aaamusic | On 22, Sep 2011

YANN TIERSEN

BRAND NEW ALBUM – SKYLINE
17 OCTOBER 2011

I’M GONNA LIVE ANYHOW
NEW SINGLE OUT 10 OCTOBER 2011

UK DATES INC. ROUNDHOUSE ON 20 OCTOBER, JEFF MANGUM’S ATP IN DEC

Yann Tiersen releases a brand new single, I’m Gonna Live Anyhow, on 7” and download on 10 October 2011.

I’m Gonna Live Anyhow focuses on life’s tiny pleasures. With a title inspired by Alan Lomax’s Southern Journey 1959 album, I’m Gonna Live Until I Die, Tiersen explains that the song itself grew out of the thought that “you have no choice to live before you die”.

The new single is from the forthcoming album, Skyline, out on 17 October 2011. Skyline is Yann Tiersen’s seventh studio album, and sees him taking a confident step forward, cementing the sound of its darker sister, the critically acclaimed Dust Lane, which was released almost exactly 12 months previously.

Says Tiersen, “Strangely while Skyline musically comes across as lighter and happier than Dust Lane the subject matter is somewhat darker – there is certainly a sense of moving on and what thoughts are left having dealt with loss”.

Yann Tiersen and his band return to the UK for an October tour, his first since the sold out UK, European and US dates that accompanied Dust Lane. The dates, , with support on this tour from Lanterns On The Lake, begin with a headline show at London’s Roundhouse on 20 Oct and later this year Yann Tiersen been invited to perform at Jeff Mangum’s ATP in December (full details below).

Joining Yann Tiersen, the line up of Robin Allender on guitars (Gravenhurst), Neil Turpin on drums (Quack Quack and Bilge Pump), Lionel Laquerriere on keyboards and vocals (Nestorisbianca), Stephane Bouvier on bass (Purr) and Olavur Jacobson on vocals and synths (Orka) is now a staple of the live shows, and (with the exception of Turpin who took over from from Dave Collingwood of Gravenhurst after the recording) feature on the new album, Skyline.

UK DATES
20 Oct – London – The Roundhouse
21 Oct – Brighton – Concorde
22 Oct – Leeds – The Brudenell
23 Oct – Glasgow – ABC1
24 Oct – Manchester – The Academy
25 Oct – Birmingham – The Academy
2 Dec – ATP Curated by Jeff Mangum – www.atpfestival.com/events/jeffmangum.php

Tour tickets are available from www.seetickets.com/Tour/YANN-TIERSEN

Skyline was recorded between Paris, San Francisco & and Ouessant a tiny island off the coast of West Britanny and mixed by Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, M83, David Bowie, Psychic TV). As always the music stems from Tiersen, whose long periods of recording alone are broken with spells with input from a cast of musicians. An array of vintage synths add billowing, analogue textures, electric guitars and bass bring layers of fuzz and distortion. Songs slip from their moorings, take off on new and unexpected currents. “My plan was also to play with contrast between electric and quite dense parts and more sober and minimal quiet parts including piano and strings,” he adds. So, voices join together in chorus, arcing violins and crashing drums build towards mighty fanfares – but then, clouds part, squall recedes to silence, and mournful piano and strings guide you home.

Both Skyline and I’m Gonna Live Anyhow are now available for pre-order.

MOJO 4* “life-affirming”
CLASH 7* “…remarkable musical talent”
DROWNED IN SOUND 8* “euphoric”