aaamusic | On 29, Apr 2012

North Atlantic Oscillation’s rather dreamy album will be out on Monday (30th April 2012) via Kscope.

‘Fog Electric’ was recorded & co-produced by Tony Doogan (Super Furry Animals, Mogwai, Teenage Fanclub, Belle & Sebastian) and is the follow-up to Grappling Hooks, NAO‘s highly acclaimed debut, which was released in 2010.

The title, ‘Fog Electric’, taken from the lyric of album track ‘Mirador’, introduces a stormy theme that runs throughout the record’s sounds – in the crashing electronics, delicate lulls, mystery and hidden soul beneath the surface: a leitmotif also reflected in the typically stylish and dramatic artwork.

“It’s an album about doubt and loss, but there’s a counterbalancing sense of resignation and even optimism too.” explains singer Sam Healy. “One of the main themes is that of searching for meaning in a scientific, post-religious world. Science is absolutely a force for good, but after it showed us that the physical world is all there is, and that far from stripping experiences of their mystery this revelation actually makes them more mysterious, it sort of left us to our own devices in terms of producing the unscripted, improvised drama that is life-minus-god.”

North Atlantic Oscillation will be performing songs from ‘Fog Electric’ at a one-off show at The Tabernacle in London’s Notting Hill on Wednesday 2nd May. Ticket can be bought from HERE

“Stunning. Sigur Ros-meets-Flaming Lips”– Sunday Times Culture

“Intriguing oddness from Scotland” – **** Uncut

“A near-criminal stockpile of beeps, buzzes and glitches generously sprayed over a spacious psychedelic rock canvas” – Clash