Desert Clouds to Release Planexit on Mandrone Records
With two full-lengths to their name — as well as an EP and some singles — London’s Desert Clouds have signed with Mandrone Records to issue their third LP next year. The album has been dubbed Planexit, which is enough to have me wondering if either it’s got political leanings, escapist leanings, or both. Brexit was/is a thing, and I can also see arguments for wanting to leave Earth altogether — xenophobic voting blocs among them — so as the band follows the streaming-below 2019 outing, Nothing Beyond the Cage, I guess I’m curious to understand where they’re coming from, perspective-wise as well as, you know, riffs.
Presumably the cover art would clear some of that up, though you never really know until you see a lyric sheet, and you don’t always see that either, especially in this age of streams and whatnot. But don’t mind me, I’ll just be over here old-manning about the format wars.
Which I apparently enjoy doing.
Rock and roll coming your way:
DESERT CLOUDS Sign To Mandrone Records
London based DESERT CLOUDS deliver ’60s psychedelic/rock influences and ’90s arrangements (or the other way around), with their own distinctive dark sound. The dynamic outfit sign to Mandrone Records as they prepare to release their new album Planexit in 2022.
The band comments:
“It took long but finally we have found the right people to work with. It’s not easy to find a label like Mandrone Records who prioritizes the artist’s point of view while they work all around it.
Drawing inspiration from all genres and influences from the likes of SYD BARRETT to LED ZEPPELIN to NIRVANA, and TOOL. Lyrically they often explore the darker side of the human condition and draw on interests such as the Italian artistic movement Decadentism, along with existentialism. DESERT CLOUDS have a career spanning two decades. Originating from Italy, the outfit have seen line-up changes, multiple releases, and worked with a range of producers.
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