CLOTH – Pink Silence – CD [APR 25]

CD – Featuring Contributions From Portisheads Adrian Utley, Owen Pallet, And Mogwais Stuart Braithwaite.

Hot on the heels of their well-received winter 2024 single release “Polaroid‘, Glasgow-based twin-sibling duo Cloth are back with third album “Pink Silence“, out on Mogwai‘s Rock Action Records.

Exploring universal themes of relationships, heartbreak, loss and self-acceptance, “Pink Silence” sees the band move into poppier, upbeat territory whilst retaining their trademark haunting, ethereal vocals.

Recorded in Bristol with producer Ali Chant (Katy J Pearson, Kid Carpet, Perfume Genius), and featuring contributions from Adrian Utley (Portishead), Owen Pallet and Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai) “Pink Silence” is the follow up to 2023’s critically acclaimed “Secret Measure.
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Cloth let go on Pink Silence, a bold reinvention that retains their enchanting pull.

Scottish twins Rachael and Paul Swinton sounded like few around them when they released their 2019 self-titled debut. Their appeal lived in tense guitar parts and Rachaels signature close vocal. In the time since, they have worked to perfect that sound. The 2023 follow-up Secret Measure expanded it in every direction, with more layers, more interplay, and gutsier writing. The record received critical acclaim from publications including The Guardian, Pitchfork, CLASH and Uncut, and was shortlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award in 2023. Cloth have also been championed by 6 Music DJs Mary Anne Hobbs, Guy Garvey, Tom Robinson, and Matt Everitt, and played exciting live sessions for Marc Riley & Gideon Coe (6 Music), Roddy Hart (BBC Radio Scotland) and John Kennedy (Radio X).

Now, three records in, they embrace letting go of expectation. Pink Silence is unafraid to go big in the quest to make something lasting. With Owen Pallett, Adrian Utley (Portishead), and Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai) contributing, this mission is supported by some of their musical heroes.

It was a conscious decision to go bigger, more muscular and less subtle, says Paul. There was a willingness to push ourselves as far as we could go in terms of how cinematic we could make things.

The central prompt to let go was given to Rachael by the bands producer Ali Chant (Yard Act, Perfume Genius, PJ Harvey) when she asked him if he noticed any common threads when artists create their best work.

He said the artist always lets go, and he didn’t really expand on it, Rachael says. So I took this phrase away and just ruminated on it for ages, viewing letting go as something that could be helpful. I started applying it to different things, like the writing, not trying to get caught up in that feeling of is this good enough? Do I need to work on this again? It was more instinctual.

With Pink Silence, the band entered the studio to make the ten strongest songs they possibly could, and they left a stronger band.

Tracklist:

1. Pink Silence
2. Polaroid
3. Stuck
4. Golden
5. The Cottage
6. Its A Lot
7. I Dont Think So
8. Stones
9. Burn
10. Write It Down