STREAM 'WORN-OUT PARTS'The record was written and produced entirely by Erra, who returned to organic instrumentation including guitars, real drums, strings, synthesizers, and piano, while maintaining the streamlined song structures of more recent releases. As Erra puts it, “I always prefer to play a song again because it was beautiful but too short, rather than wonder why it goes on for so long without saying anything new.” To The Core is the band’s first new music since 2018 and marks a powerful return to their creative roots.
Nosound will be performing at Gran Teatro Geox in Padua, Italy on Friday 9th May as part of the Marillion Weekend Festival. Tickets are available here.
NOSOUND ANNOUNCE NEW RECORD
TO THE CORE (27th June, Kscope)
NEW SINGLE ‘WORN-OUT PARTS’ OUT NOW
To The Core is a bold, stripped-back return from Nosound — the acclaimed project led by Italian composer and multi-instrumentalist Giancarlo Erra. Since forming in 2005, Nosound have built a reputation for emotionally rich, genre-defying music that blends ambient, post-rock, and art rock influences. Their work has drawn comparisons to artists like Sigur Rós, Steven Wilson, and Brian Eno, and earned a loyal following through albums such as Scintilla, Afterthoughts, and Allow Yourself.
Now, the band have unveiled the first single from the upcoming record. Titled ‘Worn-Out Parts’, the track is a hauntingly beautiful lament, elevated by Erra’s distinctive and yearning vocals. Described by Erra as 'probably one of the strongest songs in Nosound’s discography', it’s an evocative piece that features the return of the guitar bow and includes a guest vocal performance by Louise Pigott.
To The Core tracklist:
- The Nothing We Gave [03:32]
- To The Core Nosound [04:20]
- Worn-Out Parts Nosound [05:22]
- Interrupt [02:44]
- Closure [03:01]
New digital release Saviour EP
The new EP begins with two new remixes from UXB; the melodic electronic moniker of Burning Shed's Pete Morgan, and finishes with two songs taken from Giancarlo Erra's recent live gig in his home city of Rome: "Evil Smile" from Nosound's 2016 album Scintilla and a new cover of "Pyramid Song" by Radiohead, who have been a big influence on the band's sound.
Nosound’s 2018 studio album Allow Yourself found the band in a new space once more having grown alongside their evolving and borderless label Kscope. The new material iss a stripping back of what has come before, and its inspirations are in a different field altogether, based on founder and songwriter Giancarlo Erra’s own shifting interests.
“Time has arrived for a radical change towards an alternative and electronic direction, being the music I have enjoyed the most in recent years.”
Scintilla (2016) began the process and Allow Yourself takes the band’s minimalist vision even further, incorporating elements from The National, Notwist, and Portishead, alongside an approach to mixing inspired by Bowie’s Blackstar and Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool.
Founder/writer Giancarlo Erra reflected on the direction of the new material, “The idea behind the album is encased in the title “Allow Yourself”, something directed to the listener but was first of all directed to myself. After attempting to find my own way and leave behind early influences and categorisations, I realised I was afraid of committing to the full change I was chasing. I needed to put myself out of my comfort zone, which meant lots of studying and completely changing my studio and instrumentation. A truly deep change happened and I discovered that with uncertainty and insecurity, with limitations and uneasiness, a more varied and exciting creative process sparked.”
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