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A work able to be viewed either as a whole, or two symmetrical halves, \u003cem\u003eVertigo\u003c\/em\u003e sees The Necks once again offer an excursion in sound that reflects both the light and darkness of some preternatural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVertigo\u003c\/em\u003e will be released on 30th October in North America by Northern Spy Records. It follows their acclaimed 2013 album Open, described by SPIN as ‘the most beautiful album of the year’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn contrast to the sustained improvisations that are their live performances, The Necks’ studio albums take shape by way of intricate crafting brought to bear throughout the entire recording and mixing process. “The discussion this time really began in earnest in the session itself, where we started to pursue the idea of having a drone running from start to finish, off which we could hang ideas,” said bassist Lloyd Swanton “But like all Necks albums we ended up in a very different place from whatever our initial notion of it had been.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaintaining a teetering tension between suspension and collapse, \u003cem\u003eVertigo\u003c\/em\u003e draws on a diverse palette of sounds created in the studio by Tony Buck (drums\/percussion\/guitar), Lloyd Swanton (bass) and Chris Abrahams (piano\/keyboards), featuring everything from homemade instruments, extended instrumental techniques and marathon explorations of sonic textures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne piece, at the same time two. Monochrome, yet multicoloured. Dark, yet incandescent. Expansive and still. Melancholic and exhilarating. 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Different again to all previous Necks albums (20 in total), the band has chosen 10 words and phrases that summarize the four richly contrasting episodes of this hour-long, mesmerizing groove. They are as follows: Episodic, Driving, Dynamic, Layered, Celebratory, Soaring, Rocking out, Buoyant, Sustained, Perfectly paced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album uses, yet again, the combination of Chris Abrahams (piano, keyboards) Tony Buck (drums, percussion, and guitar very much to the fore on this one) and Lloyd Swanton (acoustic bass) with Tim Whitten (engineer), who has recorded and\/or mixed the last twelve Necks albums. 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The recordings offer some of their most ecstatic and captivating music cut to tape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs bassist Lloyd Swanton puts it: “It’s a really nice communal activity to bring us together in focus each day, and some lovely music has resulted from it.” Although a straight “live” improvisation has never been recorded in the studio by the band, these tracks (save for some light overdubs and post-production) feel closest to their 30 years of celebrated live performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2017 Stephen O’Malley’s Ideologic Organ label released the band’s lauded Unfold, which first offered up this uncharacteristic studio work: four sub-20-minute pieces - instead of the typical 60+ minute arc for which the band is known - along with an obfuscated track list which leaves play order to the listener’s hand. 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