The Nocturnes Kick Off Tour in support of Aokigahara

The Nocturnes — the band led by Red Sparowes guitarist Emma Ruth Rundle — premiere a new song today from their forthcoming second album, Aokigahara. RCRD LBL hosts the MP3 for the track, “Love” which is available to stream/download HERE.

The band launches a short West Coast tour today, beginning with tonight’s show in L.A. at Pehrspace. Please see all dates below. The entire album is available beginning today for streaming and download via The Nocturnes’ Bandcamp page.

Consequence of Sound recently debuted the video for the song “The Road“, an icy, trippy look at some kind of secret society ritual. Watch it HERE.

The Nocturnes are the folkgaze brainchild of guitarist/vocalist Emma Ruth Rundle. While the band began as a duo in 2007 and built a cult following prior to her joining Red Sparowes in 2009, Aokigahara is nonetheless a dramatic rebirth for The Nocturnes. Featuring a revamped quartet lineup, the 8-song album ventures into multiple textures of style and sound that create a lush haze of melody that blends hints of folk, shoegaze, chamber pop, goth and post-rock.

Rundle is joined on this recording by guitarist/vocalist Julian Rifkin, multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Paris Patt and drummer Dave Clifford (also of Red Sparowes). Aokigahara was written collectively, combining the different styles and personalities of the players. Some of the songs were built from Rundle’s unrecorded older songs, others were written by Rifkin (“Craving”, “Hello Neighbor”) and others penned as a group (“Aokigahara”, “The Road”). The album takes a more ethereal approach — leaving behind the more direct vocal and rock-leaning song structures of the band’s earlier releases — for a new sound awash with reverb, drifting voices and harmonies, atmospheric guitars, Twin Peaks-esque bass lines and orchestral style drumming.

On the Web:
www.thenocturnesmusic.com
www.thenocturnes.bandcamp.com 

www.facebook.com/TheNocturnes

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