monday 22nd April will be available to buy online. |
Coloured vinyl, 45 rpm, limited. Debut physical release from the singer of critically acclaimed alternative rock act Zeal & Ardor
Birdmask (Manuel Gagneux, renowned for his work with influential metal band Zeal & Ardor) The five songs of Tristan are steeped in sadness and beauty, “We’ll never get better / It’s a long and gruesome odyssey,” sings Manuel on ‘Recovery’ over muted electronics. The soulful and stark ‘Dearly Beloved’ sounds like a message from the depths of depression – “Spend a week in the bathtub / You know that you messed up.” Whilst latest single ‘Leave the Rain Outside’ offers a swinging, whirling gothic melody as a vessel for Gagneux’s voice to swoop and soar, before the crescendo of sound on ‘Breathe In, Breathe Out’. “In metal, sadness always has to be this huge thing.” Says Manuel, “It's never just a certain aspect of it – it's the world is ending and your mom just stabbed you. It's never heartache or ennui or anything like that. It’s misery rather than melancholy.” And there lies the most important distinction between his two projects; Manuel has always felt a slight disconnect with Zeal & Ardor, as it finds him acting as a different person to explore societal topics. Birdmask on the other hand offers a true expression of himself, in what he describes as his “gleeful stupidity and childish exploration.