SNAZZBACK - Ruins Everything - LP - Vinyl [MAY 19]

LP - Black Vinyl. 

Bristol's new wave dance floor instrumentalists announce their new album 'Ruins Everything' releasing on Worm Discs. Snazzback’s electrifying chemistry has wowed audiences at Ronnie Scott’s, festivals such as Glastonbury, Boomtown & Shambala and gained support from BBC Radio heavyweights including Gilles Peterson, Jamz Supernova and Jamie Cullum.

Snazzback's music is a collage, collectively constructed, torn up and glued back together in unexpected ways, bringing a renewed, daring energy to UK dance music. The 7-piece embrace their experimental beginnings to create a sound fusing abstract beats with spiralling improvisation. Their music is soaked in influences including interlocking West African rhythms, rootsy Brazilian flavours, sprawling soundscapes, deep dubstep basslines and flickering arpeggiators. A collaborative instinct runs through the group, and an eclectic choice of vocalists keeps their compositions shimmering with new possibilities.

Following their 2021 long-player ‘In The Place’, ‘Ruins Everything’ sees the seven piece outfit take time to reflect on the strange times we have come to inhabit, but also look ahead to a brighter future. The record shines a light on the group’s love of surrealism, not only with the dali-esque nod to the strange and absurd on the album’s artwork, but on a deeper level, the importance of finding a humorous and morale boosting lens through which to view the world, using joy as a form of defiance against dark times. Snazzback explains: ‘The title itself is a nod to seismic shifts that are a recent memory for everyone. But in a much broader sense the album is a reflection on new beginnings, of rising from the ashes of what was and to have the courage to create what is. It is a step into the unknown and a revelling in the joy of what is still to come.” 

Tracklist:

A1. Laoshu
A2. Birds and Trains I - feat. Adam Kammerling
A3. Superstar Fish Bar
A4. Gherkin
A5. Stokes Croft Sleep Clinic - Snazzback feat. t l k
A6. Birds and Trains II - Snazzback feat. Adam Kammerling, t l k

B1. Ruins Everything - Snazzback feat. Soss
B2. Around The Corner
B3. Vitamins
B4. In Tides - Snazzback feat. Grove
B5. Birds and Trains III - Snazzback feat. Adam Kammerling

Snazzback are:
Alfie Grieve - Trumpet
Chris Langton - Drums
Dave Sanders - Alto Saxophone
Elijah Nishita - Guitar
Hal Sutherland - Piano, Rhodes, Juno-60
Myke Vince - Congas, Bongos, Cymbals
Will Scott-Hartley - Fender Bass, Moog Synth