Ahead of the release this week via Erased Tapes, London-based artist Douglas Dare is streaming his new luxuriant new album 'Aforger' in full online. Dare will also play a headline London show on November 8th at Electrowerkz. 

In a digital age, where memories are mimicked by pixels and identity is as malleable as static, Douglas Dare’s new album Aforger questions the boundaries between reality and fiction. 

Inspired by recent events and revelations encountered in his life these songs depict Dare at his most vulnerable, whilst simultaneously reflecting our own obsession with reality and technology back at us. 

“The album title plays with the idea of a forger – someone creating imitations or copies, and reimagines them as the creator of something that’s no longer real” he explains. “Prior to writing the record, I came out to my father and came out of a long relationship, both were hugely challenging for me and questioned my idea of identity and reality. These thoughts leaked out into the record and formed the core of Aforger. I was determined not to write a break-up album or repeat what I’d done before.”

Stream 'Aforger' in full here: https://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/sets/douglas-dare-aforger/

Aforger was mastered at the iconic Abbey Road Studios and produced by long-time collaborator Fabian Prynn.
 
Having first toured the world to support of the likes of Ólafur Arnalds, 
Nils Frahm and Fink, followed by European headline tours in 2014 and 2015, this autumn will see Douglas Dare return to the live circuit for a series of select shows across Europe in support of Wild Beasts as well as a headline London show. 

See Douglas Dare live: 

11.10. Amsterdam (NL) – Paradiso
12.10. Brussels (BE) – Botanique*
13.10. Paris (FR) – L'Espace B
14.10. Lille (FR) – Grand Mix*
15.10. Strasbourg (FR) – La Laiterie*
16.10. Cologne (DE) – Luxor*
18.10. Copenhagen (DK) – Pumpehuset*
19.10. Berlin (DE) – Berghain Kantine
21.10. Prague (CZ) – Lucerna M Bar*
23.10. Zurich (CH) – Rote Fabrik*
25.10. Milan (IT) – Magnolia*
26.10. Lyon (FR) – Epcierie Moderne*
08.11 London (UK) - Electrowerkz (Tickets)
*in support of Wild Beasts

Aforger track list:
1. Doublethink
2. Greenhouse 
3. Oh Father (video) 
4. New York (video)
5. The Edge 
6. Binary 
7. Stranger 
8. Venus 
9. Thinking of Him 
10. Rex

Links:
Pre-order 'Aforger'
aforger.com
douglasdare.com
facebook.com/douglasdaremusic
@douglasdare
instagram.com/douglasdare
erasedtapes.com
 

For more information please contact frankie@stereosanctity.co.uk / t. +44 7921 176502.