The Cult - G O A T

THE CULT have released "G O A T", the brand new single taken from the latest album "Hidden City".

The final installment in a trilogy of recordings, completing 2007's "Born Into This" ("The Fall") and 2012's "Choice Of Weapon" ("Dark Night of the Soul"), "Hidden City" is a tightly woven series of experience and visions with underlying themes of redemption and rebirth threaded through THE CULTs visceral music. Astbury's signature baritone and blood-soaked lyrics paired with Duffy's smouldering, textured guitar tones, create a musical environment that is fearless and peerless.

"Hidden City is a metaphor for our spiritual lives, our intimate interior lives," explains Astbury. "I find today's gurus are trying to peddle some cure, product or insight as if it's a new phenomenon. My place is to respond, not react, to observe, participate and share through words and music. There is no higher authority than the heart."

THE CULT is:
Ian Astbury (vocals),
Billy Duffy (guitars),
John Tempesta (drums),
Grant Fitzpatrick (bass),
Damon Fox (keyboards, rhythm guitar).

Today's tune "G O A T" is taken from THE CULTs latest release.



ALIVE IN THE HIDDEN CITY TOUR 2016 – NORTH AMERICA

4/5/16 - Boston, MA - Shubert Theater
4/6/16 - Huntington, NY - The Paramount
4/8/16 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
4/9/16 - Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theater
4/10/16 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore
4/12/16 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
4/14/16 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
4/15/16 - St. Petersburg, FL - Mahaffey Theater
4/16/16 - Miami, FL - The Fillmore Miami Beach
4/19/16 - MEXICO CITY w/ Guns n' Roses - Foro Sol
4/20/16 - MEXICO CITY w/ Guns n' Roses -Foro Sol

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The Cult - Hidden City

New Week, time to introduce "Record Of The Week"

"Hidden City" is the tenth studio album by the The British gothic rockers THE CULT. "Hidden City" was released on February 5, 2016. It will be the final part of a trilogy that began with "Born into This" (2007) and the second was "Choice of Weapon" (2012) and the band's first album with bassist Grant Fitzpatrick, making it THE CULTs first album since their 1994 self-titled album not to feature Chris Wyse. It also marks the fifth time Bob Rock had produced a CULT album.

"Hidden City" is like the Atlantis island, an forgotten gem, lost in the ocean. The album has an incredible joy that should be virtually blown away by now, over three decades have passed and "Hidden City" climbs up to one of top 3 CULT albums in my opinion. This album have a great confident and artistically musicality that blows me away! Is this the same band that I loved in my youth?

First tune on the record "Dark Energy", an excellent choice for the first track. Drummer John Tempesta's tom toms starts with a tripping tribal drum beat until Duffy's guitars sneaks up in the right speaker before it gets in stereo, his post-gothic-electric riffs is recognized in seconds and hit's you like a stone brick, before Astbury enters the stage with his charismatic vocals. The album sparkles and turns both here and there, tunes like "No Love Lost", "Dance The Night", "Hinderland", "Deeply Ordered Chaos" goes more in the typical classic CULT manner while tunes like "G O A T" is pretty busy, dirty and far out and the slow and beauty "In Blood" and "Birds of Paradise". "Avalanche of Light" have a nice vocal melody part as well as "Lilies". The driving beat of "Heathens" and the ballad "Sound and Fury" ends the record, where the last tune allows Astbury to be standing a few meters in front of the band and sing with his hole soul.

Summery: "Hidden City" is done with a great confident along with excellent musicians, it's a great piece of work!

Today's tune is with THE CULT that performs "Dark Energy" at Pacific Beat Recordings in San Diego, California at a 91X X-session.



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The Cult - Hinterland

The British gothic rockers THE CULT is going to release their tenth studio album "Hidden City" on February 5, 2016. It will be the final part of a trilogy that began with "Born into This" (2007) and the second was "Choice of Weapon" (2012) and the band's first album with bassist Grant Fitzpatrick, making it THE CULTs first album since their 1994 self-titled album not to feature Chris Wyse. It also marks the fifth time Bob Rock had produced a CULT album.

They gained a dedicated following in the UK in the mid-1980s as a post-punk/gothic rock band with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking mainstream in the US in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as "Love Removal Machine" and "Fire Woman". The band fuse a "heavy metal revivalist" sound with the "pseudo-mysticism ... of the DOORS and the guitar-orchestrations of LED ZEPPELIN ... while adding touches of post-punk goth rock". Since their earliest form in Bradford during 1981, the band have had various line-ups; the longest-serving members are vocalist Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy, the band's two songwriters.

 

"Hidden City" is available for pre-order now on Limited Edition Blood Archive Edition White 180gm Double Vinyl, Black 180gm Double Vinyl, CD & Digital from the below:

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Today's tune "Hinterland" is taken from the upcoming album "Hidden City". The Video was directed by Juan Azulay and produced by Ian Astbury



Upcoming dates for ALIVE IN THE HIDDEN CITY UK TOUR 2016

February
Thurs 25th BRISTOL, Colston Hall
Fri 26th MANCHESTER, Albert Hall
Sat 27th LONDON, Brixton O2 Academy
Mon 29th NOTTINGHAM, Rock City

March
Tues 1st BIRMINGHAM, HMV Institute
Thurs 3rd ABERDEEN, Music Hall
Fri 4th GLASGOW, Barrowlands
Sat 5th DUBLIN, Vicar Street
Sun 6th BELFAST, Mandella Hall
Tues 8th LEEDS, University
Wed 9th NEWCASTLE, City Hall
Thurs 10th NORWICH, UEA For US dates, check here http://thecult.us/main/shows/

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