The next single from 'Dear Science' will be 'Crying', due to be released some time in May! Also, TV on the Radio have announced more European tour dates/festival appearances, details of which are below.
Saturday 11th July - Punchestown racecourse, Ireland @ Oxygen Festival
Sunday 12th July - Kinross, Scotland @ T in the Park Festival
Monday 13th July - London, England @ Brixton Academy
Wednesday 15th July - Lyon, France @ Les Nuits de Fourviere
Friday 17th July - Carhaix, France @ Les Vieilles Charrues
Saturday 18th July - Angouleme, France @ Garden Nef Festival
Sunday 19th July - Valencia, Spain @ Benicassim
Fri 24th July - Nyon, Switzerland @ Paleo Festival
Saturday 25th July - Lavel, France @ Les 3 Elephants Festival
Sunday 26th July - Cologne, Germany @ Live Music Hall
Monday 27th July - Vienna, Austria @ Open Air Arena
Wednesday 29th July - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega
Thursday 30th July - Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser Medis
Friday 31st July - Ostersund, Sweden @ Great Lakes Festival
Sunday 2nd August - Helsinki (Vantaa), Finland @ Ankkarock Festival (Vantaa Stage)
opens the vocals, expanding with shimmering guitars. Rather than be hit with the usual onslaught of heavy riffing and uptempo snares as "Shout Me Out" is cried, we're treated to a disco-fuelled vocal breakdown of beatsliced and vocoded Adebimpe goodness. It's an interesting start, and certainly a good way to describe the rest of the EP. Stork and Owl opens with heartfelt piano chords and leads into...well not much really. It's effectively a long version of the original, with a few more effects, which is listenable, but not really remixing things up enough for my tastes. Thankfully, the EP closes with a standout Red Dress remix by the Glitch Mob. Techy industrial effects driven noise is the order of the day, with plenty more beatsliced Tunde vocals, and it brings strains of NIN's Year Zero Remixed to mind (never a bad thing). As a whole, the EP is great, but let down by a disappointing second track. Song selection is confusing, as there are plenty stronger tracks on Dear Science that have potential to sound incredible (DLZ, Halfway Home etc), but the artists do a stand up job of remixing the familiar and making it sound fresh, it's just a shame they couldn't get the whole of Dear Science remixed. Here's hoping they let the fans download the multitracks so that we can have a go.
