The Forms - Southern Ocean / Head Underwater 7
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The Forms - Southern Ocean / Head Underwater 7
$0.00 + Optional Donation ($15 suggested)
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Southern Ocean / Head Underwater 7” is the new single from New York duo The Forms. The release is the first taste of The Forms long awaited third album, due for release next year and recorded by the legendary Steve Albini. These new releases from The Forms follow their Pitchfork lauded debut ‘Icarus’ and their critically acclaimed, self-titled sophomore album.
The meticulously crafted leftfield pop that The Forms create is at once both infectious and intriguing. Unflinching musical experimentalism is stretched to the brink of pop immediacy, resulting in hands in the air anthems rendered with crisp, hyper-realistic precision.
Head Underwater is accompanied by a video directed by Bo Mirosseni, documenting a day in the life of a shaman in a quasi-post-apocalyptic world. Southern Ocean serendipitously arrives just as National Geographic cartographers announce that the swift current circling Antarctica is worthy of their own name: the Southern Ocean. The 7” vinyl includes the B side, Metadance, for an additional hint of the band’s upcoming record.
Pressing Information
Limited run of 300 7" with jackets hand-screened in Rockaway Beach, NYC.
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