Monotreme Records welcomes 'This Will Destroy You' to the label

Monotreme Records welcomes This Will Destroy You



Hello,



It is with the greatest pleasure that we annouce the signing of



The Texan 4-piece (L-R Alex Bhore, Chris King, Jeremy Galindo, Donovan Jones ) will release their utterly brilliant new album, 'Tunnel Blanket' on the 9th of May on Monotreme Records throughout Europe. Outside of Europe, the album will be released by the Suicide Squeeze label.



The album will be available on CD, double-180 gm vinyl gatefold LP and digital download formats.



We will also be re-issuing the back catalog releases 'This Will Destroy You' album and 'Young Mountain' EP. There will be some great pre-sale bundles up in our web shop before long.



A European tour is currently being booked for June-July. We will have the dates up in our tour dates section of the website as soon as they come through.



The album track 'Communal Blood' is now available to stream or download as a free mp3 using the SoundCloud link below:



http://soundcloud.com/monotreme-records/this-will-destroy-you-communal/s-JxT7w



www.thiswilldestroyyou.net









This Will Destroy You

Tunnel Blanket

Mono-51CD, 51VNL, 51DD

Released: 9 May 2011

Territory: Europe



Tracklisting:



1. Little Smoke

2. Glass Realms

3. Communal Blood

4. Reprise

5. Killed The Lord, Left For The New World

6. Osario

7. Black Dunes

8. Powdered Hand



Chris King – guitar; Jeremy Galindo – guitar; Donovan Jones – bass;

Alex Bhore – drums



In any relationship, it’s often what’s not said that lingers longest,

taken from an encounter and rendered indelible. Texan four-piece This

Will Destroy You realise this better than most instrumental outfits,

peppering their material with dialogue that’s no slave to language, to

vowels and tongues. It’s communication without bounds, expressive and

emotive and, most importantly of all, highly memorable.



Tunnel Blanket is the group’s second long-player. It follows a

well-received eponymous debut of 2008, a record that earned the band

many an attractive comparison to post-rockers who, for the sake of the

past being just that, will remain nameless here. But to This Will

Destroy You – founding guitarists Chris King and Jeremy Galindo,

bassist Donovan Jones and drummer Alex Bhore – the parallels were not

so welcomed. Their sound world was theirs alone to inhabit, any

coincidences just that. So, for album two, a new direction was

inevitable, ties binding them to any scene tossed and forgotten.



Tunnel Blanket delivers the epic-in-scope soundscapes that followers

of its makers’ previous recordings are accustomed to, but presents

them in new lights – where once the sun shone down bright upon

immediate tropes and traits, now their work is better suited to

distant starlight, casting changeable shadows across vistas of

inspired, ambitious amplification. This is not an album to pick

through in search of bold hooks and instant melodies. It is an

ever-shifting, always moving work, which seems to evolve before the

listener – spidery guitar lines feeling their way forth like vines

scrambling up trunks in time-lapse photography.



Recorded with John Congleton (Black Mountain, Bill Calahan, Modest

Mouse), Tunnel Blanket’s eight tracks can be heard as movements in a

single work – each constituent as important to the overall ebb and

flow of proceedings as any other. Within each a certain beauty is

manifested, one born of a desire to step free from common pigeonholes

and into a realm where parallels are, at best, fleeting: a glimpse of

Fennesz here, of Stars of the Lid in the record’s more serene

passages. Brian Eno’s Apollo album may come to mind on a couple of

occasions. What Tunnel Blanket categorically is not, however, is a

release that shares its genes with anything that could be deemed

typically post-rock in structure. The builds here keep building; the

breaks are permanent. Listen and it’s like the guitars are singing out

a paean to the endless space above, celebrating the primal splendour

of the unexplored dark.



Listen, closer, and everything becomes clear. No words, just sound;

patterns and phrases, but no chorus, nothing approaching a standard

rock motif. But communication is absolute and enduring, Tunnel

Blanket’s message evident. Dare to disengage with what is perceived as

convention and the rewards are manifold. And the listener is sure to

carry them for no little time.



