Ben Frost's New Album 'The Centre Cannot Hold' Out on Mute 9/29

BEN FROST has announced details of his fifth studio album, The Centre Cannot Hold, out September 29 on Mute. The Centre Cannot Hold was recorded over ten days by Steve Albini in Chicago. The music exists not in space, but in a space; it is a document of an event, of a room, and of the composer within it. It is music that is not fully controlled and appears to be anxiously, often violently competing against its creator.

An exercise in limitation and chromatic saturation, The Centre Cannot Hold is an attempt at transcribing a spectrum of glowing ultramarine into sound.

Accompanying this announcement is the video for "Threshold Of Faith," the opening cut from the new album. This arresting visual offering is a new collaboration shot in the winter of 2016 in Reykjavík, Iceland with conceptual documentary photographer Richard Mosse and cinematographer Trevor Tweeten. Watch here.

Ben Frost released Threshold Of Faith, a seven-track 12" and digital EP, last month. Pitchfork describes the track title track as "moving from heroic vistas into a garbled, snow-blinded melee. Distant choral pads, a glistening upper-register sheen, submerged piano, and groaning harmonies all stack up into a geologic crescendo that extends into infinity," while The 405 describe the EP as "scorching and beautiful."

Ben Frost embarks on a tour in autumn starting on September 25 in Essen, Germany, with a London date at the Electric Brixton on October 5, full details below.

THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD TRACKLISTING

1. Threshold Of Faith
2. A Sharp Blow In Passing
3. Trauma Theory
4. A Single Hellfire Missile Costs $100,000
5. Eurydice's Heel
6. Meg Ryan Eyez
7. Ionia
8. Healthcare
9. All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated

10. Entropy In Blue

BEN FROST EUROPEAN LIVE DATES

September 25 - Essen, Germany - Maschinenhaus / Zeche Carl

September 29 - Brussels, Belgium - Bozar

October 4 - Paris, France - Le Trianon Biennale Nemo Paris

October 5 - London, England - Electric Brixton

October 6 - Berlin, Germany - Funkhaus

October 8 - Madrid, Spain - La Riviera

October 18 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Amsterdam Dance Event, Muziekgebouw

October 21 - Prague, Czech Republic - Lunchmeat Festival

October 28 - Manchester, England - Transformer 2 Festival

November 3 - Turin, Italy - Club2Club Festival

November 11 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Le Guess Who Festival

More dates to be added, follow Ben Frost at the links below for the latest details.

Listen to the Threshold of Faith EP

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