Perth band abroad Snowman have confirmed that they're to begin work on their third album in the UK.
After releasing the harrowing
The Horse, The Rat and the Swan to wide acclaim in 2008, (including having an 8.0 being handed down from the mount by that rag Pitchfork) the band nearly immediately absconded to the UK in 2008 to play shows throughout Europe,
have VISA troubles, get married in Iceland and become garbagemen. Whatever it takes.
But now, over a year later, the band have finally revealed on their MySpace that they're to begin work on their much anticipated follow up. They'll be recording the record with fellow ex-pat Aaron Cupples, who has helmed records for The Drones, Dan Kelly and SubAudible Hum, and it will apparently be "ghostly and a shade more internal" than its predecessor. Considering our
review of
The Horse, The Rat and The Swan said that,"this Perth band has emerged with eyes afire, hair frayed and nostrils flared. It’s an intensely primeval work – unmistakably furious, pounding and unrelenting," that's quite a shift.
Dear You,
SNOWMAN will be boarding up the windows and hibernating for the winter. We have much hard work to get on with. Writing our next album is in full bloom. We will be demoing our new songs in the coming weeks in a space in Hackney. Our dear friend Aaron Cupples will be at the helm, capturing these sketches. We have twelve pieces of music that we will be attempting to record. They vary from one to the next but are held together by a common thread. They are hypnotic, ghostly and a shade more internal than The Horse, the Rat and the Swan. We can’t wait to unveil them to you in 2010.
Here's a reminder of what you've been missing out on: