{"id":14631,"date":"2021-02-06T11:28:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T11:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=14631"},"modified":"2021-02-06T11:28:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T11:28:11","slug":"atmospheric-artist-nick-hudson-announces-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2021\/02\/06\/atmospheric-artist-nick-hudson-announces-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Atmospheric artist Nick Hudson announces new album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brighton-based singer-songwriter Nick Hudson<\/strong><\/a> has announced that he will release his new ‘Font Of Human Fractures’<\/strong> album this spring. Ahead of that, he presents a teaser<\/strong><\/a>for the 10-track offering, and a live rendition (recorded in Sophia, Bulgaria) of ‘There is No Such <\/strong>Thing as You’<\/strong><\/a>, which also appears on the LP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is his first solo studio album since‘Ganymede In A State Of War’ <\/strong><\/a>(2016). Recorded and mastered at Church Road Studios<\/strong><\/a> by Paul Pascoe (Barry Adamson, Beat Hotel)<\/strong>, these are neo-classical torch songs, banishing rituals and searing ballads, scored for piano and two violins, underlined with gothic electronica, with dramatic cameos and curveballs. Musically, Hudson is influenced by Coil, Kate Bush, Laibach, Danny Elfman, Nico and Scott Walker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new solo release, scored almost entirely for piano and two violins, is a ruminative melting pot from the point of view of a queer man in his late thirties. It is like a dialogue with his younger self, negotiating himself free of toxic programming and banishing the inhibitions that can blight, dull and impotize the best of us.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nick Hudson is a prolific figure on the UK underground music scene and is perhaps best known as frontman of art-rock band The Academy Of Sun<\/strong><\/a>, who released their dystopian epic ‘The Quiet Earth’<\/strong><\/a>last year to critical acclaim. Apart from music, Nick’s vast output also encompasses painting, film, and he has just completed his first novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hudson has also collaborated with Wayne Hussey (<\/strong>The<\/strong> Mission)<\/strong><\/a> and Matthew Seligman <\/strong>(Bowie, Tori Amos, Morrissey)<\/strong>, as well as members of NYC’s Kayo Dot, David Tibet (Current 93), Asva<\/strong> and Canadian queercore icon GB Jones<\/strong>. As The Academy Of Sun, he has also collaborated with Massive Attack’s Shara Nelson<\/strong>. Having toured 3 continents, highlights include appearances with Mogwai, Toby Driver and Keith Abrams<\/strong> of Kayo Dot<\/strong>, and Timba Harris (Mr Bungle, Amanda Palmer)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Font Of Human Fractures’ is a kaleidoscopic and emotionally transparent document of the search for self-worth \u2013 and ultimately love \u2013 in a thorny, unevenly-stacked world. On April 30, this record will be released on vinyl and also digitally everywhere, including\u00a0Bandcamp<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0Spotify<\/strong><\/a>. Already on February 24, the first single should be revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Album teaser<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/ U4VZkqsEWJU<\/a>\u00a0
‘There is No Such Thing as You’ (live in Sophia)<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/riJ5qsSHutg<\/a>
‘Ganymede In a State of War’\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6FlRQRl9Z4ZgX5E0DOhqBB<\/a>
‘Slashed Beauty’ compilation<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/nickhudsonindustries.bandcamp.com\/album\/slashed-beauties<\/a>
Artist Spotify<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/5t6l342JKBDVl2NFddWOJl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep up with Nick Hudson \/ <\/strong>The Academy of Sun<\/strong>
Facebook<\/a> | Bandcamp<\/a> | Twitter<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | YouTube<\/a> | Spotify<\/a> | Booking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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