Memorials – Wildly Remote
MEMORIALS, Electrelane frontwoman Verity Susman and Wire guitarist Matthew Simms, follow their acclaimed first two singles “Cut Glass Hammer” and “In The Weeds” with their third track “Wildly Remote.”
The song is the latest single to be released from their new album All Clouds Bring Not Rain out March 27 on Fire Records.
“Wildly Remote” reveals a completely different side to the band. It is an enchanting folk song that swerves into an unexpected saxophone-tape-loop solo before the final verse returns: delicate and edgy, playful and intense.
The band’s Matthew Simms says, “We started this song in a really cliched way – in a sound check! It was at a memorable gig in Brest, a beautiful port town on the western-most tip of France. Brittany has embraced us and we love playing there! We wanted to try to capture, on the recording, an intimacy and atmosphere that we have found to be an important part of playing live, when in amongst the noisier outbursts come quiet, gentle moments. It’s the juxtaposition of the two and the twists and turns we take between them that we hope keep things interesting!”
With the album sounding like an unearthed lost classic, MEMORIALS twist their influences into their own unmistakable sound. Imagine Nico singing with Can produced by David Axelrod and you’re somewhere in the right ballpark… for a song or two at least! The record draws inspiration from a wide range of music including folk, dub, post punk, experimental tape music, 60s soul, garage rock, 70s spiritual jazz and Canterbury prog.
Recorded mostly in a studio in a barn secluded deep in the woods in southwestern France, new album All Clouds Bring Not Rain is imbued with the sense of freedom that experience evokes. The duo of Verity Susman and Matthew Simms locked themselves away and re-emerged with an unusual record that is both melodic and unconventional. For such an ambitious album it’s striking that it was written, performed, recorded and mixed solely by the two of them. Their attention to detail in their sound meant finding several other studios to get what they needed to record with, including a harpsichord at 4AD’s studio in London and a vibraphone and vintage Leslie speaker in Stereolab drummer Andy Ramsay’s studio Press Play.
Having spent the first half of 2025 composing the soundtrack to an acclaimed documentary about Kate Bush which hit TV screens in the fall, the band recorded All Clouds Bring Not Rain in the summer before setting off on tour with Stereolab across the U.S.
The band will be touring in UK and Europe from April before playing shows in North American with Holy F*ck in May. The upcoming North American run will include shows in Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, West Hollywood, Las Vegas and more.
Tour Dates
April 08 – Le Hasard Ludique, Paris, France
April 09 – Le Tangram, Évreux, France
April 10 – Variations Festival, Nantes, France, w/ Einstürzende Neubauten
April 11 – Calm, Limoges, France
April 12 – La Petite Populaire, La Réole, France
April 14 – Le Consortium, Dijon, France
April 15 – Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France, w/ Bibi Club
April 22 – The Croft, Bristol, UK
April 23 – Little Bully, Oxford, UK
April 24 – Prince Albert, Brighton, UK
April 26 – Heartbreakers, Southampton, UK
April 29 – The Lexington, London, UK
April 30 – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, UK
May 01 – The Castle Hotel, Manchester, UK
May 07 – Victoria, BC @ Wicket Hall, Canada
May 08 – Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl, Canada
May 09 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Travern, United States
May 10 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios, United States
May 12 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall, United States
May 13 – West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre, United States
May 14 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah, United States
May 15 – Las Vegas, NV @ Swan Dive Las Vegas, United States
May 16 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriets, United States
May 17 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress, United States
May 31 – Nachtasyl, Hamburg, Germany
June 01 – Kantine am Berghain, Berlin, Germany
June 02 – Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig, Germany
June 03 – Kohi, Karlsruhe, Germany
June 04 – Club Manufaktur, Schorndorf, Germany
June 05 – Bellevue Di Monaco, München, Germany
June 06 – Rotown, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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