Magnificent New Mexican dream pop exponents duo Tan Cologne recently announced their third studio album ‘Unknown Beyond’ for release on 20 June via Labrador Records, which is enough good news to put a spring in the step. To add to the anticipation, they have just released the second single ‘Infinity’ off the album and the upwards trajectory for this band continues into the heavens.
‘Infinity’ has an hypnotic shuffle with the crystalline patter of percussion and a repeating, ominous cycle as the vocals hover above the fray, dreamy and ethereal. There is a darkness at the heart of the incandescent shimmer – a psychedelic frisson that is ghostly and alien and typical of the Tan Cologne sound that seems to feed off an extraterrestrial muse. The duo say of the track:
‘Infinity’ is about an endless drift into the infinite. The lyrics “All pass through known” evoking comfort of knowing we all enter and leave, though the definitive dimension is the unknown beyond. We understand the passage through physical form, and take into account the infinite depth outside of our comprehension.
The accompanying video is suitable enigmatic noir experience:
Our music video circles a day or dissolving timeline of a man on a walk and how he finds himself in a meditative drift with a horse, and then returns to the beginning and also the end. Filmed in Taos, New Mexico by Tan Cologne with friend Ricardo de Jesus Tejeda and horse, Lupita.
There is something affectingly surreal about the track and the video: transfixing, mesmerising and slightly discombobulating, a delicious immersion without the assistance of chemicals:
Breathtakingly ethereal. ‘Infinity’ is out now.
‘Unknown Beyond’ will be released on 20 June via Labrador records. Pre-order here and through the link below.
According to the duo, it is a cerebral record that echoes and shimmers with realms of the unseen, borderlands, and supernatural connection.
We looked for signs and signals during the recording process. If we saw a shooting star, imagined a fire burning on a hill, or remembered an old satellite dish in someone’s yard, we explored that lyrically. Those visual guides became our pathways to the album. They were the signs to move forward.
This is reflection of the due’s deep seated connection to the land and the universe above.
The band will also be playing across Europe this May supporting Trentemøller, as well as an artist residency in Marfa, Texas – dates below.
Tan Cologne live dates:
May 17 – Patronaat Haarlem, Haarlem, Netherlands w/ Trentemøller
May 18 – Le Cargö, Caen, France w/ Trentemøller
May 19 – L’Aéronef, Lille, France w/ Trentemøller
May 20 – Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands w/ Trentemøller
May 21 – De Roma, Antwerp, Belgium w/ Trentemøller
May 23 – Tan Cologne at Milena Silvano Studio “Inner Space Together” (RSVP special performance) London, England
June 20 – Do Right Hall at Wrong, Marfa, TX, USA
July 26 – Solar Center, Taos, NM, USA w/ Gold Celeste, Vinyl Williams
September 11 – Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM w/ Diatom Deli, Luke Schneider
