New Hope for the Dead

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New Hope for the Dead
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Studio album by UK Decay
Released 22 April 2013
Recorded 2012
Genre Post-punk, gothic rock
Label Rainbow City
Producer Chris Tsangarides
UK Decay chronology
Death, So Fatal
(2007)
New Hope for the Dead
(2013)

New Hope for the Dead is the second studio album by English post-punk band UK Decay. It was released 22 April 2013 by record label Rainbow City.

Post-punk is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s, in which artists departed from the simplicity and traditionalism of punk rock to adopt a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and diverse influences. Inspired by punk's energy and DIY ethic but determined to break from rock cliches, artists experimented with sources including electronic music and black styles like dub, funk, free jazz, and disco; novel recording and production techniques; and ideas from art and politics, including critical theory, modernist art, cinema and literature. Communities that produced independent record labels, visual art, multimedia performances and fanzines developed around these pioneering musical scenes, which coalesced in cities such as London, New York, Manchester, Melbourne, Sydney, and San Francisco.

UK Decay

UK Decay are an English post-punk band, based in Luton.

Contents

The album was funded via the website PledgeMusic and recorded in Dover with producer Chris Tsangarides. [1] [2] [3]

PledgeMusic is an online direct-to-fan music platform, launched in August 2009, that was started to facilitate musicians reaching out to their fanbase to pre-sell, market, and distribute music projects including recordings, music videos, and concerts. Broadly speaking it bears some similarities to such platforms as ArtistShare, Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Patreon, RocketHub and Sellaband.

Dover town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England

Dover is a major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. The town is the administrative centre of the Dover District and home of the Dover Calais ferry through the Port of Dover. The surrounding chalk cliffs are known as the White Cliffs of Dover.

Christopher Andrew Tsangarides was a British Grammy-nominated record producer, sound engineer, and mixer of Greek Cypriot origin. He was best known for his work with many heavy metal bands, including Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, Helloween, Anvil, Angra, Anthem, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Tygers of Pan Tang. Tsangarides worked with many pop and alternative artists as well, including Depeche Mode, Tom Jones, Concrete Blonde, and The Tragically Hip.

The album features artwork by Italian painter Franko B. [2]

Franko B is an Italian performance artist based in London, where he has lived since 1979. He studied fine art at Camberwell College of Arts (1986–7), Chelsea College of Art (1987–90) and the Byam Shaw School of Art (1990–91). His work was originally based on the bloody and ritualised violation of his own body. Later on he embraced a wide variety of media including video, photography, painting, installation, and sculpture.

Reception

The album received positive reviews from critics. In a review for Louder Than War, Dave Jennings stated that the band "have never sounded better". [2] Ross Watson, writing for The Skinny , gave it a four-star review, stating that the band have "proven their relevance with a fruitful set of new recordings". [4]

The Skinny is a 72-page monthly and bi-monthly publication distributed in approximately 1,450 establishments throughout the cities of Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow in Scotland and, from 2013 to 2017, Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds in the north of England. Founded in 2005, the magazine features interviews and articles on music, art, film, comedy and other aspects of culture.

Track listing

All songs: Farley Hill Music 2013.

  1. "Shake ‘em Up"
  2. "Heavy Metal Jews"
  3. "Next Generation????"
  4. "Killer"
  5. "This City Is a Cage"
  6. "Woman With a Black Heart"
  7. "Revolutionary Love Song"
  8. "Shout"
  9. "All the Faces in History"
  10. "I Feel Good"
  11. "Drink"

Personnel

Technical

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References

  1. "UK Decay", PledgeMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2013
  2. 1 2 3 Jennings, Dave (2013) "UK Decay: New Hope for the Dead - Album Review", Louder Than War, 15 April 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013
  3. Robb, John (2011) "UK Decay to Release New Album", Louder Than War, 22 December 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2013
  4. Watson, Ross (2013) "UK Decay – New Hope for the Dead", The Skinny , 27 May 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013