PREMONITION K (2024)
Tracks (click a title for details) | Media | |
| 1. | Breaking The Fourth Wall (4:42) | |
| 2. | NDE (3:46) | |
| 3. | The Doctor (2:28) | |
| 4. | Nowhere (3:19) | / |
| 5. | My Better Half (4:48) | |
| 6. | That's Gotta Hurt (3:03) | / |
| 7. | Whispered Voices On Tape (2:59) | |
| 8. | The King (4:07) | |
| 9. | The Contender (3:28) | |
| 10. | The Ouija Board (3:22) | |
| 11. | Menace In The Past (3:41) | |
| 12. | The Song That Wrote Itself (5:01) | |
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Credits
Written and recorded by Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy
Mixed and mastered by Simon Polinski
Cover art by Keith Donald
Backing vocals on NDE, The Ouija Board and The Song That Wrote Itself by Sasquin
Backing vocals on My Better Half by Leona Gray
Bass on NDE by Rich Gray
Drums on Nowhere by Chris Bohm
Drums on Whispered Voices On Tape by Chris Brush
Releases (rev. May 29, 2024)
- CD - Foghorn Records FOG648 (Australia) - April 5, 2024 - 6-panel digipak
- CD - Easy Action Records EARS201CD (UK) - gatefold card sleeve - May 5, 2024 - Available at Easy Action Records and Little Universe Music
- Digital Download - Foghorn Records (Australia) - April 5, 2024 - Available at Bandcamp
- LP - Foghorn Records FOG648LP (Australia) - April 5, 2024 - Black Vinyl - Limited Edition of 100
- LP - Foghorn Records FOG648LP (Australia) - April 5, 2024 - Tangerine Vinyl
- LP - Easy Action Records EARS201LP (UK) - April 5, 2024 - Tangerine Vinyl
Notes
Poem inside the CD cardsleeve/back of LP sleeve:
Promonition K
The associates of oblivion sweetly divining
Research engines learning and burning
The crowd invisible all gathered around
A name on a gravestone...ah does it ring a bell?
Call a hansom cab or travel electric driverless
The undertakers will never be out of a job
Still we perused a spirit photograph all joined hands at the table
Some accomplice tampering with things
Well I remember the man from across the hall
In the gaslight memory of wavering lamp and candle
Sudden chill and broken bone snap
Something caught in Novembers dark curtain
Something that flew into a mirror and vanished
The cats and dogs were all going crazy
I could hear them even under the water
Lightning lashed from out of a storm
The tempestuous flight of another two souls
Hideous hag ridden by entity
Horrible little men who dig away at our life
Skull of a tiny bird
A feather falls out of an empty room
Mercury drops out of ellipse
I hurry down to the station but there are no trains home
A final boarding call yet none will alight
Premonition K for our boys at the front
Premonition K for the babe in the cradle
Premonition K for the girls left behind
Premonition K available now
Sales blurb:
Embark on a mesmerising journey with the third and culminating chapter of the highly acclaimed trilogy by Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy. Building on the success of Jupiter 13 (2021) and The Strange Life of Persephone Nimbus (2022), their latest epic, 'Premonition K,' unveils a sumptuous and organic sonic landscape, delving into the dark and enigmatic realms that exist between the boundaries of life and death. This album, a testament to their musical synergy, encapsulates a darkly beautiful soundscape, drawing inspiration from diverse sources, ranging from the haunting tones of Roger Waters' Final Cut to the shadowy depths explored by early 1970s Black Sabbath.
Steve Kilbey, best known as frontman of legendary Aussie post-prog rockers The Church, infuses each track with an emotional resonance and sense of mystery. Martin Kennedy co-pilots this sonic odyssey with Steve Kilbey, weaving an intricate musical bed for Kilbey's lyrical dreamings. Drawing from his twenty years of soundscaping with All India Radio, Kennedy adds layers of sonic complexity, at once warmly familiar and mysteriously strange, creating an immersive experience for the listener.
Together, Kilbey and Kennedy invite you to break out the ouija board, turn off the lights, and immerse yourself in the mysteries of 'Premonition K'.
The cover art is a reworking of the cover from Hawkwind's 1973 Space Ritual album.
Reviews & Comments
THAT'S GOTTA HURT (2024)
That's Gotta Hurt (3:03)
That's Gotta Hurt (Instrumental MK Mix) (3:04)
Releases
- Digital Download/Streaming - Foghorn Records D-FOG653 (Australia) - March 8, 2024 - Available at Bandcamp and MGM
Notes
Foghorn sales blurb:
Building on the success of Jupiter 13 (2021) and The Strange Life of Persephone Nimbus (2022), Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy are about to releases their latest epic, Premonition K. The album unveils sumptuous sonic soundscapes courtesy of Kennedy paired with Kilbey's lyrics that delve into the dark and enigmatic realms that exist between the boundaries of life and death.
Steve Kilbey, best known as frontman of legendary Aussie post-prog rockers The Church, infuses each track with an emotional resonance and sense of mystery. Martin Kennedy co-pilots this sonic odyssey with Steve Kilbey, weaving an intricate musical bed for Kilbey's lyrical dreamings. Drawing from his twenty years of soundscaping with All India Radio, Kennedy adds layers of sonic complexity, at once warmly familiar and mysteriously strange, creating an immersive experience for the listener.
Steve Kilbey says, "That's Gotta Hurt is about the existential pain of loving and losing and of attachment to the roles we play in this theatre of the absurd."