Music News - Princess Chelsea announces new album The Great Cybernetic Depression
31 March 2015 - 0 Comments
Rising New
Zealand musician Princess Chelsea (a.k.a. Chelsea Nikkel) is proud to announce her
brand new album The
Great Cybernetic Depression, which will be released in New
Zealand via Flying Nun/Lil' Chief on May 1st 2015.
To celebrate the album release Princess Chelsea will be taking her band -
comprised on the "three Js", all sound-men and
multi-instrumentalist extraordinaires; Jackson Hobbs, Jonathan
Pearce, Jonathan Bree - on the road in April and May:
DUNEDIN - Wednesday 29th April - Chicks Hotel
QUEENSTOWN -
Thursday 30th April - The Sherwood *no presales
CHRISTCHURCH -
Friday 1st May - Darkroom *no presales FREE
WELLINGTON -
Saturday 2nd May – Moon
AUCKLAND -
Sunday 3rd May - Kings Arms – Sunday
Come catch Chelsea and band play a rare performance made up of brand new
material and some old favourites - grab one of those few remaining black metal
winston tees (the most hotly anticipated tee since gaywires dinosaur tee of the
early 2000s).
tickets onsale now from undertheradar.co.nz
Princess Chelsea and her band will then return to Europe and The
United States in May for a three month tour. Keep an eye on the full list
of dates here.
The Great Cybernetic
Depression is awash with lush,
expansive electronica sounds, lent added nuance by a darkly baroque flair,
which draws upon her classical training. A significant space obsession is
blended with wry, personal and sometimes mundane lyrics, creating a playful
narrative on modern life delivered with deadpan drama.
Building upon the success of her debut album Lil Golden Book (2011), which spawned
the hit Cigarette Duet (which has racked up nearly twenty million hits
on Youtube), the new record is a sparkling, glittering epic, weaving layers of
synths upon synths to create a magical universe. Influenced by 70s electronic
music such as Kraftwerk, her style was described by Gorilla vs Bear as being
“retrofuturistic”. Part of the inspiration behind it was to try to recreate the
magic of childhood sci-fi moves like Neverending
Story.
No
Church on Sunday, the first single from the new album is an ambient stadium rock
number with added fairy dust, it was written by a friend of hers
Jamie-lee and deals with weird feelings after leaving a strict religious
background. No Church On Sunday was a radio hit in New Zealand, reaching #1
on bFM, RDU and Radio One and topping the Alt Radioscope charts for over a
month.
To accompany it is this
astonishingly surreal video, directed by Simon Ward. You can watch it here:
Links:
Website: http://www.princesschelsea.co.nz/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wonderfulprincesschelsea
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/lilchiefrecords
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lilgoldenbook
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