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We recently shared the news that the nine-piece ensemble Shovel Dance Collective are to release their second full-length and first studio-recorded album, The Shovel Dance, on October 11th through American Dreams. They led the way with “The Merry Golden Tree”, which was our Song of the Day, and return now for a stunning and beautifully moving final preview of their album with The Rolling Wave, which is accompanied by a video directed by Tom Hardwick-Allan.
The collective shared how director Tom Hardwick-Allan captured the dreamlike visual accompaniment: “Wielding a stolen monocular to track the descent of a recent tour, here the idea of the sea is almost seen through the grey rain on the ridge we walked over. Image as light then re-projected onto a sheet that dances like a sail in the weather.”
Expanding further on their rendition of the traditional Irish song itself, the collective offers: “Not all tunes are mimetic, but ‘The Rolling Wave’ always felt so. Not only in the liquid nature of its melody but also in how we have rendered it again and again, wave after wave. It is one of our most-played instrumentals, and one that has most slowly altered over time, cresting here in its momentary fullness.”
Don’t miss their upcoming tour dates, including a three-day residency at London’s Cafe OTO and an appearance at Denmark’s Alter Festival (more dates below).
The Shovel Dance is out on October 11 (American Dreams)
Pre-order via Bandcamp: https://shoveldancecollective.bandcamp.com/album/the-shovel-dance
Rough Trade (Vinyl)
The Shovel Dance Tracklisting
01 Abbots Bromley Horn Dance / The Worms Crept Out
02 The Merry Golden Tree
03 O’Sullivan’s March
04 The Rolling Wave
05 Kissing’s Nae Sin / Newcastle / Portsmouth (Come, Come, My Brave Boys)
06 Four Loom Weaver
07 The Grey Cock
Upcoming Shovel Dance Collective Shows
14 September – Alter Festival, Aarhus, Denmark
20 September – Ultima Festival, Oslo, Norway
19 October – The Tin, Coventry, UK
20 November – HCMF, Huddersfield, UK
21 November – Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, UK
22 November – St Mary Magdalene Church, Clitheroe, UK
23 November – Where Else?, Margate, UK
24 November – The Con Club, Lewes, UK
5, 6, 7 December – Cafe OTO, London, UK (Residency)
