wing! share new single ‘Out From Outer’ and announce debut EP ‘Missed it Just the Once’ via Memorials of Distinction
Channeling the dark, cinematic atmospheres of GZA’s Liquid Swords, while doffing its cap to the great Bristolian Trip Hop pioneers Massive Attack and Portishead, the new single from wing! – aka South London producer Adam Swan – emphatically marks them out as immersive modern instrumentalists of the most prestigious order.
Taking the listener to the smoky sumptuousness of their live three-piece set-up – one that brings a heady post-rock drama into the fold too – ‘Out From Outer’ cooks, cruises and creeks; heavy bass-lines wade through our stomachs; eerie samples screech through the mix like the ghosts of departed soul; tambourines rattle like the bones of skeletons pulled up from the grave. It’s a testament to wing!’s precision in song-structure and world-building that the track remains so captivating, so thrilling, as it ventures in, through, and out of itself with its subtle, yet devastating variations.
A new addition to the excellent Memorials of Distinction label, whose ever-growing roster this year – Truthpaste and Glasshouse Red Spider Mite et al. – has quickly made them a name to keep an eye on, wing!’s arrival has confirmed, against all odds, that dark, groove-rich trip-hop instrumentals are exactly what we needed. And maybe, just maybe, if an industry-tipped Green Man Rising victory last month is anything to go by it is, it’s even here to stay (?).
Photo by Cole Pemberton
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