Download First Single “Last Year’s Disco Guitars”
“Referencing sounds from classic Joy Division and Jesus & Mary Chain to newer bands a la Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, this is highly recommended for fans of new incarnations synth-pop and new-wave.” – AUX.TV “Track of the Week”
“…Jake Fairley and his old friend Jim Sayce (Ex-Deadly Snakes, Tangiers) have collaborated on a new project – Bishop Morocco – perched between herky-jerky, new-wave guitars and drum machines, as well as cool synth-pop tones and disaffected vocals.” – EYE Magazine “Best Bets
“Bishop Morocco teeters between electronic music and indie rock… You can hear the post-punk influence of Joy Division and Jesus & Mary Chain, but there’s a stronger emphasis on electronics and a purer pop sensibility.” – NOW Magazine “Critics Pick”
Toronto duo Bishop Morocco have announced the release of their self-titled debut album in the US on September 14th via Hand Drawn Dracula. The album includes the single, “Last Year’s Disco Guitars,” which features a minimalist, regimented beat coupled with otherworldly synths, woven together by Martin Hannett (Joy Division, The Stone Roses)’s indebted production (look for a remix from Holy Fuck soon). The band has also released a nostalgia-inducing, subtly psychedelic video for the track, available on YouTube and Vimeo.
Bishop Morocco formed when two old friends met in the greyness and never-ending drizzle of fall in Groningen, a town in the northern Netherlands. Jake Fairley (aka Fairmont) had spent the past six years based in Berlin, riding a wave of European techno hits released on labels such as Border Community and Kompakt. Jim Sayce had been in Toronto, pursuing graduate studies while playing in such bands as Tangiers (Frenchkiss) and earlier, the Deadly Snakes (In The Red). Though their musical paths had taken divergent, almost opposing courses, they used the geographical disconnection from everyone they knew to focus on creating a new kind of pop music. The result is somewhere between the soundtrack to Twin Peaks and the Madchester sound.
Bishop Morocco will be touring the US with Holy Fuck in the fall. Dates to be announced shortly.
Bishop Morocco Tracklisting:
1. White City
2. Townies
3. Our Time
4. Eddie
5. Last Year’s Disco Guitars
6. Petter
7. Goodbye Night
8. The Catholic Band
9. Red Bird
10. Blind Visions
For more information, please visit:
http://www.myspace.com/bishopmorocco
http://www.handdrawndracula.com/hdd-bishopmorocco.html
For information please contact Brooke Black at Big Hassle Media, 212.619.1360, brooke@bighassle.com.
