Fireworker

For nearly twenty years, Gazpacho have reigned as the kings of atmospheric and affective art rock. Their latest observation, Fireworker, is no exception. Conceptually, the album follows the band's tradition of blending grand philosophical quandaries, stimulating literary leanings, and haunting personal turmoil. In a way, it acts as the culmination of the themes and techniques that've decorated earlier collections, combining the fatalistic isolation of 'Night' and 'Missa Atropos'; the ill-fated narrative drama of 'Tick Tock' and 'Soyuz'; and the hefty theological/scientific contemplations of 'Demon' and 'Molok'. Beyond that, its central premise (that humanity has always been controlled by an infallible and omniscient creature determined to propagate at any cost) means that Fireworker comes across like the overarching umbrella under which all its predecessors occur.

'Fireworker' will be presented as a digipak CD with a 16-page colour booklet and as a gatefold double LP on 140g black vinyl, with three sides of audio and the fourth side as an art etching.