Das Koolies launch into unexpected sonic realms and fly Out Of This World
Setting dials for next month’s release of their debut album, DK.01, four-fifths of Super Furry Animals release a single that blends the past and the present in a genre-fluid mash up.
Das Koolies: Out Of This World – OUT NOW
Debut album: DK.01 - Released Fri 22 September 2023
Vinyl / CD / Cassette / Digital
Strangetown Records in association with Amplify Music
daskoolies.co.uk
A four-decade voyage across unchartered musical territories has left behind map fragments to be pieced back together for the four members of Das Koolies and their latest single, Out Of This World, brings out the glue and tape to form a heady, electro-psych blend of time-travelling sonic ideas from their lives old and new. The fourth track to be drawn from their expansive debut album, DK.01, released on Fri 22 September 2023, the four-minute, synth-laced, rainbow-hued dopamine shot makes the ends of happenstance and intent meet to form a perfect circle.
Formed of long-term partners in earth-orbiting adventures in sound, Huw ‘Bunf’ Bunford, Cian Ciarán, Dafydd Ieuan and Guto Pryce, the four Super Furry Animals have previously released the uncompromising techno blast of Best MIndf*ck Yet, the driving plugged-in rock of Nuthin Sandwich and glam stomp of Pain Down The Drain from their much-anticipated, 17-track first album.
Until now lost to time but not to their collective memory, Out Of This World is anchored in ideas explored during Furries’ Hey Venus-era rehearsals, yet brought into the bright light of the present by guitarist, Bunford’s experimentations in a London basement. Hailing the almighty gods of coincidence as well as craft, the two ideas connected seamlessly during DK.01 recording sessions.
The band states: “Out Of This World is an amalgamation. Two songs melt into each other to become one. On one side, a source from the distant past, on the other a voyage of sonic exploration from subterranean Penge. Playing one into the other, they connected. Out of this world indeed.”
Having woven the Das Koolies name throughout their shared history through rumour-triggering media interviews, the emergence of the fabled band’s music will soon be met by the emergence of the band on the live stage. With rumours of additional dates to follow, the band will celebrate the release of DK.01 over THREE in-store appearances at Rough Trade shops, including opportunities to meet the band as they sign copies, as follows:
Fri 22 Sep – Rough Trade East, London
Mon 2 Oct – Rough Trade Bristol
Tue 3 Oct – Rough Trade Nottingham
Tickets for all dates are available now via DICE. For information on future dates, sign up for updates at daskoolies.co.uk
Out Of This World was produced by Das Koolies and mixed in collaboration with MPG (Music Producer’s Guild) UK Music Producer of the Year 2022 Marta Salogni (Bjork, Depeche Mode).
DK.01 will be released in multiple physical formats, including Dinked collectors’ edition recycled coloured vinyl with bonus 7", Bandcamp and Indies recycled coloured vinyl, black recycled double vinyl, recycled cassette, CD and digital.
To be the first to know about upcoming Das Koolies releases and events, connect with the band online at:
Bandcamp: https://daskoolies.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daskoolies
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DasKoolies
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/das.koolies
