WARMDUSCHER
TOO COLD TO HOLD (STRAP ORIGINALS)
WARMDUSCHER return in autumn with new album Too Cold To Hold, featuring Irvine Welsh, Lianne La Havas, Janet Planet, Jeshi and CouCou Chloe.
The album is undoubtedly their best and most ambitious album to date. Taking on board the repetitive and polyrhythmic grooves of gqom (an alluring South African take on house music), adding in a dash of hip hop flavours and even jazz, and then harnessing that to their punk-funk, disco pogo, it's a spellbinding mix.
The album is produced by the band's Ben Romans Hopcraft alongside Jamie Neville. Too Cold To Hold sees the band stretch out, open up and produce their most dazzlingly eclectic and honest album to date.
"We wanted it to be brutally honest in our depiction of ourselves,". "We're known for acting in a certain way, playing in a certain way and deploying a certain method.
I think the formula for Warmduscher is chaos. In every aspect. There's a lot of method to the chaos that we adopt, making sure that we are in control of that and the development of that chaos is really important.
Otherwise, we'd be in the same loop of giving people what they think they want from us." Warmdsucher were born in 2014 out of a creative collision between members of various prominent bands and this spontaneous formation resulted in a band that was not just a side project, but a musical force that would soon carve its own unique niche.
Over their four previous albums, Khaki Tears (2015), Whale City (2018), Tainted Lunch (2019) and At the Hotspot (2022) the band have worked with some of the most respected producers including Dan Carey and Hot Chip's Joe Goddard & Al Doyle and gathered praise and fans alike for their DIY spirit and effortless ability to blend genres fearlessly.
With a reputation as one of the most exciting and mesmerising live bands out there, you may be excited to get to know that WARMDUSCHER will hit the road soon, too.
Be prepared! Clear-red LP as well as CD!