Deep Throat Choir to cover Björk and Little Dragon on debut album
29 November 2016, 14:08
| Written by
Laurence Day
Hackney-based ensemble Deep Throat Choir have announced their debut record Be OK, and shared the lead single/title track.
The choir was started three years ago by Luisa Gerstei (Landshapes, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) from a desire to strip modern music back to simple drum and voice elements.
As well as a range of reinterpretations of other artists' music - there are covers of Björk, Little Dragon, Sylvan Esso, and more - the upcoming LP containts two original compositions - you can hear "Be OK", the first of these, above.
The album was recorded with Dan Blackett (Landshapes) and David Holmes at Soup Studios.
Tracklist:
- Ada
- Ritual Union
- In My Bed
- Hey Mami
- The Wave
- Stonemilker
- Daydreaming
- In Berlin
- Burning
- Baby
- Be OK
Be OK is released 17 February via Bella Union - you can pre-order now from iTunes.
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