STRANGERS “Weight” album details and mini-documentary

Some news from the label:

STRANGERS "Weight" album details and mini-documentary


photo: Otis Chamberlain

Wellington group STRANGERS have almost finished their first full-length album, "Weight", which is due for NZ release in mid-August.

Without giving away too much just yet, the record certainly builds on the aggressive and confrontational style hinted at in the 4-song demo "Holding" (which sold out completely in weeks). But "Weight" is also an album of maturity and progression that shows a side of the band that fans of the earlier incantation (Guest Stabs Host) will find to be a complete departure from the old material. Juxtaposing the speed and passion of d-beat influenced tracks like "Meursault Blues" and "Holding" is a real sensitivity to texture and dynamic, exemplified in a range of ways – from the midpaced and depressive plod of "You Crawl" to the unshackled and ephemeral fury of tracks like "With Faces" and "Expositions"; all of which show a desire to strip back to the basics of the rock genre.

Tracklist:

1. Expositions
2. Meursault Blues
3. You Crawl
4. Time is Waiting in the Street
5. Teenagers
6. NOMA
7. With Faces Like the Backs of Thumb Tacks
8. Howl
9. Holding
10. Overborn (I was not born at the dawn of time)

The album was recorded and mixed with Troy Kelly at STL Audio in Wellington and will be mastered by none other than James Plotkin (Khanate, ISIS, Pelican, OLD). The record will be released in mid-August, with preorders beginning in late July for a variety of package deals.
"Weight" is released in NZ by Action Man Records, with distribution in NZ through Rhythmethod.

STRANGERS' good friend Richard Burns (DIAL, Karaoke, Neon Bastard) has produced a mini-documentary on the recording of the album as a university project. There may yet be an extended version, but for now this gives a glimpse into the album's construction:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EBCijkiYh_I

Cover art coming in a day or two, MP3 will be up in three weeks.

Please forward any questions / request / promo inquiries to this address. If you have a publication or distro please just ask about promo units or wholesale prices, I am certainly receptive to both.

Thanks

Rhydian
Action Man Records