The digital double A-side single,“Limelight” / “Longer Days, Longer Nights” by Belleruche is out 5th November on Tru Thoughts, featuring a brand new remix by rising production talentWalter Ego (Girls Music/Senseless/UTTU)alongside two killer tracks from the London trio’s latest album, ‘Rollerchain’.
“Moody new tune from Belleruche, lovin’ that… it just sounds so good” – LAUREN LAVERNE (BBC 6MUSIC)
“They seem to be getting better and better” –GILLES PETERSON (BBC 6MUSIC)
“A new, more progressive, complex and electronic sound” – 8/10 – DJ MAG
“We like it a lot…quite minimal but very endearing” – STEVE LAMACQ (BBC 6MUSIC)
“Belleruche – a great band with a great singer” – HUEY MORGAN (BBC 6MUSIC)
“An edgier, more aggressive sound… vocals impress” – CLASH
“Eccentric…creative…clever…plenty to appreciate, applaud and enjoy on this album”– BBC MUSIC
“Ohhh, I just love the mix of beats and guitar, and her vocals floating on top.” –NEMONE (BBC 6MUSIC)
“Sublime… Tru Thoughts pioneers are back in the driving seat and on top of their game”– BLUES & SOUL
This is the third single to be lifted from the ‘Rollerchain’ album, Belleruche’s fourth LP which dropped in May, introducing a more minimal, eccentric and edgy electronic element to their soulful, hip hop-tinged music; taking the band’s core elements – vocals (care of Kathrin deBoer), guitar (Ricky Fabulous) and turntables (DJ modest) – to a new level, and garnering critical acclaim along the way. The two previous singles from ‘Rollerchain’ – “Stormbird” and “16 Minutes” – have had around 200,000 YouTube hits and gained heavy radio support, including a BBC 6Music Rebel Playlist win (the band’s second) for “16 Minutes”, amid a spread of airplay from the likes of Steve Lamacq, Huey Morgan, Gilles Peterson and Nemone on 6Music, John Kennedy (XFM), and sessions for The Selector and Monocle 24.
“Limelight” is a gloriously simple, sweet-voiced pop song on which Kathrin deBoer takes centre stage atop a driving beat. By contrast, the AA side, “Longer Days, Longer Nights”, illuminates the more vulnerable and emotional side to deBoer’s lyrics against a darker, languid and lingering sub-bass echoing soundtrack, the suspense ramped up by guitarist Ricky Fabulous’ Wild West-evoking riff, all enticingly winding to a close before the timer hits three minutes. Rising star Walter Ego – recently played by Rob Da Bank and Toddla T on BBC Radio 1, among others – brings a spacey, bassy house attack to album track “Henbane”; and two further remixes, from mysterious underground producers Maurizio F and Lying Teller, twist the album cuts in new dancefloor directions.
Having spent much of 2012 touring ‘Rollerchain’ to packed crowds throughout the UK and Europe, Belleruche set out on the road again soon, with a show at London’s Forum and a slew of dates on the continent:
October 6th Belgium Antwerp, Writer’s Bench @ Arenberg
October 9th France Lyon, Ninkasi
October 10th France Strasbourg, La Laiterie
October 12th Switzerland Nyon, Usine a Gaz
October 13th Switzerland Zurich, Moods
October 16th Slovenia Ljubljana, CD Club
October 17th Slovakia Bratsislava, KC Dunaj
October 18th Hungary Budapest, A38
October 20th Bulgaria Sofia
October 27th UK London, Forum
November 6th Germany Munich, 59:1
November 7th Germany Bremen, Lila Euel
November 9th Germany Berlin, Gretchen
November 10th Germany Munster, Gleis 22
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