Terrorbird

Seminal group Seefeel have followed their first UK show in 14 years and teaser single Faults (released on 10” last September) by announcing the release of their first album since 1996’s (CH-VOX).

The self-titled album, set for release on February 1, 2011, was born out of an incendiary performance at one of the Warp Records’ 20th anniversary celebrations, Warp20 (Paris) last year.

Warp co-founder Steve Beckett explains: “Seefeel were the first band that Warp signed who had guitars – they were brave to sign to us because they became the ‘older siblings’ in the family and took all the flak by breaking the unwritten rules of an (up until then) purely dance label. After 1995’s Succour they stopped performing live, but we always kept in touch and then for the first Warp20 show in Paris we asked if they would play”.

Describing their performance in Paris as ‘unbelievable’, he asked the band to make another record as they came offstage. “They came back six months later – not just with a record, but a great record. This band needs to be heard, they need to be seen so that’s why we got involved again. Family members might leave for a long time but they always come home.”

Watch the newly invigorated Seefeel performing at last year’s Warp20 (Paris) event - the performance which prompted the new album - here: http://www.babelgum.com/3021637/seefeel-warp20-paris.html

Seefeel have also announced a new live date on the eve of the album’s release – they will headline London’s King’s Place on January 31.

NPR Music featured ‘Faults’ in their All Songs Considered ‘Best New Electronic Music, and The Times (UK) said of their recent ICA show: “The rebooted Seefeel packed out the ICA for their first British show in 14 years and though once associated with the blissful abstraction of the “shoegaze” scene, they were clearly not aiming for dreamy euphoria. (They closed) the set with an exhilarating collision of horror-movie noises and floor-shuddering beats… the sense-scouring intensity was hard to fault.”