Roll the Dice on The Leaf Label - new album upcoming
The Leaf Label , that wonderful English independent (Efterklang, Oh No Ono, Murcof, Colleen etc.), announced a new signing earlier in the year, the Stockholm duo Roll the Dice , who are Malcolm Pardon and Peder Mannerfelt. Their first album for Leaf, second in all, comes out next month, it's called In dust . As a teaser/trailer for the album, there's a fascinating piece of film made by Frode Fjerdingstad . You can watch below - it's like some futuristic Sergio Leone western, shot by Nic Roeg, with a script by Cormac McCarthy and a foreboding soundtrack of electronic rumbles and whines. Roll The Dice - In Dust from Roll The Dice on Vimeo . So far, I've just heard a couple of bits and pieces from the album, including its last track See you Monday . That's a fantastic blend of Steve Reich -like piano repetitions and Kratfwerk -style kosmische, with a great fuzzy, pulsing synth heartbeat. You'll have to wait another while to hear it, but the band have put toge...