Actors want the audience to dance darkly to the acts of worship
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The buzz in advance around the next Vancouver Actors record is well justified.
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Actors
When: November 27, 8 p.m.
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Or: Rickshaw Theater, 254 E. Hastings St.
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On the Actors’ website, the band describes their new album, Acts of Worship, as “a long love song for post-punk, new wave and dark wave.” Breathtaking, Essential, Brilliant and Best of 2021 have also appeared in various reviews of the Vancouver quartet’s sequel to their acclaimed 2018 album, It Will Come to You.
Produced by guitarist and singer Jason Corbett, the new 10-track record was released by Artoffact of Toronto. Founded in 1999 by Jacek Kozolowski, the independent label has an international reputation for quality records by artists inspired by styles of the 80s such as industrial, post-punk, grind metal and dark electronica. Contacted at his home in Reykjavik, Kozolowski says he was immediately seduced by the sound of Actors.
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“I contacted the band after hearing something from them online in 2017, although I’m afraid I couldn’t remember exactly what song it was, and Jason and I logged in and worked together. ever since, “Kozolowski said. âI admit I’m surprised at the popularity of post-punk today, with festivals surrounding the genre and entire underground scenes dedicated to it. In fact, it has become popular enough that it has become a marketing term for artists who have absolutely nothing to do with the genre.
Acting is most definitely an act that honestly comes from categorization.
The angry vocals of Corbett, the repetitive and haunting synth lines of Shannon Hemmett, the spartan drum fills of Adam Fink and the pounding bass riffs of new bassist Kendall Wooding will remind listeners of everything from Magazine, New Order and bands. newer ones such as Interpol or Eagulls. But songs like the new single Love U More have a healthy dose of harmony and dance-pop in the mix. Like almost all of the tracks on the new album, the song is ready for an extended dance remix.
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For many listeners, acts of worship are exactly what COVID-19 ordered. It’s music you want to come out on, but nothing in it coats the outside world. With its sounds and ambiance in black, white and gray tones, it’s the soundtrack to celebrate in isolation, while waiting for the chance to do something other than dance with yourself.
Speaking from his Jacknife studio in Vancouver where he is working on the full release of Hemmett’s band, The Leathers, Corbett said the band’s consensus was that the album should be released now.
âWe were trying to program the album with tours that we had planned for Europe, UK and US, so we continued to hold back from the release, but it became evident when the singles went on. started to come out that we should go ahead and put him out, “Corbett said.” Reprogram and push back again and again when there was no certainty as to when we would finally be able to resume. road and supporting it started to seem unnecessary.The songs were well received.
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Love U More, Strangers, Only Lonely, and Like Suicide have all been added to influential playlists for the streaming services of Apple Music’s Sinister Sounds, YouTube’s Nu Goth, and Spotify’s Release Radar. CBC presented Strangers. In total, the four singles represent over 700,000 streams and count. Since the previous tracks appear on Netflix shows such as Nancy Drew and The Order, fans can expect to hear more music from actors related to Hollywood North productions.
The singer says the time has come for a throwback to the days of the often dreary post-punk vibe. Originally inspired by the annihilation of humanity in full-scale nuclear conflict, the genre can now capitalize on our burning, inundating, and pandemic planetary collapse. With each subsequent tour, the group sees its fan base grow.
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âThere is a global explosion in fan demand for music like ours, from Germany and Portugal to LA, New York, Tampa (Florida), it’s everywhere,â he said. . âThere is a demographic sub-genre of people who are at this sweet age to be able to connect with some of the influential music of their youth while making music themselves. I feel really lucky that we were able to be a part of this world because it’s so welcoming and nurturing, and I didn’t even know it existed when we first started.
Having performed in many different bands over the years, Corbett says he’s spent enough time trying to shape his music to have some sort of commercial appeal. In fact, he was quite ready to stick with the production and stop performing live. The early days of Actors music appeared simply as an expression of ideas he had put down for fun with no intention of seeing the light of day. Having a talented designer / artist in Hemmett meant that the group’s brand was also developed in-house.
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âOrganically, naturally, we got together and the look, the sound, the whole aesthetic developed with the rehearsals,â he said. âSomething really clicked when Shannon joined the band, because not only is she a brilliant graphic designer, there’s a feminine element to the music I write for now. My parents divorced when I was a year old and I grew up with my mother, I have always worked with women in the restaurant business and I think the feminine side is always there in what I write and, with Actors, we just doubled. “
Perhaps what really sets Acts of Worship apart from its prescribed post-punk categorization is an underlying cuteness of the art rather than the often perceived aloof arrogance of the genre. Corbett says he can’t imagine anything more boring than spending the time and effort being “a full-time dark gothic.” The cast will appear with Brooklyn’s Bootblacks, Devours and the Gathering at the Rickshaw Theater.
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Acts of worship
Actors | Artifact
Kind: Post-punk / new wave
Key track: Cold eyes
From the opening synths of Love U More to the closing symphonic echoes of Once More With Feeling, the 10 tracks on Actors’ new album are packed with enough melodic changes and haunted harmonies to become earworms. The multi-part ‘oohs and ahs’ set against the relentless pulse of the overdriven bass and mechanical drums of the rhythm section are both instantly familiar and ultimately satisfying. Jason Corbett’s slinky croon proves to be a perfect vehicle for the quartet’s dancing grooves and shrill hooks in singles such as the addictive Cold Eyes. One can only hope that a remix project is considered because this whole album would lend itself to a creative re-imagining. The group even dives into near-arena airstrike territory with the stadium-sized chorus on Killing Time (Is Over Now).
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