Public Memory shares new single 'Zig Zag'.

Spooked atmospheres via a gut-rupturing synth-bass drone & snatches of disembodied vocals. Mesmeric.” - Q
“Darkness prevails on [Ringleader] like Massive Attack’s ghoulish ‘Risingson’ given a makeover by Pure X” – New Music of the Day, NME
“’Lunar’ absolutely glimmers” – Stereogum
“Slow and brooding, a dark thought manifestation from the astral realm.” – Earmilk
“'Ringleader' is a layered, chromatic progression that finds its way between new wave and krautrock, defining absolute characterization” – The 405
“The match of soulful, emotive vocals to crunching electronics is both simple and joyously effective.” - Clash 
Brooklyn-based Public Memory has shared a new single from his forthcoming debut album today. ‘Zig Zag’ is the third track to be taken from ‘Wuthering Drum’, out March 18th on felte, and offers a more beat-led urgency & intensity to the previous laid back, dub-infused singles.
 
Listen to ‘Zig Zag’https://soundcloud.com/felte/public-memory-zig-zag-1/
 
Public Memory is the solo project of Brooklyn’s Robert Toher, recorded over the course of a year as he lived in Los Angeles temporarily. Previously of the group ERAAS, Robert places a greater emphasis on electronics in this new project. Rhythm is at the forefront, with the tone informed by stripped down, narcotic impressions of krautrock, hypnotic percussion, and subtly layered atmospherics. With an unintended nod to trip hop luminaries, Public Memory’s music has a distinct urban sensibility, conjuring clouded lights, foggy glass in empty buildings, urban wraiths.
 
To call it minimal would, on the surface, seem appropriate. Wuthering Drum does not need an abundance of flashes and frills to illustrate its point, nor does it need smoke and mirrors to mask a lack of vision. However, repeated listens yield layers of tonal variations, textural nuance, and tastefully placed overdubs. The Korg MS-20 does the lion’s share of tonal work, but listen carefully to the percussion and try to see where electronic ends, organic begins, and vice-versa.
 
There is a slightly religious or spiritual element at Wuthering Drum’s core; a sense of being in an existential crisis, while simultaneously being uplifted, in the face of change. The focus is on a kind of renewal, but not in the New Age, aggressively positive sense. This is the search for redemption in a far away place, away from comfort; it is adjustment to an inner dissonance, rather than the washing over of past fears and regrets with sterile holy waters.
 
Wuthering Drum will be released in March 18, 2016.
Pre-order now at felte's webstore: http://bit.ly/1lhkzoR.
 
Wuthering Drum tracklist:
 
1. Heir
2. Mirror
3. Ringleader
4. Domino
5. Cul De Sac
6. As Your Wish
7. Interfaith
8. Zig Zag
9. Earwig
10. Lunar
 
Links:
 
Ringleader on Soundcloud
Lunar on Soundcloud
Public Memory on Facebook
Public Memory on Twitter
Public Memory on Instagram
Public Memory on Bandcamp

February 12, 2016 2:58pm ET by Stereo Sanctity   Comments (0)

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