A Winged Victory for the Sullen Announce New Album, Share New Songs: Pay attention

A Winged Victory for the Sullen—the duo of Stars of the Lid’s Adam Wiltzie and pianist Dustin O’Halloran—have introduced a brand new studio album: The Undivided 5 is out November 1 by way of Ninja Tune. Under, hear the two-song single “The Rhythm of a Dividing Pair” / “The Haunted Victorian Pencil.”

A Winged Victory for the Sullen: “The Rhythm of a Dividing Pair”
(by way of Bandcamp)

The Undivided 5 was impressed by Swedish summary artist Hilma af Klint, in addition to the dying of a detailed pal and the start of Dustin O’Halloran’s first little one. Adam Wiltzie mentioned of “The Rhythm of a Dividing Pair” in a press launch:

We had been seeking to create some melodic palettes inside easy however
completely different analog sounds and had been lucky to obtain two classic and
extraordinarily overpriced synthesizers: a Korg PS 3100 and Roland Jupiter eight
plus Dustin has a classic Prophet 5 in his studio. So there we had been
and instantly we did one thing we nearly by no means do… we began
jamming. As you recognize jamming has change into kind of an icky phrase in these
“we-are-serious-composer occasions” however on this explicit event the
resonance of the sounds that had been popping out of the machines led us to
one thing we had been each fairly happy with! Ultimately it turned out to
be a sound stylisation as we discovered a technique to anchor it inside the
context of the sound of the report. The second half of the track takes
a giant swing within the route of a giant string ensemble however as issues
go whenever you’re making music typically improvisational jams want
firm.

A Winged Victory for the Sullen: “The Haunted Victorian Pencil”
(by way of Bandcamp)

Since releasing their debut A Winged Victory for the Sullen in 2011, Wiltzie and O’Halloran have scored the films Iris and God’s Personal Nation, in addition to the dance piece Atomos.

Learn Pitchfork 2018 interview with Adam Wiltzie on the Pitch.

The Undivided 5:

01 Our Lord Debussy
02 Sullen Sonata
03 The Haunted Victorian Pencil
04 The Sluggish Descent Has Begun
05 Aqualung, Motherfucker
06 A Minor Fifth Is Product of Phantoms
07 Adios, Florida
08 The Rhythm of a Dividing Pair
09 Preserve It Darkish, Deutschland