{"id":30202,"date":"2018-11-30T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T17:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30202"},"modified":"2018-11-28T20:31:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T01:31:16","slug":"brit-gazers-burning-house-release-mirror-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30202","title":{"rendered":"Brit gazers Burning House release &#8216;Mirror Song&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-30132\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/545068.jpg?resize=602%2C402\" alt=\"Burning House\" width=\"602\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/545068.jpg?w=425&amp;ssl=1 425w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/545068.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/>Alt-rock outfit Burning House have shared the video for their new single Mirror Song<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/burning-house\/mirror-song-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0providing a psychedelic power-gaze preview of their long-awaited album <strong>&#8216;<\/strong>Anthropocene<strong>&#8216;<\/strong>, due out in early 2019. The accompanying video was produced and directed by Callum Scott-Dyson CSD Videography. Watch it via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><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\/ySo3tZJrlf0?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><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/burninghouse.bandcamp.com\/track\/peach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Peach<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>is also offered as a second track for this single, offered exclusively via Bandcamp. These are the first signs of the debut album, arriving hot on the trail of the band&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/burninghouse.bandcamp.com\/album\/tracer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8216;<\/strong>Tracer&#8217; EP<\/a>, released on October 7.<\/p>\n<p>Recalling the unruly feedback of Jesus &amp; Mary Chain and Big Black, <em>Mirror Song<\/em> is otherwise a melodic rollercoaster <span lang=\"en\">\u2013<\/span> a tour de force of Elliott Smith-inspired chord changes, backed by an orchestra performing on shards of glass.<\/p>\n<p>Burning House have had a busy few years, opening for music legends Wire, among others, after earning the appreciation of Colin Newman. The trio&#8217;s euphoric sound has also led to playing all over the south coast with the likes of Moon Duo, Shonen Knife, Is Bliss and Kagoule.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing from Southampton, Burning House formed in 2013 after many incarnations &#8211; today they are a trio comprised of frontman and guitarist Aaron Mills, drummer Dominic Taylor\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">and bassist <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Patrick White. Mills, the band&#8217;s sole songwriter has refined the art of recording music over the past decade, in parallel with his technical skill as a guitar player. Their music rides the soft\/loud dynamic well, producing music ranging from beautiful melancholy to loud feedback-driven post rock.<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Fusing elements of shoegaze and decade-spanning American Indie (Elliott Smith, Swans, Deerhunter, Teenage Fanclub, Slint, Pixies), Burning House&#8217;s sound is defined by multi-layered piercing guitar rhyhtms, sophisticated melodic arrangements, and tempos spanning introspective, stripped down pieces through to distinctly upbeat, frenetic songs.\\<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Lyrically I was inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, in particular &#8216;labyrinths&#8221;, The Mirror stage in Psychology and the poetic cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky. All these components served as a scaffold to the final product, both aesthetically and lyrically,&#8221;<\/em> says Aaron Mills.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mirror Song is about reflections, the reflections we make and ones we actively seek. Our secret and emergent energies that dictate motives realised only posthumously.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After gingerly approaching BBC 6 Music&#8217;s indie doyen Steve Lamacqwith a 4-track demo while in Southampton, Lamacq was so enthralled that he chose Burning House to appear on 6 Music&#8217;s new bands line-up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;Mirror Song&#8217; is now available via online stores and streaming platforms, including <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/6ayj4NnClqy7YWFGNN75gF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/artist\/burning-house\/1347291434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/burninghouse.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Alt-rock outfit Burning House have shared the video for their new single Mirror Song,\u00a0providing a psychedelic power-gaze preview of their long-awaited album &#8216;Anthropocene&#8216;, due out <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30202\" title=\"Brit gazers Burning House release &#8216;Mirror Song&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[22,23,28,29,5812],"tags":[7797,7796,7795],"class_list":["post-30202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-shoegaze","tag-anthropocene","tag-burning-house","tag-mirror-song"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/545068.jpg?fit=425%2C284&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7R8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30131,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30131","url_meta":{"origin":30202,"position":0},"title":"UK noise-gazers Burning House share &#8216;Mirror Song&#8217; single","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"November 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Alt-rock outfit Burning House have shared their new single Mirror Song, providing a psychedelic power-gaze preview of their long-awaited album 'Anthropocene', due out in early 2019. 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