More Songs About The Sun

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Pye Corner Audio releases a new album, More Songs About The Sun, on June 19. Its his second studio album for Sonic Cathedral and a sequel of sorts to 2022s acclaimed Lets Emerge!. The title is a light-hearted acknowledgment that the album picks up exactly where the last one ended with Warmth Of The Sun, with opener Euphoria mixing blissed-out Balearica with guitars by labelmate (and Ride / Oasis member) Andy Bell. I definitely wanted it to feel like a direct continuation from the previous one, explains Pye Corner Audio, aka Martin Jenkins. I wanted the whole record to be awash with distortion and saturation, but not in a blown-out guitar amp kind of way. Hes right: everything here feels a lot bigger, bolder and acid bright. The musical influences are all the usual suspects Stereolab, Spacemen 3, Harmonia, Cluster, Suicide, he reveals. But I think that this album wears them in a much more direct way.

Several songs feature vocals, and not all by Martin himself The Breath Of Now has a stunning, spoken word monologue by Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin. The resulting dystopian nightmare is the first time that clouds of darkness obscure the sunshine, but, as Martin says, you need the shade to appreciate the sun. If theres a theme that runs throughout then its optimism, even in these darkened days. The sun will continue to rise even if theres no one around to see it.