- Mike Diver





We will have more information on this release very soon, and no doubt you will be hearing much more about it in the press in the the next few weeks.



Thanks for reading.



http://www.monotremerecords.com Hello,It is with the greatest pleasure that we annouce the signing of This Will Destroy You to Monotreme Records.The Texan 4-piece (L-R Alex Bhore, Chris King, Jeremy Galindo, Donovan Joneswill release their utterly brilliant new album, 'Tunnel Blanket' on the 9th of May on Monotreme Records throughout Europe. Outside of Europe, the album will be released by the Suicide Squeeze label.The album will be available on CD, double-180 gm vinyl gatefold LP and digital download formats.We will also be re-issuing the back catalog releases 'This Will Destroy You' album and 'Young Mountain' EP. There will be some great pre-sale bundles up in our web shop before long.A European tour is currently being booked for June-July. We will have the dates up in our tour dates section of the website as soon as they come through.The album track 'Communal Blood' is now available to stream or download as a free mp3 using the SoundCloud link below:www.thiswilldestroyyou.netThis Will Destroy YouTunnel BlanketMono-51CD, 51VNL, 51DDReleased: 9 May 2011Territory: EuropeTracklisting:1. Little Smoke2. Glass Realms3. Communal Blood4. Reprise5. Killed The Lord, Left For The New World6. Osario7. Black Dunes8. Powdered HandChris King – guitar; Jeremy Galindo – guitar; Donovan Jones – bass;Alex Bhore – drumsIn any relationship, it’s often what’s not said that lingers longest,taken from an encounter and rendered indelible. Texan four-piece ThisWill Destroy You realise this better than most instrumental outfits,peppering their material with dialogue that’s no slave to language, tovowels and tongues. It’s communication without bounds, expressive andemotive and, most importantly of all, highly memorable.Tunnel Blanket is the group’s second long-player. It follows awell-received eponymous debut of 2008, a record that earned the bandmany an attractive comparison to post-rockers who, for the sake of thepast being just that, will remain nameless here. But to This WillDestroy You – founding guitarists Chris King and Jeremy Galindo,bassist Donovan Jones and drummer Alex Bhore – the parallels were notso welcomed. Their sound world was theirs alone to inhabit, anycoincidences just that. So, for album two, a new direction wasinevitable, ties binding them to any scene tossed and forgotten.Tunnel Blanket delivers the epic-in-scope soundscapes that followersof its makers’ previous recordings are accustomed to, but presentsthem in new lights – where once the sun shone down bright uponimmediate tropes and traits, now their work is better suited todistant starlight, casting changeable shadows across vistas ofinspired, ambitious amplification. This is not an album to pickthrough in search of bold hooks and instant melodies. It is anever-shifting, always moving work, which seems to evolve before thelistener – spidery guitar lines feeling their way forth like vinesscrambling up trunks in time-lapse photography.Recorded with John Congleton (Black Mountain, Bill Calahan, ModestMouse), Tunnel Blanket’s eight tracks can be heard as movements in asingle work – each constituent as important to the overall ebb andflow of proceedings as any other. Within each a certain beauty ismanifested, one born of a desire to step free from common pigeonholesand into a realm where parallels are, at best, fleeting: a glimpse ofFennesz here, of Stars of the Lid in the record’s more serenepassages. Brian Eno’s Apollo album may come to mind on a couple ofoccasions. What Tunnel Blanket categorically is not, however, is arelease that shares its genes with anything that could be deemedtypically post-rock in structure. The builds here keep building; thebreaks are permanent. Listen and it’s like the guitars are singing outa paean to the endless space above, celebrating the primal splendourof the unexplored dark.Listen, closer, and everything becomes clear. No words, just sound;patterns and phrases, but no chorus, nothing approaching a standardrock motif. But communication is absolute and enduring, TunnelBlanket’s message evident. Dare to disengage with what is perceived asconvention and the rewards are manifold. And the listener is sure tocarry them for no little time.- Mike DiverWe will have more information on this release very soon, and no doubt you will be hearing much more about it in the press in the the next few weeks.Thanks for reading.





