Bedouin Soundclash Provide Big Brass and Swing-Pop Sounds in ‘Clock-Work’
After a nine-year hiatus, Toronto’s Bedouin Soundclash return with brand new single ‘Clock-Work’ alongside the announcement of their London headline show at Borderline.
Recorded in the summer humidity at the mouth of the Mississippi, ‘Clock-Work’ bristles and fizzes with jangling Big Band swing-pop and hints towards a new creative peak with a heavy New Orleans influence. Calling on the iconic Preservation Hall Jazz Band to provide brass, Bedouin tap into the flamboyant tradition of brass band parades and the result is a horn-heavy, jazz-inspired track that draws from its historic surroundings.
Formed in 2001 and named after Israeli dub artist/producer Badawi’s 1996 release, debut album ‘Root Fire’ (2001) received critical acclaim before sophomore album ‘Sounding a Mosaic’ (2004) sent the band global, culminating in a series of sold-out shows and festival appearances around the world. The album featured the smash hit single ‘When The Night Feels My Song’, produced by punk-hardcore royalty Darryl Jenifer of Bad Brains, and the band went on to pick up their first JUNO Award in 2006 for Canada’s Best New Group, along with numerous accolades around Europe.
Follow-up album ‘Street Gospels’ (2007) earned a ‘Pop Album of the Year’ nomination and ‘Video of the Year’ nomination for the single ‘Walls Fall Down’ at the 2008 JUNO’s as well as three Much Music Video Award nominations for their video for ‘Until We Burn in the Sun’ in 2009.
Bedouin Soundclash released their fourth studio album ‘Light the Horizon’ in 2010. Produced by legendary DJ and Philadelphia-based musicologist King Britt, the album included the singles ‘Mountain Top’, ‘Elongo’ and ‘Brutal Hearts’ which featured French-Canadian singer-songwriter Coeur de pirate.
Bedouin Soundclash have toured all over the world and have shared the stage with the likes of No Doubt, Ben Harper, Damian Marley, The Roots, The Interrupters, Gogol Bordello, Bad Brains and Thievery Corporation among many others.
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