Mzylkypop - Threnodies and Ad hocs (2024) [Hi-Res]

'Threnodies and Ad hocs', the second album by Mzylkypop, with Michael Somerset Ward once more firmly at the helm, follows an individual and beautifully crafted path. But this time around, while the striking Polish chanteuse Sylwia Anna Drwal features on the opening "Threnodies" song cycle, the following "Ad hocs" sequence is voiced by a who's who of avant pop characters. Including Adi Newton (Clock DVA), David Was (Was Not Was), Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire) and Pete Hope (The Box) are heard on a succession of tracks all of which genuinely push the sonic and structural boundaries of what we call "pop".
Mzylkypop's debut release on Discus Music, "Kiedy Wilki Zawyja?" was reviewed in The Wire by Dickon Edwards: "This giddy avant pop affair is rather more avant than pop, with a large backing band of musicians steeped in the stylings of early 1970s psychedelia, mutant prog, free jazz saxophone solos, slinky blues and moody spy soundtracks"

Michael Somerset: vocals, keys, woodwind, percussion
Sylwia Anna Drwal, Adi Newton, Pete Hope, Stephen Mallinder, David Was, Julia Calvo, Vina Figueroa: vocals
Rachel Edmonson: vocals, tenor saxophone
David Lewin: keys, guitar, drums
Matt Bourne: electra-piano
Dave Kuratsu: keys
Dean Honer: synthesizer
Philippe Clegg: bass guitar
Seth Bennett: double bass
Peter Fairclough, Adam Fairclough: drums
Martin Archer: tenor sax, saxello
Andres Figueroa: tenor sax, flute
Maarten Ornstein: bass clarinet
Charlie Collins: percussion
Karl D'Silva , Tom Wax: guitar
Beatrix Ward Fernandez: violin

Tracklist:
1.01 - Mzylkypop - A Blood Red Prayer (0:14)
1.02 - Mzylkypop - Witches In These Parts (3:53)
1.03 - Mzylkypop - Snake Anima (4:06)
1.04 - Mzylkypop - Spiked (4:15)
1.05 - Mzylkypop - Bez Imienia (2:31)
1.06 - Mzylkypop - A Blood Red Prayer (Continuum) (0:13)
1.07 - Mzylkypop - Future Cartography (6:49)
1.08 - Mzylkypop - Far From God (2:57)
1.09 - Mzylkypop - Doomerati (6:57)
1.10 - Mzylkypop - Trophy Wives (3:20)
1.11 - Mzylkypop - A Blood Red Prayer (Conclusion) (0:38)
1.12 - Mzylkypop - My Room (3:42)