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11-05 New Lower Than Atlantis single
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Without warning 2009 proved a year of progression, growth and change for UK trio Lower Than Atlantis. Since January, whenLTA werehalfway
throughthe touring cycle for their fledgling E.P ‘Bretton’, the Watford based band have gone through noless than three bassists andtwo
drummers - not tomention, most significantly, a musical rebirth of Goliathian proportions.
With the instability of their line-up threatening a return to the ‘real world’ for the band, Lower Than Atlantis’ creative core -
vocalist/guitaristMike Duce andguitarist Ben Sansom – were pushed into a cocoon of forc ...read more
Without warning 2009 proved a year of progression, growth and change for UK trio Lower Than Atlantis. Since January, whenLTA werehalfway
throughthe touring cycle for their fledgling E.P ‘Bretton’, the Watford based band have gone through noless than three bassists andtwo
drummers - not tomention, most significantly, a musical rebirth of Goliathian proportions.
With the instability of their line-up threatening a return to the ‘real world’ for the band, Lower Than Atlantis’ creative core -
vocalist/guitaristMike Duce andguitarist Ben Sansom – were pushed into a cocoon of forced introspection and reflection.Fortunately, the
encroaching dangerthat their beloved bandmight be collapsing around them had an unexpectedly positiveeffect on the young songwriters, as
the twosome foundthemselves reconnecting with theirtruest musical influences andtaking stock of the harsh reality that was fast surrounding
them – a UK in theclutches of recession: its youth bored, indebtand out of work.
Simultaneously re-inspired, angered and afraid, Lower Than Atlantis recruited drummer Eddy Thrower and set about creatingtheir debut
fulllengthalbum ‘Far Q’, a collection of songs that sees the trio completing an unintended but wholly positivemetamorphosis.
Creatively inspired by such eclectic artists as Nirvana, Rival Schools, Go It Alone, Foo Fighters, The Smashing Pumpkins,Sonic Youth andBlink
182, ‘Far Q’is a powerhouse of urgency and punk catharsis seamlessly blended with seriously infectiousmelody and reverence for thesimple,
persuasive power of ‘TheSong’. And atop it all sit Mike Duce’s lyrical narratives, self-reflective and cunningly observational in equalmeasure,
simultaneously elegiac and brimmingwith fervent wit. One momentyou’ll nod with vigorous agreement as he lambastes generationalapathy on
‘Down With The Kidz’ or ‘I’m Not Bulimic (IJustWanted To See How Far I Could Stick My Fingers Down My Throat)’, the next you’llgrin ear to
ear as ‘A/S/L?’ or leadsingle ‘Taping Songs Off The Radio’offer up wry commentaries for life on the Internet - but, before youknow it, you’re
staringinto the wide open veins of ‘Face Full Of Scars’ and the album’stitle track.
‘Far Q’ is the sound of Lower Than Atlantis playing and purging like their lives depended on it – three guys playing for the loveof
music,playing forthemselves, and in the process creating a striking partnership of music and message that is set to strikea chord with many.
Honest and tragicomic, versatile and enigmatic, Lower Than Atlantis are the sound you can’t quite put your finger on, ‘Far Q’their calling
card.Here’s tonew beginnings. « hide |
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