These New Puritans in session for Marc Riley from January 15, 2024 at BBC 6 Music.
Walden Green over at Pitchfork Music has a few words to say about the band:
These New Puritans have announced a new album. The English experimental rock outfit released its last record, Inside the Rose, in 2019, and, now, twin brothers Jack and George Barnett are back with two new songs: “Bells” and “Industrial Love Song,” the latter of which features Caroline Polachek. Both tracks will appear on new album Crooked Wing, which is out May 23 via Domino. Watch the Harley Weir–directed music video for “Industrial Love Song” below; scroll down to hear “Bells.”
“‘Industrial Love Song’ is a duet between two cranes on a building site,” Jack Barnett said in a press statement. “Caroline sings the part of one crane, I sing the other; they can’t touch (their movements are controlled by the operator), but when the sun rises they hope that their shadows will cross. I like how the title George came up with misdirects expectations—it’s not that kind of industrial.”
Jack Barnett produced Crooked Wing with Graham Sutton, who worked on the band’s second and third albums, Hidden and Field of Reeds. George Barnett served as the new album’s executive producer.
And, if for some reason, you still aren’t familiar with them – These New Puritans consist mainly of Jack Barnett (principal songwriter, vocalist, producer, multi-instrumentalist) and his twin brother George Barnett (drums, electronics, producer, artwork). Multi-instrumentalist Thomas Hein was an active member of TNP between 2006 and 2016; keyboardist Sophie Sleigh-Johnson was active between 2006 and 2010. They have recorded four studio albums: Beat Pyramid (2008), Hidden (2010), Field of Reeds (2013) and Inside the Rose (2019). Their fifth studio album Crooked Wing is scheduled for release in May 2025.
The band’s music has been described as “blurring the distinction between rock, classical, electronic and experimental”[1] and as “strikingly modern yet simultaneously timeless.”
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