SECOND SINGLE TO BE TAKEN FROM THE NEW ALBUM POWDER DRY, RELEASED 16TH AUGUST ON KSCOPE
STREAM/DOWNLOAD ‘WHEN SUMMER COMES’
Tim Bowness – When Summer Comes (orcd.co)
The sublime second single from Tim Bowness’s forthcoming Kscope label release Powder Dry is out today. The track, titled ‘When Summer Comes’, is a shimmering fusion of treated pianos, Mellotron flutes and bittersweet vocals. A quietly haunting soundtrack for a film that never was, the piece presents a potent mix of classic croon and blissed-out atmospherics.
Bowness says, “There’s a yearning, nostalgic quality to the song, I think. It’s about someone trying to convince themself that meaningful change will come, while instinctively knowing they’ll end up making the same mistakes again. It’s a cinematic ballad with hints of personal favourites such as late ’60s Scott Walker and Beehive-era David Sylvian. Inevitably, there’s some no-man (and a lot of me) in the mix as well.”
Mixed by Bowness’s partner in no-man, Steven Wilson, the evocative, abstract video for the song was created by Matt Vickerstaff.
WATCH THE NEW VIDEO BY MATT VICKERSTAFF
“This is the best and most creative of all of Tim’s albums.” – Steven Wilson
Featuring 16 pieces over its restless 40-minute duration, Tim Bowness’s eighth studio album Powder Dry represents a new beginning on a new label.
A collection of acute contrasts, the album is a vibrantly accessible and wildly experimental genre-blurring assault, embracing Industrial Rock, Electro Pop, singer-songwriter directness, haunted carnival soundscapes and more.
Entirely produced, performed and written by Bowness (a first), Powder Dry was mixed (in stereo and Surround Sound) by Bowness’s partner in no-man (and The Album Years podcast), Steven Wilson, who also acted as Bowness’s sounding board during the mixing process.
Powder Dry tracklist
Rock Hudson
Lost / Not Lost
When Summer Comes
Idiots At Large
A Stand-Up For The Dying
Old Crawler
Heartbreak Notes
Ghost Of A Kiss
Summer Turned
You Can Always Disappear
Powder Dry
Films Of Our Youth
This Way Now
I Was There
The Film Of Your Youth
Built To Last
PRE-ORDER ‘POWDER DRY’ LP/CD
Powder Dry – new album from Tim Bowness (lnk.to)
– Limited edition pink vinyl LP – exclusively available on the official Tim Bowness/Kscope store
– Limited edition yellow vinyl LP – available through indie retailers (w/ signed art print available from Rough Trade UK ONLY)
– Limited edition – 2-disc CD & DVD – includes DVD with 24-bit 48khz PCM stereo and 5.1 Dolby Digital mixes by Steven Wilson
– CD / LP / Digital
– Exclusive signed postcard included in all pre-orders from the Tim Bowness & Kscope store
UPCOMING SHOWS
JUL 27, 2024
EppyFest 11 @ Smokey Joe’s Diner, 16 Bennington St, Cheltenham, GL50 4ED
Cheltenham, UK
DEC 1, 2024
The Fiddler’s Elbow, Camden, London NW5 3HS
Prog The Forest. Tim Bowness and Butterfly Mind will headline this year’s Prog The Forest.
Artist picture by Leon Barker.