{"id":24251,"date":"2024-02-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24251"},"modified":"2024-02-17T11:22:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T11:22:20","slug":"buzzard-buzzard-buzzard-new-album-and-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24251","title":{"rendered":"Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard new album and video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong> new album \u201cSkinwalker\u201d + EU headline tour dates announced for April 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong><br>UK headline tour to begin March<br><br>New album out 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April via Communion Records<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard - National Rust\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7bCxh-QNoxk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff-based four-piece Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard return with the announcement of their highly anticipated second album \u201cSkinwalker\u201d. Following closely on the heels of their critically acclaimed single \u201cTherapy\u201d, which came out just before the turn of the year, the new album is due for release on 12<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;April via Communion Records. It will come shortly after the band\u2019s forthcoming UK tour which is set to take place across March 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following on from their Welsh Music Prize nominated debut album \u2018Backhand Deals\u2019 in 2022, the band wrote and recorded the album at frontman and producer Tom Rees&#8217;s Rat Trap studio, the room where Rees has previously recorded and produced tracks for emerging talent &#8211; Panic Shack, Do Nothing and The Bug Club. The material \u2013 as previewed on \u201cTherapy\u201d and their earlier single \u201cChew\u201d \u2013 showcases a heavier and more disquieting sound than anything the band have released to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This darker sound and aesthetic take inspiration from found-footage horror and the Navajo concept of the Skinwalker \u2013 a legendary malevolent shapeshifter \u2013 from which the album takes its name. Thematically, each track on the record is designed to take you through descending floors of Rees\u2019s mind each becoming more horrific than the last with the Skinwalker at the final floor, representing his inner fears, self-sabotage, hatred, and self-doubt. It\u2019s a deeply intimate record of self-analysis and personal growth told through heavy fuzz-drenched guitars, a crushing rhythm section, and fevered vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The band still carry that same the fast-paced energy and subtle trademark \u201870s references from their earlier releases though, and this is particularly evident on the danceable, indie-funk inflected new single \u201cNational Rust\u201d, which was premiered last night by Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 6 Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the single Rees says,\u00a0<em>&#8220;&#8216;National Rust&#8217; was my attempt at consolidating my 2020 obsession with Sly and the Family Stone with my 2021 obsession with David Bowie&#8217;s album \u2018Low\u2019. It was the first song that really paved the way for the new album, it broke a lot of the sonic boundaries that I was writing within when starting the second album, \u201cI AM NOT AFRAID OF PLAYING FUNKY GUITAR!\u201d, I exclaimed, mu-tron in hand.<br><br>Lyrically, it made a statement that informed my songwriting moving forward as well, being a\u00a0flagrant rejection of my previous political song writing, and an admission of alienation amongst a plethora of information. &#8216;National Rust&#8217; acts as a bridge between my younger, more political perspective, and my more recent, more apathetic one.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mail-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"597\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mail-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mail-2.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mail-2-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mail-2-768x509.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere on the record, the harmony-filled \u201cIn My Egg\u201d sees Rees sing about the struggles to force yourself out of your comfort zone, whilst \u201cHuman Compression\u201d see the band delve into an almost desert-rock sound with hazy, unrelenting guitar work supporting Rees\u2019s lyrics about the pressure he puts on himself. The psychedelic glam-tinged \u201cNight Of The Skinwalker\u201d \u2013 a song which centres around his struggles with self-doubt- marks the albums opus, melding a number of styles and genres across almost six minutes.<br><br>Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard \u2013 Rees, guitarist Zac White, drummer Ethan Hurst and Rees\u2019 brother and bassist Eddie \u2013 have been going from strength-to-strength since releasing their debut EP \u201cThe Non-Stop\u201d in 2020. They\u2019ve since made of end-of-year lists with NME, DIY, and Dork; earned plaudits from the likes of the Guardian, The Telegraph, MOJO, Uncut, Record Collector, The Needle Drop, The Independent, CLASH, The Line Of Best Fit, and So Young; and have amassed significant radio support with plays across worldwide radio, and live session appearances across BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, NPR, Radio X, and more.<br><br>The band\u2019s frenetic live sets have seen the band make fans in tourmates from The Magic Gang to Miles Kane and were set to support Noel Gallagher \u2013 another in a growing list of fans \u2013 at the Royal Albert Hall before the coronavirus struck. They\u2019ve also performed widely across the festival circuit appearing at Glastonbury, Eurosonic, Latitude, All Points East, SXSW, and Green Man, and have toured extensively including a packed-out headline date at Scala. The band will go out on tour again next March hitting 16-dates across the UK where the band will continue to debut new material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>Full dates are as follows:<br><br>FEBRUARY 2024<br>24 \u2013 Swansea, Swansea Arena House Party<br><br>MARCH 2024<br>01 &#8211; Oxford, Jericho Tavern<br>03 &#8211; Exeter, The Cavern<br>04 &#8211; Falmouth, Cornish Bank<br>06 &#8211; Norwich, Voodoo Daddy&#8217;s<br>07 &#8211; Chelmsford, Hot Box<br>08 &#8211; Ipswich, The Smokehouse<br>10 &#8211; Tunbridge Wells, Forum<br>12 &#8211; Milton Keynes, Craufurd Arms<br>13 &#8211; St Albans, The Horn<br>14 &#8211; Ramsgate, Music Hall<br>16 &#8211; Peterborough, Met Lounge<br>17 &#8211; Birmingham, Hare &amp;amp; Hounds<br>18 &#8211; Hull, Adelphi Club<br>20 &#8211; Stockton, Ku Bar<br>21 &#8211; Sunderland, Independent<br>22 &#8211; Edinburgh, Voodoo Rooms<br>24 &#8211; Grimsby, Docks Academy<br>25 &#8211; York, The Fulford Arms<br>26 &#8211; Clitheroe, The Swan &amp; Royal<br>27 &#8211; Frome, The Tree House<br>APRIL<br>02 &#8211; Rotterdam, Netherlands, V11<br>03 &#8211; Paris, France, L&#8217;International<br>04 &#8211; Hasselt, Belgium, Caf\u00e9 Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-3-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/unnamed-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Tickets are on sale now &#8211; buy\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-sdijytd-jtzijduii-i\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><br><strong>\u201cSkinwalker\u201d is out 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April via Communion Records \u2013 Pre-order\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-sdijytd-jtzijduii-d\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard:<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-sdijytd-jtzijduii-k\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-sdijytd-jtzijduii-u\/\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-sdijytd-jtzijduii-c\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-sdijytd-jtzijduii-q\/\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-sdijytd-jtzijduii-a\/\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>new album \u201cSkinwalker\u201d + EU headline tour dates announced for April 2024 UK headline tour to begin March New album out 12th\u00a0April via Communion Records Cardiff-based four-piece Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard return with the announcement of their highly anticipated second album \u201cSkinwalker\u201d. Following closely on the heels of their critically acclaimed single \u201cTherapy\u201d, which came out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1644,1818,978,8443,5984],"class_list":["post-24251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-buzzard-buzzard-buzzard","tag-new-album","tag-rock-n-roll","tag-tour-dates","tag-wales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24255,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24251\/revisions\/24255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}