onDeadWaves Streams Album Via Instagram, Album Out May 20

STREAM THEIR ALBUM VIA INSTAGRAM
 
INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AT MARIO’S CAFÉ, LONDON

PREMIERE OF “DEAD BALLOONS” ON 
LENNY LETTER 

DEBUT ALBUM OUT MAY 20Polly Scattergood and James Chapman (Maps) aka onDeadWaves will be streaming their debut album viaInstagram, mirroring the music and images that are being shown in an exhibition of photographs at the legendary London café, Mario’s, in Kentish Town.

The Instagram stream will feature a track every day until release date on May 20, 2016. The exhibition at Mario’s Café collates photographs related to the album and exhibits them alongside a track from the album.  Customers can listen via headphones to each track, dipping in and out or moving around the café to hear the full tracklisting.

onDeadWaves explain the concept behind the album stream and exhibition, saying “The idea is to entwine art and music, as when we wrote the album, imagery was a key part of our writing process.” Discussing the café exhibition, they say, “The idea for the exhibition began when we realized how people consume art and music differently. Art still feels like it should be treasured, whereas music (especially online) feels like it is consumed and forgotten at such a fast pace. We just wanted to slow everything down a bit and blur the lines between art, music and life, allowing people to listen to a track on headphones and look at the art while relaxing in the café – with no pressure to click on the next image or scroll down.”

onDeadWaves will be available on CD, digital and as a limited edition vinyl with a signed art print.

This week the band also premiered the track, “Dead Balloons” via Lena Dunham’s site, Lenny Letter. Listen HERE .

The seeds of James Chapman and Polly Scattergood’s creative partnership were sown in 2011, at Mute’s legendary Short Circuit festival at London's Roundhouse. The night saw different collaborations with Mute artists and Polly and James paired up to perform each other’s songs.

Though each had primarily worked alone before, there was something natural about the chemistry between them. "The gig was one of the most enjoyable I've done " says Polly. "And as soon as we finished, we said it'd be cool to do something else."

onDeadWaves have been sharing mixes of tracks, charting a few of their favourite things right now. Follow their mixtapes  HERE .

Praise for On Dead Waves

Lenny – “Cinematic, lush and dark” 

Q - "… a world of smeared mascara and trailer-park heartache, there's something wonderfully cinematic about this debut single.” 

The Guardian - “Blackbird, their debut single, somehow nods to both shoegaze and country, with a David Lynchian creepiness to both music and lyrics." 
 
Photo Credit: Cat MookWatch the video for “Blackbird” here.
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