Premiere: Cassels ‘Indigene’ + ‘Tracked In Mud’ The Making Of Video – New Album Drops 7th March

Attention, Cassels fans! The electrifying noise-rock duo is back with a bang, and we’ve got something special lined up just for you. Not only are the Beck brothers, Jim and Loz, gearing up to drop their brand-new album, but today The Shaman is thrilled to premiere the powerhouse lead single in the form of Indigene.

Cassels - Photo by Helen Messenger
Cassels – Photo by Helen Messenger

Entitled Tracked In Mud, this eight-track opus drops on 7th March through the highly respected and ethical record label Human Worth. Not only will this album blow your mind, but a portion of the proceeds will go to community food hub The Hornbeam Centre, making it music with a mission. The best part? Pre-sales are live right now over on Bandcamp, so don’t delay and reserve your copy today after immersing yourself in the near four minutes of mind-melting sonics that is Indigene.

But wait, there’s more! We’re taking you behind the curtain for an exclusive look at the creative chaos behind Cassels’ remote recording process. Ever wondered how these noiseniks master their explosive sound? Now is your chance to find out. Hit play below and engulf yourself in The Making Of video for Tracked In Mud. From raw ideas to final takes, this is your front-row seat to the artistry, experimentation and pure grit that fuels the duo’s sound. Don’t just listen to it… experience it…

More On ‘Tracked In Mud’ & Cassels

Tracked In Mud comes three years after the duo’s critically acclaimed album A Gut Feeling. Close to burnout from heavy touring, the brothers Beck returned to their Harringay warehouse practice space. Jim, tired of his last record’s overtures at pop culture, got very into Converge. New songs came: heavy, and weird.

Gone are the sharp-tongued character sketches, replaced with a heady cocktail of philosophy and body horror. Ditched, too, are the flirtations with mid-aughts indie rock and electro. On Tracked in Mud, we’re treated to something bigger. Wilder. More… elemental. This is a record about humanity’s disconnection from nature, after all.

Cassels - Photo by Helen Messenger
Cassels – Photo by Helen Messenger

When the time was right, the Beck’s brought in Alex Petersen – aka Nyquist Noise, aka avant-rock demiurge Vincent Vocoder Voice – to produce the new record, for the first time since their debut EP. After two weeks of isolation, the three emerged with Tracked In Mud: a soundtrack to life in the final days of an arrogant, technocratic hellscape.

Ushered in by the honking of geese, punctuated by field noise, Tracked In Mud is an album at odds with society, routine, and other man-made things. It bludgeons you with boulders, invites you to float like mist across meadows choked with weeds – presenting a thrilling vision of what heavy music can be.

Cassels 'Tracked In Mud' Artwork
Cassels ‘Tracked In Mud’ Artwork

Brighton-based charitable label Human Worth have pressed up a limited edition run of Eco-Mix Vinyl, packed in a stunning sleeve with luxurious reverse board outers, heavyweight insert and poly-lined inners, with 10% of all proceeds donated to community food hub and distribution network The Hornbeam Centre.

Tracked In Mud Tracklist:
01. Nine Circles
02. Here Exits Creator
03. …And Descends
04. Formaldehyde Time
05. Every Castle’s Crumbling King
06. Two Dancing Tongues
07. Indigene
08. Nature Hates A Vacuum

Cassels is:
Jim Beck: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Piano
Loz Beck: Drums, Vocals, Percussion

The duo will also be hitting the road on the below dates with Pure Adult:

7th March – BE – Arlon, Entrepot
8th March – DE – Hamburg, MS Stubnitz
10th March – NO – Stavanger, Folken
11th March – NO – Bergen, Landmark
12th March – NO – Oslo, Revolver
13th March – SE – Stockholm, HUS7
14th March – DK – Copenhagen, Råhuset
15th March – DE – Berlin, Schokoladen
17th March – NL – Breda, Mezz
18th March – BE – Brussels, AB
19th March – NL – Nijmegen, Merleyn
20th March – FR – Paris, Supersonic
21st March – UK – Brighton, Daltons
22nd March – UK – London, Two Palms

Tracked In Mud, the latest long-player from the noisenik duo Cassels, is set to be released on 7th March through Human Worth with pre-sales being live right now over on Bandcamp.

Label: Human Worth
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