The Light the Dead See
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| Studio album by Soulsavers | ||||
| Released | 21 May 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 12 November 2010 in Los Angeles, New York, London, Berlin, Sydney & Stoke-on-Trent | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, blues rock, acoustic rock, electronica | |||
| Label | V2 Records, Mute US | |||
| Producer | The Soulsavers | |||
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| NME | (8/10) |
| Spin | (8/10) |
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| Uncut | (7/10) |
The Light the Dead See is the fourth full-length studio album from English electronica production duo Soulsavers, released by V2 Records in the UK on 21 May 2012, and by Mute in the US on 22 May 2012. The album title comes from a poem by Frank Stanford The album is a collaboration with Dave Gahan, the frontman of Depeche Mode, as guest vocalist. Gahan sings and has also written lyrics to all non-instrumental songs on the album.
All lyrics written by Dave Gahan; all music composed by Rich Machin, Ian Glover.
The album was released as CD and digital download on 21 May 2012. The LP version was delayed to 2 July 2012, due to quality problems in the vinyl pressing.
The first single taken from the album, "Longest Day", was released as digital download on 2 April 2012. A limited etched 7" vinyl version of the single, with only 300 copies pressed, was released on Record Store Day 20 April 2012.
The second single "Take Me Back Home" was released as digital download on 20 August 2012. An official music video was released from the track, directed by High 5 Collective. The video doesn't feature the artists themselves, but a story of life and loss.
Originally there were no plans to tour in support of the album, since Dave Gahan was going to the studio late March 2012 to start working on the next Depeche Mode record. However, the band played an invite-only "secret show" at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles on 21 July 2012. According to Depeche Mode manager, Jonathan Kessler, further one-off shows are possible. The full set of seven songs at Capitol was recorded and the 30-minute concert video "Live in Hollywood" has been streaming exclusively at the Rolling Stone website since 13 December 2012. According to Rich Machin, it will be available as a limited edition DVD in Europe early 2013.
Soulsavers premiered a music video for the track 'Take' . It was released on 28 February 2013 via Clash Music. The video was directed by filmmaker Bernhard Wittich.
The album received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 11 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
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