As announced a few weeks ago, Gnod's Marlene Ribeiro is releasing her first solo record for Rocket Recordings and first album under her own name.
'Toquei no Sol' which is released on 10 February is a fresh new chapter for this unique artist, by far the most melodic and transcendent outing yet for her hypnotic dreampop.
Marlene said this about the latest single, the title track 'Toquei no Sol': "This track is about self-reflection , where I choose to set it in an imaginary tropical alien world. Tells the tale of unwillingly finding yourself flying too close to the sun."
Watch video for 'Toquei no Sol' made by Ovo Estrelado here:
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'Toquei no Sol' is available on ltd edition 'Sun Yellow' vinyl via the link below:
Portuguese fans should pick up a copy via Lovers & Lollypops Bandcamp.
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Toquei no Sol is a record with a very distinctive and potent sense of place, paradoxically despite having been woven together from recordings made in Ireland, Wales, Portugal, Madeira and Salford. Marlene’s fleet-footed approach to melody rings through even as the tracks conjure visions of heat-hazes, meditative spaces and late-night epiphanies.
Although listeners may hear echoes of the loop-driven psychedelia of Panda Bear’s 'Person Pitch' or the incantatory ululations of Pocahaunted in these beguiling soundscapes and magick-strewn mantras, the truth is that the aesthetic here is very much Marlene’s alone.
Marlene is playing a couple of rare shows – with more to be announced:
9 March / Bristol / Strange Brew
19–23 April / Tilburg / Roadburn Festival
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