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SYNDROME 'Forever And A Day' Album out in September on Consouling Sounds (CD/LP) and Tartarus Records (cassette)
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2012’s “Now and Forever” was a dialogue between a father and his son. As the title of the new album suggests, the bloodline is continued on “Forever and a Day”, with a dialogue between a son and his father.
The cover art depicts a sculpture made by Syndrome’s Mathieu Vandekerckhove’s father. The sculpture was made around the time Vandekerckhove was born, and it was prominently on display in the family’s living room.
It literally was a center piece in the young and adolescent life of Vandekerckhove, with him growing up in constant proximity of the sculpture. Now in his adult life, the sculpture becomes the center piece of his musical development.
The bronze sculpture not only resonates with Vandekerckhove’s past, present, and future; it also perfectly connects with the musical story he tries to convey: the work of art has no limbs, but only a torso and a head with no eyes. Despite it being a motionless entity, it emanates a lot of force. However, that force is caged in the prison of its own body. It knows no freedom, there’s a constant notion of absence, a dark and brooding void; sorrow, bereavement and grief.
It’s adamantly clear that to Vandekerckhove the image is much more than a decorative ornament; it depicts his coming of age — both musically, but also on a deeply personal level, confirming the journey we’re invited to partake in come September will be a spiritually profound one.
Sculpture by Carlos Vandekerckhove
Sculpture photography by Jens Vranckx
Lay-out and design by Dehn Sora
Recorded & Mixed at De Kreun Kortrijk BE by Hein Devos
Mastering at Jerboa Mastering Studio Gent Be by Frederik Dejongh
Upcoming shows
Oct 7 : Amsterdam Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, Netherlands w/Aidan Baker & Tomas Järmyr, CHVE
Oct 23 : Forever And A Day Release Show
Brussels, Ancienne Belgique, Belgium
As Support co-headlining tour Mono (Japan) & Alcest
Oct 27: Dresden Beatpol, Germany
Oct 29: Munich Strom, Germany
Oct 30: Cologne Gebaude 9, Germany
Oct 31: Karlsruhe Jubez, Germany
Nov 01: Winterthur Salzhaus, Switzerland
Nov 02: Segrate Circolo Magnolia, Italy
Nov 03: Nova Gorica Mostovna, Slovenia
Nov 04: Bologna Locomotiv, Italy
Nov 05: Rome Init, Italy
Nov 06: Turin Spazio 211, Italy
Nov 07: Lyon Cco Villeurbanne, France
Nov 08: Paris La Maroquinerie, France
Nov 11: Bruges Joseph Ryelandtzaal, Belgium w/CHVE
More shows TBA.
- Genre
- Electronic