Gruff Rhys
Pour son septième album produit par Mario C. (Beastie Boys) à Los Angeles, Gruff Rhys s’inspire des éléments naturels et des civilisations humaines. Basé sur l’histoire du Mont Paektu, un volcan actif à la frontière de la Chine et de la Corée du Nord, ‘Seeking New Gods’ traite de la mémoire et du passage du temps en dressant la mythologie d’une montagne imaginaire.
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Gruff Rhys is releasing his new album “Seeking New Gods” through Rough Trade Records on 21.5.2021. This will be Gruff’s seventh solo album. “Seeking New Gods” was recorded following a US tour with his band and mixed in LA with superstar producer Mario C (Beastie Boys).
The album concept was originally driven to be the biography of a mountain, Mount Paektu (an East Asian active volcano). However, as Gruff’s writing began to reflect on the inhuman timescale of a peak’s existence and the intimate features that bring it to mythological life, both the songs and the mountain became more and more personal.