WHEN SAINTS GO MACHINE / 'MANNEQUIN' VIDEO / 18TH JUNE ALBUM RELEASEHow do you follow-up a record like When Saints Go Machine’s 2011 debut album, ‘Konkylie’? Lush, multifaceted and without precedent, it’s the kind stunning opening statement that it’s close to impossible to better. Luxurious textures were one of ‘Konkylie’s defining characteristics. Instead, they’ve done the opposite and applied German architect Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe’s famous saying: “Less is more”.
The lyrics remain obscure, however. Vonsild says that they’re “very personal”. He continues: “It’s always been like that with my lyrics. I could tell you what I was thinking about when I wrote ‘Mannequin’ if it was about something trivial, but it’s not. Whatever I say it would be so simple that it would sound stupid compared to all the thoughts that run through your head and end up on paper. If you say a song is about losing what’s important to you or feeling that everything’s a mess or you’re in a dark place that’ll take something away from the song instead of giving something to it. The songs have words and they are supposed to create images that make you feel something that you can relate to, whatever it might be. It’s not about what the artist thinks the song is about. I could be crying and you could be dancing. That’s one of the things I really appreciate and love about music." If ‘Mannequin’ is the start of a new direction for When Saints Go Machine, Vonsild isn’t one hundred percent sure exactly what direction it is. “Some stuff is simpler. There are a lot less elements in some of the new material than the older songs. But still keeping the same kind of universe - strong feelings and a atmosphere that communicates emotions we all share. One thing I know is that we all agree it has to feel like an album and not just a collection of songs.” Any way you work it, it’s an electrifying prospect.
May 24, 2012 4:49pm ET by Bang On PR
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