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Mirrors announce debut album

By | Published on Friday 28 January 2011

Mirrors

Mirrors have announced that they will release their debut album, ‘Lights And Offerings’, through Skint on 28 Feb. I’m listening to it now, it’s very good.

For a little taste, take a look at the video for the next single, ‘Into The Heart’, which will be released on 14 Feb.

The band create their music using, amongst other equipment, a large collection of vintage synths, lending a warmth and unpredictability to the songs. Says frontman James New: “We like that whole idea that your art is your life, you are what you make. We love old synths – they only play one note at a time. They go out of tune. They’re a nightmare to program. But that’s why we like them. We don’t want everything completely polished and produced”.

On the subject of the album’s inspiration, he said: “We are disappointed in the society around us. Everything has become boring, socially and politically. We were bored of our Blackberrys and bored of our laptops and bored of groups making absolutely no effort to do anything creative. With Mirrors we wanted to build something from the ground up and create something completely different”.

The band will head out on a headline tour next month, followed by a March tour with fellow Brightonians Fujiya & Miyagi.

Here’s the tracklist for the album:

Fear Of Drowning
Look At Me
Into The Heart
Write Through The Night
Ways To An End
Hide And Seek
Somewhere Strange
Something On Your Mind
Searching In The Wilderness
Secrets



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