Brian's favourite video this week is Ghosting by Edinburgh band Wozniak which is taken from their critically acclaimed Colour Reels album released in April last year. Wozniak purvey atmospheric shoe-gaze of the highest quality and that's evident in this latest offering from the album. Go seek it out. The track also features on Hemispheres: Volume 2 which is a compilation album of current post-rock from around the world which was released last week on A Thousand Arms, an independent record label.
Edinburgh shoegazers Wozniak head south for a handful of shows in the next few weeks, touring their debut album Courage Reels.
The band have teamed up with Ralph's favourites Goodsouls Promotions to put together the dates in London, Brighton (in conjunction with Acid Box Promotions), Leeds and Salford. Other than in London, this will be their debut in each of these places. Live, Wozniak are loud, intense and powerful.
Wozniak are sharing another track from the album. Natsuko; which means ‘summer’ in Japanese, is full of light and air, shimmering as it speeds by and contrasting with the intensity and density of Courage Reels carefully crafted woozy wall of sound.
They excel at creating a magnificent soundscape of majestic guitar occasionally overlaid with minimalist vocals, exemplified by the soaring Scottish Dancer. Their latest release from the album, Natsuko on the other hand is about as commercial as Wozniak are likely to get. Shades of Joy Division sneak through making it eminently radio friendly, which is just as well as Ralph's giving it a spin on the Radio KC Indie Show this Sunday (18.6.17) from 5-7pm.
June 23rd - The Brewhouse, London (also with XPLDR > U) June 24th - Sticky Mike's Frog bar, Brighton (also with XPLDR > U) June 30th – Fox & Newt, Leeds (also with Gilmore Trail) July 1st - Old Pint Pot, Salford (also with Gilmore Trail)
