La progressive rock band capitanata da Andy Tillison, THE TANGENT, ha recentemente annunciato la release dell’undicesimo album, “Auto Reconnaissance”, in uscita il 21 agosto 2020 su Inside Out Music. L’album è il seguito di “Proxy” del 2018 e vede la band celebrare in maniera estremamente personale e mai scontata gli anni d’oro del prog intervallando con incursioni jazz, humour e narrativa e un pizzico di R&B.
Oggi la band inglese presenta il primo brano estratto, “Life On Hold”, disponibile a questo link: https://youtu.be/go1O7PI6oTI
Sul nuovo album sono presenti collaboratori di lunga data di Tillison come Luke Machin (co-produttore del disco), Jonas Reingold, Theo Travis e Steve Roberts e sarà disponibile nei seguenti formati:
- Limited CD Digipak (incl. bonus track)
- Gatefold 2LP+CD+ LP booklet
- digitale
Di seguito disponibile l’artwork curato da Ed Untisky e la tracklist di “Auto Reconnaissance”:
1. Life On Hold
2. Jinxed In Jersey
3. Under Your Spell
4. The Tower Of Babel
5. Lie Back & Think Of England
6. The Midas Touch
7. Proxima (Bonus Track)
“Auto Reconnaissance” è disponibile per il preorder: https://The-Tangent.lnk.to/AutoReconnaissance
Andy comments: “‘Life On Hold is the cheerful up-tempo Prog Rock foot-stomper we chose to kick off our album. It sits alongside pieces we’ve done in the past like ‘GPS Culture’ and ‘Spark In The Aether’, ‘Crisis In Midlife’ etc and it’s a flavour we do like to return to now and then. This one is influenced by things like that first Asia album, stuff like Kansas and Boston, and the kind of thing that Transatlantic might bang out at you. It’s part of our genetic makeup, but of course only one part. Although there’s a fair amount of accessible tunes on the new album, there’s some seriously deep water around too. And no, ‘Life On Hold’ has nothing to do with Lockdowns. It mentions Jean Paul Sartre, which is not normal in foot-stompers. Get it ON!! Bang, and the dirt is gone!”
Andy comments of the current line-up: “In the past 6 years the line-up of The Tangent has become more stable than at the beginning. I think that the identity of the Tangent as a “Group” rather than a “Project” started to come together on the album ‘A Spark In The Aether’ in 2014. Essentially Luke, Jonas, Theo and myself have appeared on the last four albums, and we added Steve Roberts for the tour that supported ‘Slow Rust’ in 2017 and we’ve settled on this line-up. I hope for a while because I find this unit to be productive, in tune with the band’s purpose and manifesto and a lot of fun to boot. The new album ‘Auto Reconnaissance’ is the first time that the core band has been identical in structure to its predecessor. For the first time I feel that everyone is “in tune” with the fusion of Jazz, Prog, Punkishness and electronica that The Tangent likes to cook up. We are a good group of friends and although we don’t meet up often, it’s a real blast when we do. I’ve always considered Ed Unitsky the cover artist to have been a recurring member of the cast – his artwork has been a huge part of our story and although we move away, we always return.”
THE TANGENT is:
Andy Tillison – Vocals, Lyrics, Keyboards, Composer
Jonas Reingold (The Sea Within, Steve Hackett Band) – Bass Guitar
Theo Travis (Soft Machine, David Gilmour, Travis-Fripp) – Sax & Flute
Luke Machin (Maschine, Francis Dunnery Band) – Guitar
Steve Roberts (David Cross Band, ex Magenta, Godsticks) – Drums
THE TANGENT online:
www.thetangent.org
https://www.facebook.com/groups/alltangentmembers/
