We've been itching to give you a first taste of REW&lt;&lt;'s forthcoming sophomore album <em>Olive Skinned, Silver Tongued Sirens Sing Swan Songs </em>and we're relieved to say the time for itching is over! 'The Lights in the Sands of Katumpkale' is an evocative instrumental miniature – a window into Ryan E. Weber’s kaleidoscopic musical universe. Insistently plucked and bowed strings weave and coalesce around Weber’s effected vocals, creating a kind of surreal neo-classical pop. The accompanying music video, shot on Super 8 and transferred to VHS tape, deepens the song’s mystifying and avant-garde allure as the camera cuts between the body parts of an eerie, white-faced figure moving in black space.

‘The Lights in the Sands of Katumpkale’ is available now as a free download and stream. Check out the video on YouTube and Vimeo. <em>Olive Skinned, Silver Tongued Sirens Sing Swan Songs </em>will be released through Hidden Shoal on 16th July 2015. Find out more about REW&lt;&lt; <a title="REW&lt;&lt;" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/rew/">here</a>.

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16th July 2015