{"id":35930,"date":"2021-03-17T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35930"},"modified":"2021-03-14T07:46:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T11:46:46","slug":"communions-share-grunge-tinged-new-single-cupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35930","title":{"rendered":"Communions share grunge-tinged new single \u2018Cupid\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Communions have shared their grunge-tinged new single <em>Cupid<\/em>. The track is a euphoric anthem of liberation. You can listen to <em>Cupid<\/em> via YouTube below but it\u2019s also available now across other streaming platforms&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tambou.lnk.to\/TAMB289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wfnwu2kTnrY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2019Pure Fabrication\u2019 album details<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Copenhagen-based\u00a0Communions\u00a0recently announced their sophomore album\u00a0\u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019. A reverse coming of age story of Odyssian size and scope, the collection tackles themes of change, instability, freedom, love and identity. \u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019\u00a0LP is due out April 23 via Tambourhinoceros<em> &#8211; <\/em>pre-order\u00a0it <a href=\"https:\/\/tambou.lnk.to\/TAMB291ne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br>\u00a0<br>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IKvaXkl25as&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Bird<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IKvaXkl25as&amp;feature=youtu.be\"><em> of Passage<\/em><\/a>, the album\u2019s opener introduced these themes, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YD1hlOy64H4&amp;feature=youtu.be\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Splendour<\/em><\/a> showed us the band\u2019s take on destructive love, <em>Cupid<\/em>, the album\u2019s brand new third single, now shows us Communions\u2019 vision of naive love and freedom from which the story begins. <em>Cupid<\/em> is a feel-good indie rock cut reminiscent of their early output which garnered high praise from Stereogum, Pitchfork and KEXP + more. Yet, as the narrative arc of Communions\u2019 sophomore album begins to surface, it\u2019s clear that this collection will be more nuanced, conceptual and revealing. <br>\u00a0<br>Lead singer and guitarist Martin Rehof elaborates: <em>\u201cThe album\u2019s preoccupation with change and instability, a red thread that\u2019s established on Bird Of Passage, is mirrored in the progression of the songs themselves, as themes shapeshift and take on new points of departure from one story to the next. For instance, the romantic notion of love on Cupid morphs into a skewed, addictive and possessive kind of love on Splendour<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 15-track collection of Odyssian scope, Communions weave an intricate tapestry from \u201c<em>cultural debris<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0\u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019 draws upon brothers Martin and Mads Rehof\u2019s personal experience as much as it does from a collage of myths. The Danish brothers spent over a decade of their childhood and early teens in Seattle, only to move back to Copenhagen in the midst of their formative years. While\u00a0\u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019\u00a0is partly a bid at finding their place and self-understanding through the lens of stories and myths\u2014a keen listener can spot traces of Goethe\u2019s Faust, Shakespear\u2019s Lear, Homer\u2019s Sirens, and the Norse fate-holding Norns\u2014at its core, it is something more: a meta-narrative on the human condition.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>Following the arc of a reverse coming of age story through the journey of a fictional protagonist,\u00a0\u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019\u00a0opens on the themes of liberation, independence, freedom, transformation\u2014the ingredients of a coming of age story\u2014and the character\u2019s pursuit of them. Yet, \u201c<em>as the album progresses, strong ironic overtones in whatever praise of freedom was besung are slowly unveiled<\/em>,\u201d the band shares<em>. \u201cWhile the opening songs represent a character with an\u2014perhaps naive\u2014assertiveness and unwillingness to be restrained or suppressed by the ways of the world, by the end of the record, the protagonist questions the entire notion of desire and freedom.\u201d<\/em><br>\u00a0<br>After six years, three EPs, one album, countless shows and festivals across the globe, Communions is now led by Rehof brothers: Martin (vocals and guitar) and Mads (Bass) with <em>Splendour<\/em> still featuring the contributions of ex-bandmates Jacob van Deurs Formann (guitar) and Frederik Lind K\u00f6ppen (drums). Fate, freedom, culture, love and identity are on trial in\u00a0\u2018Pure Fabrication,\u2019 as Communions question themselves and their world on this masterful sophomore album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/73DA4764-787F-4A0F-A7AF-D359EA43A5DD.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/73DA4764-787F-4A0F-A7AF-D359EA43A5DD.png?resize=629%2C629\" alt=\"Communions Pure Fabrication cover artwork \" class=\"wp-image-35936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/73DA4764-787F-4A0F-A7AF-D359EA43A5DD.png?w=629 629w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/73DA4764-787F-4A0F-A7AF-D359EA43A5DD.png?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/73DA4764-787F-4A0F-A7AF-D359EA43A5DD.png?resize=150%2C150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018<strong>Pure Fabrication\u2019\u00a0track list<\/strong><br>\u00a0<br>1.\u00a0Bird Of Passage<br>2. Humdrum<br>3. Cupid<br>4. My Little Planet<br>5. Learn To Pray<br>6. Signs Of Life<br>7.\u00a0Splendour<br>8. History (The Siren Song)<br>9. Blunder In The Street<br>10. Is This How Love Should Feel?<br>11. Hymn\u00a0<br>12. Androgyny<br>13. Here And Now<br>14. Celebration<br>15. The Gift Of Music<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What begins as naive and free on\u00a0\u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019\u00a0will not end that way, promises the band\u2019s reverse-coming-of-age album concept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Communions have shared their grunge-tinged new single Cupid. The track is a euphoric anthem of liberation. You can listen to Cupid via YouTube below but <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35930\" title=\"Communions share grunge-tinged new single \u2018Cupid\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,28,30],"tags":[5264,9907,9908],"class_list":["post-35930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-communions","tag-cupid","tag-pure-fabrication"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EB2B2379-704C-4830-9AA6-55AE3B1D2E20.png?fit=1110%2C700","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-9lw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36491,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36491","url_meta":{"origin":35930,"position":0},"title":"Communions share &#8216;Learn To Pray&#8217; ahead of &#8216;Pure Fabrication&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Copenhagen-based Communions will release their second album \u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019 next Friday, April 23 via Tambourhinoceros. 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