Published
Thu, May 19, 2022, 10:00
- It's out November 4th on Phantasy Sound.
Daniel Avery is releasing his fifth studio album in November.
Arriving on digital, vinyl, cassette and CD via Phantasy Sound, Ultra Truth features several collaborations, including vocals by HAAi, A. K. Paul and HTRK's Jonnine Standish. The voices of SHERELLE, Kelly Lee Owens, James Massiah and Marie Davidson also appear.
"My previous albums have all focused on the idea of music being an escape or a distraction from the world but that's not the case this time," Avery said. "For me this album is about looking directly into the darkness, not running away from it. There's a way through these times but it involves keeping the important people in your life close to you and navigating the noise together."
The LP—particularly the track "Lone Swordsman"—is dedicated to the late Andrew Weatherall, who was a friend and mentor to Avery.
"Andrew was an enormously important figure in my life," Avery said. "It's been said about him so many times, but Andrew was someone who did things entirely on his own terms, an outsider through and through. He was a punk rocker as much as he was a techno DJ. I've always held on to what he taught me which was to offer a true expression of who you are at all times. That's the ultimate goal."
To accompany the new album, Avery will debut a new live show at Lyon festival Nuits Sonores on May 27th. He also has dates lined up at Melt, Primavera Sound, Roskilde and more.
Watch the video for "Chaos Energy," directed by Claudia Rafael.
Tracklist
01. New Faith
02. Ultra Truth
03. Wall of Sleep
04. The Slow Bullet
05. Devotion
06. Only
07. Spider
08. Near Perfect
09. Higher
10. Ache
11. Collapsing Sky
12. Lone Swordsman
13. Overflowing With Escape
14. Chaos Energy
15. Heavy Rain
Phantasy Sound will release Ultra Truth on November 4th, 2022.
