Maven Grace has released their latest single titled ‘No Music’ from their upcoming album ‘Surface with a Smile’ dropping next month via Helium Records.
‘No Music’ is the new single and video from UK dreampop duo Maven Grace; the third single lifted from their forthcoming second album, Surface with a Smile (Helium Records). Darker in tone than the album’s previous singles, with ‘No Music’, Maven Grace (Henry Jack and Mary Home) shed light and pay tribute to the courage and tenacity of musicians driven underground by oppressive regimes. Henry Jack observes:
“There are places in the world where music is forbidden. That is a terrifying thought, and this song is dedicated to all the brave musicians who risk their lives to keep playing under impossible conditions.”
The deliberate mash-up of Eastern scales, European strings, and Latin American horns underlines the universal nature of music; while the pastoral eeriness of Syd Barrett-era Floyd rubs up against the energy and desperation of Rachid Taha’s Algerian rai and chaabi traditions. Perhaps on the surface, a dark and exotic psychedelia emerges from this pairing of eclectic musical traditions with themes of a perilous, clandestine existence. But this reading would belie the song’s true underlying message, of endurance and hope, as Henry continues:
“The song asks ‘Where do you think this will end?’ but the question is rhetorical. The forces of hate and oppression are always defeated in the end. As David Crosby once said, music is love.”
“The question is not only rhetorical. It also hints at a deeper truth, because music is constantly evolving and, in fact, endless.”
For their upcoming second album, Surface with a Smile, Maven Grace collaborators reprising roles from the debut outing, Sleep Standing Up, include co-producer Chris ‘Merrick’ Hughes (Adam & The Ants, Tears for Fears); multi-instrumentalist Tom White (Electric Soft Parade, Brakes, The Waeve); violinist Diana Galvydyte (the Lithuanian Philharmonic); and bassist Charlie Jones (Goldfrapp, The Cult, Vamberator, Siouxsie Sioux, Shelleyan Orphan, Robert Plant). New to the fold are drummers Clive Deamer (Portishead, Radiohead) and Marcus Efstratiou (Hook & The Twin, Psychid); Craig Chapman on French horn; and mixing engineers Sam Petts-Davies (Radiohead, The Smile, Michael Kiwanuka, Frank Ocean) and Simon Willey (who also plays Omnichord, Witchshifter and Bizzy Fizzy).
SOURCE: Official Bio
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https://www.instagram.com/mavengracemusic/
https://jam2.me/mavengrace
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT1tQErzctsorz2JrnNsqFQ