'We are delighted to announce that lead singer Mr. Bruce has fully recovered from his broken metatarsal and The Correspondents will now release their new single 'Well Measured Vice' on January 28th.
South London duo The Correspondents (aka Mr. Bruce and Chucks) return with their brand new single ‘Well Measured Vice’ due for release on January 28th. The single is accompanied by a bespoke animated video that was three months in the making. It was hand-drawn to over 2232 frames by Mr. Bruce himself, whilst he was recovering from a broken metatarsal.
Forming in 2007 The Correspondents quickly burst onto the scene in a whirl of sweat and spandex, picking up plaudits across the board for their frenetic genre-hopping breed of electronica and incendiary live shows, replete with outrageous outfits, travelators and infra-red sensored light boxes (earning them the Telegraph’s Top 10 Glastonbury highlights two years in a row). Since then, they have wowed audiences large and small everywhere: from Glastonbury, The Secret Garden Party, Bestival and Lovebox through to Kensington Palace, The Tower Of London, Shambala and Silencio in Paris to name a few.
New track ‘Well Measured Vice’ is powerful statement of intent. Organs, guitars and horns are punctuated by toe-tapping 60 ’s beats and mesmerising vocals creating a unique sound that is as arresting to the feet as it is to the ear. Essentially an anti-prohibition anthem against contemporary East London censorship laws, Mr. Bruce proclaims ‘what is life, what is life without well measured vice’ and who can argue with that! On the flip remixes come courtesy of Featurecast who gives it the Electro then Dub treatment whilst Chucks himself delivers a bombastic Glitch-Hop banger guaranteed to destroy any dance floor.
500 limited edition 10-inch vinyl’s of ‘Well Measured Vice’ will be released on January 28th, each will be numbered and contain a bespoke hand drawn illustration by Mr. Bruce. The 500 images will then be made into a 40second animated video. Their debut album is due out in early 2013.
LIVE DATES:
December 01 – Cable – London
December 02 – Val Thorens – France
December 07 – Music Box – Lisbon
December 15 – RoXX – Southampton
December 22 – Hinterhof Bar – Basel – Switzerland
December 31 – Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes – London
December 31 – Hootananny – London
January 11 – Energia – Bucharest, Romania
January 12 – Boiler Club – Cluj, Romania
January 18 – By Way of Paradise – London
January 19 – Concorde 2, Brighton
January 26 – Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
February 08 – Bussey Building – London
February 09 – The Winchester – Bounemouth
February 16 – Motion – Bristol
March 09 – WOMADelaide – Adelaide, Australia
March 10 – WOMADelaide – Adelaide, Australia
March 13 – Speigel Tent – Melbourne, Australia
March 15 – Womad New Zealand
March 16 – Womad New Zealand
March 22 – Moscow, Russia
March 30 – Oberhof, Germany
Published on 27 November 2012 by Wayne Feltham
