Garden City Movement Announce Debut Album ‘Apollonia’

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Garden City Movement announce their debut album ‘Apollonia’, set for release on 16th March 2018.

The trio of Roy Avital, Yoav Saar and Johnny Sharoni produce a blend of sounds drawn from their diverse cultural worlds; ranging from art-pop to experimental house to horizontally-aligned vibes. Since surfacing at the close of 2013 with their breakout track ‘Move On’, Garden City Movement have released ‘Entertainment’ and ‘Bengali Cinema’ EPs, the ‘Modern West’ 12” in collaboration with The Vinyl Factory, climbed the Hype Machine Popular Chart with multiple singles, recorded live sessions for Boiler Room, Majestic Casual and FACT, opened for Bonobo, Caribou, Alt-J and played all over the world. The band’s music video for ‘Move On’ received a nomination for Best Music Video at the LA Film Festival, won “Best Video of The Year” at the MTV Israel Music Awards and the video for ‘She’s So Untouchable’ screened at Raindance Film Festival in London.

Recording through 2017 at their studio in Tel Aviv, Garden City Movement took the time to explore their sound as a band. From the combination of dream-like vocals and cinematic-RnB in singles ‘Slightly All The Time’ ‘Before I Fall’ and ‘A Means To An End’ to the leftfield four-four of ‘Mediterranea’ and ‘Sans Titre’ or the ethereal jazz of ‘I Knew Before I Met Her (That One Day I Would Lose Her)’ and worldly influences of the title track – the heightened craft in their production is firmly felt across the album’s 18 tracks.

“After releasing three EPs, which each had a very tight deadline, recording the album has been a chance to grow. It’s the first time we have been able to really take the time and experiment a lot in the studio; try to develop and deepen our language, come up with new sounds, and take our techniques even further”.
– Garden City Movement

The album takes a darker path lyrically; exploring the breakdown of a fading relationship and the depression, loneliness and abuse that follows. While not explicit, this melancholy grounds the album in the real world. The fusion of forward facing production and confessional account of human-interaction frames an emotional and honest album of modern soul music.

“A gregarious, dancefloor-primed attitude” Pitchfork
“Rising stars” FACT
“Deconstructed, R&B-splashed electro” Stereogum
“Softly seductive” i-D
“Laden with pop potential” Clash
“Dazzling” Boiler Room
“Alt R&B textures” Consequence Of Sound

Tour dates:
Mon 19 March – Häkken, Hamburg
Wed 21 March – Badehaus, Berlin
Fri 23 March – Between the Beats Festival – Burghof, Lörrach
Sat 24 March – Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg
Sun 25 March – Ampere, Munich
Tue 27 March – 1999, Paris
Wed 28 March- Paradiso Upstairs, Amsterdam
Fri 30 March – Birthdays, London
Sat 31 – Sofar Sounds, London
Wed 4 April – Moby Dick, Madrid
Wed 5 April – Razzmatazz3, Barcelona

Garden City Movement ‘Apollonia’
Release Date: 16th March 2018
Label: Night Time Stories
Format: 2xLP // CD // Digital
Cat No: ALNLP48 // ALNCD48 // ALND48

Tracklist:
1. Again
2. Passion Is A Dying Theme
3. Before I Fall
4. Ueno Park
5. Slightly All The Time
6. A Means To An End
7. I Knew Before I Met Her (That One Day I Would Lose Her)
8. Rini
9. Foreign Affair
10. For Tomorrow
11. What If You Can’t Win?
12. Now
13. Bitter Moon
14. Zaïre
15. Mediterranea
16. Apollonia
17. Sans Titre
18. Santal 33

Launched in 2013, Night Time Stories is Late Night Tales’ sister label for original artist releases. The label hosts a family of artists creating a timeless and diverse array of sounds, connected by a common thread of authenticity. Releases have featured the likes of Khruangbin, Rae & Christian and new Bristol artist Chaouche.

http://nighttimestories.co.uk