{"id":36491,"date":"2021-04-19T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36491"},"modified":"2021-04-16T10:37:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T14:37:41","slug":"communions-share-learn-to-pray-ahead-of-pure-fabrication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36491","title":{"rendered":"Communions share &#8216;Learn To Pray&#8217; ahead of &#8216;Pure Fabrication&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Copenhagen-based Communions will release their second album \u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019 next Friday, April 23 via Tambourhinoceros. Described by the band as a \u201c<em>reverse coming of age story\u201d<\/em>, the album tackles themes of change, instability, freedom, love and identity. Ahead of the LP, the duo have shared new album track <em>Learn To Pray<\/em>. The song tells a story of cultural disintegration at the hands of narcissism, wealth and fame. It offers a snapshot from the middle of the album, where the story\u2019s protagonist undergoes a jaded and cynical battle with identity. <em>Learn To Pray<\/em> follows on the heels of previous tracks <em><a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/communions-share-grunge-tinged-new-single-cupid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Communions share grunge-tinged new single \u2018Cupid\u2019\">Cupid<\/a><\/em>, <em>Bird of Passage<\/em> and <em>Splendour<\/em>, which ushered in a new era for the band as they moved from a four-piece to focus solely on the creative partnership between founders and brothers Mads and Martin Rehof. Listen to <em>Learn To Pray<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/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\/N4wr2T9wRjs?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<p>Lead singer Martin Rehof explains: \u201c<em>While \u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019 gives a thematic portrayal of certain forces that allow one to freely fabricate one\u2019s life, whether it be forces of love, independence, or freedom, \u2018Learn To Pray\u2019 deals rather with being tied to the fabric of the social world. Pertaining to this, it portrays a communal lapse into cultural decline.&#8221; <\/em><br><br><em>Learn To Pray<\/em> also marks a new stylistic direction for Communions. With slow, steady broomstick-played drums and a repetitive, slightly jazzy bass line, it is a more restrained showing than their previous singles from the album. But <em>Learn To Pray<\/em> also gains its power from its restraint, leaving space for Rehof\u2019s sinister, stream-of-consciousness lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can listen to <em>Learn To Pray<\/em> on all services here: <a href=\"https:\/\/tambou.lnk.to\/TAMB290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/tambou.lnk.to\/TAMB290 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More about \u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>In a sea of transforming culture, what is an individual identity? This is one of the questions which Communions grapple with on \u2018Pure Fabrication,\u2019 a 15 song, hour-long odyssey into self-understanding, it&#8217;s described as a \u201cparody of a coming of age story\u201d. Following the journey of a fictional protagonist, the record culminates in the eventual understanding that we\u2019re not always as free as we would like to think &#8211; bound by culture and the forces that have shaped us. \u201c<em>As the album progresses, strong ironic overtones in whatever praise of freedom was besung are slowly unveiled,\u201d<\/em> the band shares. \u201c<em>While 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><br>After returning to Denmark, Mads and Martin attended the progressive Christianshavn High School and quickly became part of the burgeoning Mayhem scene (an alternative-punk scene in Copenhagen, based out of the infamous venue \/ practice room). Whilst the band\u2019s style was recognized as a cut from the same post-punk cloth as many of their fellow Mayhem bands (i.e. Iceage, Pardans, V\u00e5r, and Lower), Communions stood out by embracing melody and pop songwriting, two elements that Mayhem\u2019s noise and harsh punk-rock bands tended to abandon. Where their first EP Cobblestones, (released whilst still in high school) drew inspiration from the underground scene\u2019s punk cynicism, the band steadily refined their craft across two following EPs and debut album \u2018Blue\u2019 (2017), riding a wave of international attention and festival performances. Marked by sharp cultural criticism, self reflection, and artistic commentary of a grand scale, Communions\u2019 new music takes the signature indie rock from the dark clubs of their youth and merges it with full-fleshed cerebral critique and symbolism.  A treatise on cultural inheritance and self-discovery, \u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019 arrives as Communions\u2019 most cohesive output to date. Martin reflects, \u201c<em>It\u2019s a more mature realization of all of the experiments we have made, an album that, in my view, incorporates all of our best sides from each previous release.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/D1951F8C-954E-43B4-AE4C-04D21A3F1DDC.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/D1951F8C-954E-43B4-AE4C-04D21A3F1DDC.jpeg?resize=791%2C791\" alt=\"Communions \u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019 cover artwork \" class=\"wp-image-36494\" width=\"791\" height=\"791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/D1951F8C-954E-43B4-AE4C-04D21A3F1DDC.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/D1951F8C-954E-43B4-AE4C-04D21A3F1DDC.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/D1951F8C-954E-43B4-AE4C-04D21A3F1DDC.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019 track list<\/strong><br><br>01. Bird Of Passage<br>02. Humdrum<br>03. <a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/communions-share-grunge-tinged-new-single-cupid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Communions share grunge-tinged new single \u2018Cupid\u2019\">Cupid<\/a><br>04. My Little Planet<br>05. Learn To Pray<br>06. Signs Of Life<br>07. Splendour<br>08. History (The Siren Song)<br>09. Blunder In The Street<br>10. Is This How Love Should Feel?<br>11. Hymn <br>12. Androgyny<br>13. Here And Now<br>14. Celebration<br>15. The Gift Of Music<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order \u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019 here: <a href=\"https:\/\/tambou.lnk.to\/TAMB291ne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/tambou.lnk.to\/TAMB291ne<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Copenhagen-based Communions will release their second album \u2018Pure Fabrication\u2019 next Friday, April 23 via Tambourhinoceros. 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