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Following directly on from the 2020s The Anchorite EP, The Anchorhold sees Final Coil frontman Phil Stiles evolving his sound once again to incorporate elements of post-rock and progressive, alongside the previously established industrial and trip-hop influences that informed the previous EP. The album is slated for release via Trepanation Recordings on 17 September and will be available on limited edition CD and cassette, as well as the usual digital formats.
Conceived as a means to maintain a sense of musical community during the various lockdowns of 2020, Phil Stiles reached out to a number of his musical peers, drawing together nine musicians from across four countries to create an album that reflects on the enforced isolation that we have all experienced.
From the UK, Richard Allsopp (Monachopsis) lent his shredding skills to two tracks ("I'm Not Done Yet", "It Follows Me"), while bassists Roger Morter (Pornographic Sunset) and Mark Gatland (Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate) bought their unique talents to the mix on "It Follows Me" and "I'm Not Done Yet" respectively. Then there's acclaimed folk singer Matt Steady, who provided layered vocals for the elegant swirl of "The Wanderer". From South Africa, Pauline Silver and Brett Minnie (The Medea Project) added percussion, lyrics and sheets of noise to the industrial grind of "Reflections From An Echo Chamber"; while, from Poland, Tomek Wolski (S/W, Syndrom.99) drew on his love of Dead Can Dance to offer up a scintillating bassline for "Sleep Take Me". Finally, from the US, Kyle Brandt (Molitoth) offered up a remarkable vocal for the enigmatically titled "C21H22N2O2", which awaits you below.
The result is an album that takes on board a range of influences from Swans, Killing Joke and Gary Numan to Dead Can Dance and Nine Inch Nails, whilst retaining the ebb and flow necessary of an album intended to take the listener on a journey. The Anchorhold was mixed by Phil Stiles and mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate). Link
The Anchorhold tracklist:
01. I'm Not Done Yet feat Richard Allsopp and Mark Gatland
02. C21H22N202 feat Kyle Brandt
03. Reflections From An Echo Chamber feat The Medea Project
04. Dance Fucker
05. End This Way
06. The Wanderer feat. Matt Steady
07. Sleep Take Me feat Tomek Wolski
08. Silence
09. It Follows Me (Bonus Track) feat Richard Allsopp and Roger Morter
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