{"id":30266,"date":"2018-12-18T12:15:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T17:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30266"},"modified":"2018-12-15T18:37:03","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T23:37:03","slug":"be-forest-share-first-single-bengala-from-upcoming-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30266","title":{"rendered":"Be Forest share first single &#8216;Bengala&#8217; from upcoming album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ef31f3fc9a5f976046d4982a2dc7d60f63f0e15f.jpeg?resize=949%2C790\" alt=\"Be Forest\" width=\"949\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ef31f3fc9a5f976046d4982a2dc7d60f63f0e15f.jpeg?w=949&amp;ssl=1 949w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ef31f3fc9a5f976046d4982a2dc7d60f63f0e15f.jpeg?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ef31f3fc9a5f976046d4982a2dc7d60f63f0e15f.jpeg?resize=768%2C639&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ef31f3fc9a5f976046d4982a2dc7d60f63f0e15f.jpeg?resize=624%2C519&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/>After some cryptic teasers, the Italian shoegaze\/dream pop trio Be Forest has officially announced the release of &#8216;Knocturne&#8217;, their first new album since 2014&#8217;s &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/transmissionpublicity.dmanalytics1.com\/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Falbum%2F31Tmp5PiPW2v8SQ3OfFWS6%3Fsi%3DYdFNhy-9TlujyrR-HYNJmg&amp;i=2&amp;d=YiGB3CALQYm08vgDuWtwHg&amp;e=info%40cultureaddicts.com&amp;a=ftwLcRMXRKqUsJp-DIjJlg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Earthbeat&#8217;<\/a>,\u00a0which\u00a0will be coming out February 8th via the renowned Italian-American label collective We Were Never Being Boring (<a href=\"https:\/\/transmissionpublicity.dmanalytics1.com\/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwewereneverbeingboring.bandcamp.com%2Falbum%2Fwwnbb-099-knocturne&amp;i=3&amp;d=YiGB3CALQYm08vgDuWtwHg&amp;e=info%40cultureaddicts.com&amp;a=ftwLcRMXRKqUsJp-DIjJlg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bandcamp pre-order<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>After teasing a smoke-shrouded video on social media which wound up being the album opener <em>Atto I<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/transmissionpublicity.dmanalytics1.com\/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FUnaosGaTB5E&amp;i=4&amp;d=YiGB3CALQYm08vgDuWtwHg&amp;e=info%40cultureaddicts.com&amp;a=ftwLcRMXRKqUsJp-DIjJlg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>), they&#8217;ve shared Knocturne&#8217;s\u00a0first official single <em>Bengala<\/em>. Of the track, Be Forest describes it as <em>&#8220;The spotlight that lights up the stage after the curtains open; a celestial body which at the moment of its impact allows us to glimpse our surroundings &#8212; it&#8217;s the brightest point, the north of the compass. This is, though, only one of the coordinates of Knocturne. Perhaps the most reassuring.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0Take a listen to <em>Bengala\u00a0<\/em>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\/_RBgk7ENSzg?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>To help create the group&#8217;s most moody, beguiling and mesmerizing full-length to date,\u00a0Be Forest enlisted Steve Scanu to assist with production and mixing duties and mastering came courtesy of Josh Bonati (Mac DeMarco, Zola Jesus, David Lynch). The songs\u00a0navigate the cryptic courses between worlds like the airy and inverted <em>Empty Space<\/em>, or the cinematic duality of doppelg\u00e4ngers on <em>Gemini<\/em>, to film-style scores inspired by Kafka-esque stories as heard on <em>K<\/em>. Sinewy subterranean soundtracks for film thrillers not yet made can be heard on <em>Sigfrido<\/em>, which then returns the listening audience to the second and suspenseful movement of <em>Atto II<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Knocturne&#8217;\u00a0is a song cycle that commiserates with our own collective international uncertainty and unease of these current times, bringing breaks in the luster of night\u2014like the fractured <em>Fragment<\/em>\u2014with the shining beacons of aural light at the end of the tunnel like the first official single <em>Bengala<\/em>, to the dream portrait closer <em>You, Nothing<\/em>. Be Forest is officially back with their most ambitious and atmospheric album yet&#8230; those seeking the tangible terrain and audio designed environments of their previous releases are in for a mind, spirit and emotional awakening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>After some cryptic teasers, the Italian shoegaze\/dream pop trio Be Forest has officially announced the release of &#8216;Knocturne&#8217;, their first new album since 2014&#8217;s &#8216;Earthbeat&#8217;,\u00a0which\u00a0will <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30266\" title=\"Be Forest share first single &#8216;Bengala&#8217; from upcoming album\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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},"categories":[23,28,30,5812],"tags":[7863,7862,7864],"class_list":["post-30266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-shoegaze","tag-be-forest","tag-bengala","tag-knocturne"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ef31f3fc9a5f976046d4982a2dc7d60f63f0e15f.jpeg?fit=949%2C790&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7Sa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30438,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30438","url_meta":{"origin":30266,"position":0},"title":"Be Forest releases new album &#8216;Knocturne&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"February 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Italian shoegaze\/post-punk trio Be Forest has released their new album\u00a0'Knocturne'\u00a0via Italian-American label collective We Were Never Being Boring. 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