uh Share new track ‘500 ascended’
uh
Share new track ‘500 ascended’
Taken from their debut album - ‘humanus’
Released 28th April 2023 on PRAH Recordings
"theatrical, infectious, beguiling" - Ransom Note
“like a rave in a ball pit hurtling through space” - DJ
“sonic magicians conjuring up a delicious chaos, not too dissimilar to Fuck Buttons” - DIY
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“500 ascended is a tale of ascension. The lyrics describe an ominous pilgrimage, 500 ascending, silhouettes of alien-etic forms emerging over a mountain. From this, something stirs other moments and perhaps momentums of shared memories and collective mantras.”
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uh’s music represents a restless blurring of pastoral and urban. The brother-sister duo of Dominic and Fionnuala Kennedy’s debut album humanus is embedded in the London that they grew up in – it searches for the space and still that was a hallmark of their previous EP Seasick in Salts, but many of the tracks here are more skittish, urgent and beat-driven. It’s a record that hurtles into the expanse of its surroundings rather than carefully probing them.
Dominic and Fionnuala grew up in Harlesden in north-west London, where their parents had moved to from the west coast of Ireland before they were born. humanus, though, is a record focused on the present. Amidst its raw acid synths, long form hardware workouts and soaring vocals is an album that’s ultimately about the pair’s own relationship both creative and personal.
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“Uh are one of those bands whose music truly translates to the live stage, it’s theatrical, infectious, beguiling – if you see them once, you’ll be seeing them again. Trust us.
Think a little dose of weirdo synth-pop, tough, frenetic rhythms and acid-soaked hardware jams, all matched with stirring vocals – what more can you want?” - Ransom Note
see uh live:
08/04 - Wanderfal Festival, Cornish Bank
14/04 - London, The Social [Ransom Note Social]
26/05 - London, Peckham Audio [Album Launch]
18-20/08 - Green Man Festival
VIDEO CREDITS
A Tentacle Fims Ltd Production
Lighting and Camera Operator - Jack Taylor
Camera Operator - Barry McDonald
Sound Engineer and Mixing - Toby Burroughs (Rumbaba Studios)
Graphics - Dominic Kennedy
