Musician-meets-mechanical engineer Tristen Shone, more popularly known by his stage alias Author & Punisher returns with a new “more melody-driven” album Krüller to be released February 11th 2022. In true Shone fashion, all of the touring and recording instruments – entitled “Drone Machines” and “Dub Machines” – are still homemade. But this time around modifications have been made to streamline the instruments, allowing more definition between the man and his machines. See pre-order details, including limited edition vinyl variants, here.
New album ‘Krüller’ is out February on 2xLP/CD/Digital via @RelapseRecords.
Pre-Order and watch/stream the opening song “Drone Carrying Dread” at https://t.co/qzKKtBhvbs
Art by Zlatko Mitev pic.twitter.com/fCmt4bqJYX
— Tristan Shone (@authorpunisher) December 7, 2021
To celebrate the announcement, Shone has also shared our first taste of new music since 2018’s Beastland with Octavia E. Butler inspired track “Drone Carrying Dread”. He had this to say about the new track, “This track was basically the one where it all clicked and I had these chords that resonated just right, shaking the entire warehouse. It’s a simple but raw progression that was ripe for the addition of synthesizer programming from co-producer Jason Begin (Vytear)” he then adds, “Lyrically, it’s about escape and survival, as the events that were unfolding in 2020 were prophesied by the books I was reading throughout the year”. See below the accompanying, graphically-saturated video directed by Monte Legaspi.
As well as newly refined machinery, fans will also be treated with a number of guest appearances on the LP; Including Tool’s Danny Carey and Justin Chancellor after Shone’s opening slot on Tool’s US and Oceania 2020 tour were cut short due to COVID-19, as well as a new interpretation of Portishead classic “Glory Box”.
Regarding changes to his gear; Shone claims, “Melody has been and is still a part of my sound,” and “[this time] I wanted a little more clarity. I wanted to refine the sound. I wanted to step back from my own show and analyze it a bit. I had all these competing distortions that I wanted to streamline. I like contrast and wanted the vocals to be immediately noticeable”. This hard work has led to the creation of a new bespoke audio gear company named after Shone’s Debut: “Drone Machines”. The company is as of yet only promised, not much of an online presence for the gear as of yet, but watch this space.
See below dates for Author & Punisher’s UK tour, get tickets here:
2/14/22 – UK Patterns – Brighton
2/15 – UK The Underworld – London
2/16 – UK Brudenell Social Club – Leeds
2/17 – UK Stereo – Glasgow
2/18 – UK Cluny – Newcastle
2/19 – UK Castle and Falcon – Birmingham
2/20 – UK Fleece – Bristol
2/21 – UK Deaf Institute – Manchester
