Following ‘Tiny Galaxies’, the first piece of their new intergalactic puzzle, legendary psych-rock troup Gong return for the second instalment from the forthcoming album Unending Ascending, out 3rd November via Kscope.
Regarding the new track, ‘All Clocks Reset’, the band had the following to say :
“Angular guitars! Pointillistic horns! Cataclysmic words! With gods and monsters on their tail, Gong insist you take a trip on the kinetic mainline to experience the dissolution of both ego and sense of self through the universal vehicle of knotty psychedelic rock. The apocalypse never felt so good.”
With a suitably cosmic video from long time live collaborator Fruit Salad Lights, ‘All Clocks Reset’ takes the mind, body and spirit into realms that only Gong can conjure.
Pre-order the album and stream ‘All Clocks Reset’ here: https://gong.lnk.to/unending
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/PVjU7LX0YiQ
Following the success of 2019’s The Universe Also Collapses, Gong‘s intergalactic voyage has once more entered Earth’s orbit with their new album Unending Ascending.
Set for release on 3rd November 2023, the new album promises another mind-expanding set of songs. Opener ‘Tiny Galaxies’ crackles with the electricity of supercharged sixties psych-pop, while ‘My Guitar Is A Spaceship’ is as close to an anthem as anything Gong have previously recorded. This uptempo, single-riff stomper is already a live favourite, garnering a positive reaction from a crowd of 90,000 Blur fans at Wembley Stadium in July 2023, when Gong frontman Kavus Torabi dropped it into his DJ set before Paul Weller took to the stage.
‘Ship of Ishtar’ is a rapt cosmic hymn where Gong make time itself stand still. Jet streams of kaleidoscopic melodies envelop ‘O, Arcturus’, to be followed by the lively polyrhythmic angularity of ‘All Clocks Reset’. ‘Choose Your Goddess’, a surprisingly muscular slice of ritualistic trance rock, ratchets up the intensity yet further. On ‘Lunar Invocation’ the band summons the Moon deities of yore with ululating feedback and squalling cymbals before the post-credits of ‘Asleep Do We Lay’ lull lugubriously, gently beginning the cycle all over again.
Gong‘s Unending Ascending will be available on CD / Black LP / Limited edition Green LP and Digitally.
Gong will be appearing alongside Ozric Tentacles on a co-headline tour throughout the UK in November/December 2023 as well as ‘The Last Blast’ Tour in 2024.
Watch Gong live:
With Ozric Tentacles:
Nov 17: Oxford, O2 Academy2
Nov 18: London, O2 Forum (w/ The Crazy World of Arthur Brown)
Nov 19: Manchester, O2 Ritz
Nov 20: Sheffield, O2 Academy2
Nov 21: Colchester, Arts Centre
Nov 23: Northampton, Roadmenders
Nov 24: Bristol, O2 Academy
Nov 25: Gloucester, Guildhall
Nov 26: Birmingham, O2 Academy2
Nov 28: Brighton, Chalk
Nov 29: Norwich, Epic Studios
Nov 30: Bournemouth, O2 Academy
Dec 01: Frome, Cheese & Grain
Dec 02: Liverpool, O2 Academy
Mar 07: Exeter, The Phoenix
Mar 08: Falmouth, Princess Pavilion
Mar 09: Lyme Regis, Marine Theatre
Mar 10: Cardiff, The Globe
Mar 11: Swansea, Patti Pavilion
Mar 13: Southampton, The 1865
Mar 14: Margate, Dreamland
Mar 15: Hull, The Welly
Mar 16: Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Mar 17: Stockton-on-Tees, Georgian Theatre
Mar 18: Lincoln, Engine Shed
Mar 20: Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
Mar 21: Newcastle, University
Mar 22: Glasgow, St. Luke’s
Mar 23: Edinburgh, Summerhall
