So Lonely In Heaven is the new album by the Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band The Legendary Pink Dots, formed in London in 1980 and still helmed by co-founder and frontman Edward Ka-Spel. So Lonely In Heaven is the band's second full-length effort since the world stopped for a global pandemic; group members were still scattered across three countries and two continents as they began writing it, with ideas spun across cyberspace for months. However, the magic eventually happened collectively in small spaces with the tape running.
So Lonely In Heaven - the message: The machine is everything we are. It sees everything, hears everything, knows everything - and feeds, speeds, drinks us down, spits us out - we have lost control of it at the instant of its conception. You may cough, curse and die, but the machine will resurrect you without the flaws, at your peak, smiling from a screen, bidding someone in a lonely room to join you. It's an invitation from Heaven, where anyone can be anything they want to be, but it's a Nation of One. You'll be everything we are. You'll be a shadow of yourself. You'll repeat yourself - endlessly. You'll be desperate for some kind of explanation. You'll be lonely. So very lonely...
The Legendary Pink Dots' music incorporates elements of neo-psychedelia, ambient, electro, psychedelic folk, synthpop, post-punk, progressive jazz, noise, pop, gothic rock and alternative rock... occasionally all at the same time.
The group currently comprises Edward Ka-Spel (vocals, keyboards, songwriter), Erik Drost (guitars), Randall Frazier (keyboards, electronics) and Joep Hendrikx (live electronics). The Legendary Pink Dots' discography consists of 40+ studio albums. Also, the band has frequently toured worldwide to promote its releases. So Lonely In Heaven European tour commences on 30 January 2025 (tour dates are below). Link
The Legendary Pink Dots - So Lonely In Heaven European Tour Dates:
30.01.25 BE Brussels Le Botanique
31.01.25 FR Lille Bulle Cafe
01.02.25 FR Paris Le Petit Bain
02.02.25 FR Lyon Sonic
04.02.25 DE Munich Backstage Club
05.02.25 IT Bologna Freakout
06.02.25 IT Firenze Circolo Arci Progresso
08.02.25 HU Budapest Instant
09.02.25 HU Pecs Nappali
11.02.25 AT Vienna Replugged
12.02.25 CZ Prague Futurum
13.02.25 DE Berlin Quasimodo
14.02.25 DE Hannover Subkultur
16.02.25 DE Stuttgart Kipepeo
18.02.25 DE Rüsselsheim Das Rind
19.02.25 DE Cologne Sonic Ballroom
20.02.25 DE Hamburg Hafenklang
23.02.25 LT Vilnius St Catherine’s church
~ more dates TBA ~
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