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A true statement of intent and cinematic confidence is a rare thing, but it can be found in dusty rock-noir band The Gilded Palace of Sin.
Their debut album You Break Our Hearts, We'll Tear Yours Out, will be released on Central Control on 2nd November in the UK (ROW to follow).
Think of the kind of house band that would play on HBO's Deadwood, The Fall, and John Ford's The Searchers to create the kind of Gothic
desert mutiny that populates the Gilded Palace . Their label, Central Control, is helmed by Magazine bassist and ex Nick Cave Bad Seed-er, Barry Adamson,
who, on witnessing their unique refrains, immediately offered to help them steer the good ship Gilded. From the stratospheric Dune-esque opening of 'For When
We Forget', quickly followed by the tragic longing of 'Rosa Salvaje', this is an album of atmosphere. Think the fractured nature of 'Westworld', Sergio Leone and
Terry Gilliam as a pose to polished purity. The rough ballad of 'Mean Old Jack' who "was 55 with his 16 children and 14 wives" crushes together the story-telling
of Tom Waits, Brel and Leonard Cohen, though with a touch more theatricality. The presumptive horns of 'Vony & The Plynths' come straight out of Tarantino. It's
an album of gravelly moodiness, and was mastered by Steve Fallone (TV on the Radio, Devastations, Au Revoir Simone) at Sterling Sound in New York .
The traditional band roles are thwarted and twisted into submission; Pete Phythian sings, plays guitar and does stuff with computers, Vini
Taylor plays guitar, banjo, drums and sings, and Michelle Lock plays Theremin, glockenspiel, ukulele, jaw harp, music box and various percussion.
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It's no surprise with such a depth of sound that the Gilded Palace of Sin have become regulars on the UK underground circuit, playing
alongside kindred spirits such as blues-based upstarts Congregation and Joe Gideon & the Shark, folk/country artists such as Paul Marshall and
Phosphorescent, psych-warlords The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers and electro-jazzers Chik Budo. In the coming months The Gilded Palace of Sin will be treading the
boards again in support of new-wave legends Magazine, followed by dates with ex-Lift To Experience mainstay Josh T. Pearson.
"…like Mark E Smith having an Antichrist hoedown with the Bad Seeds" – NME
"…dusty noir-rock anthems, the kind you’d hear in your mind’s ear when gazing out at some great Wild West vista" – CLASH MAGAZINE
"…Dark, inventive and occasionally downright weird - the best sort of band – totally free of inhibition and willing to go where the music takes
them. Their tunes are luscious inventions that [fill] the more open-minded with a satisfied glow of adventure, drama and admiration" – BBC
"…gothic downpour of burden… eclectic yet cohesive" – FLUX
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