Listen to the new album from London based indie types The Brute Chorus on ClashMusic now!
The Brute Chorus like to do things differently. Recording their debut album at a packed show last year, the band decided that if it was good enough for The MC5 then it was good enough for them.
An energetic yet mature listen, the band surprised fans by confirming the release of their second album. ‘How The Caged Bird Sings’ was recorded in an actual, proper studio but retains the individualistic streak of their debut.
“In summer 2009 we had played as part of a ceilidh in a hall close to where Nick and Matt grew up in the Lake District and the sound had been so big and boomy that one of us joked that if we ever got to make another record we should record it there” they told us recently.
“We got that chance. So we did. Recording in the Lake District would remove us from the distractions of London and hopefully give our recordings a unique sound.”
Continuing, The Brute Chorus described recording the album in the depths of the worst winter Britain has experienced in thirty years. “We borrowed as many gas heaters as we could but for the eight days we were there the temperature in the main hall never rose above 6C.”
“Wearing three pairs of socks, long johns a jumper and two jackets the whole time. It was the Brutes against the elements and we just knuckled down and did what needed doing. We played in the hall, Choque, the mixer and recording equipment were stationed in the tea room and the vocal booth was set up in the kitchen. The oven was turned on full blast with the door open as well as all the rings turned on to take the chill off the room.”
The resulting album is a fantastic return from The Brute Chorus. Due to be released next Monday (September 13th) you can listen to the album a week before it hits the shops exclusively on ClashMusic!
Click HERE to listen to ‘How The Caged Bird Sings’!
