Sevendials announce 'A Crash Course In Catastrophe' to be released April 4th via Creation Youth - feat members of Killing Joke/Ministry/Revolting Cocks/The Mission
SEVENDIALS ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM ‘A CRASH COURSE IN CATASTROPHE’ TO BE RELEASED APRIL 4TH VIA CADIZ MUSIC/CREATIONYOUTH
FEATURING MEMBERS OF KILLING JOKE/THE MISSION/MINISTRY/REVOLTING COCKS
PRE-ORDER CD AND VINYL HERE
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘ZODIAC MORALS’ HERE:
In the 19th century, London’s West End area known as Seven Dials was notoriously dangerous and disreputable; a very dangerous place to be after dark. This darkness and danger provided the perfect inspiration for the dusky, foreboding sounds created by the new musical union now known as SEVENDIALS.
Renowned musicians MARK GEMINI THWAITE, BIG PAUL FERGUSON & CHRIS CONNELLY, uninterested in resting on their collective laurels as members of KILLING JOKE, THE MISSION, MINISTRY, REVOLTING COCKS, MURDER INC, MOB RESEARCH and PETER MURPHY, have united to bring you a staggering monolith of melody and malady, volume and velocity and a brace of brilliant songs, reflecting all the tension, angst and spiritual bankruptcy of the times, along with some brighter than neon dance compulsions: It’s all here in 'A CRASH COURSE IN CATASTROPHE', the debut album by SEVENDIALS, due for release April 4th via CADIZ MUSIC/CREATIONYOUTH, the newly formed record label by legendary KILLING JOKE bassist and producer MARTIN ‘YOUTH’ GLOVER and CREATION RECORDS guru and industry icon ALAN MCGEE.
The first single ‘ZODIAC MORALS’ is a swaggering premonition of disaster propelled by the thunder of BIG PAUL FERGUSON’S iconic drums, MARK GEMINI THWAITE’S weaponized guitar and the transcendiary vocals of CHRIS CONNELLY.
“Using the stars to guide you because the terrain is always too dark: are the stars twinkling with hope? Or are they spent and dead infernos? The word ZODIAC began to have negative implications when the ZODIAC KILLER became part of the collective zeitgeist, anti-morals, zodiac morals,” explain the band.
Watch the video for ‘ZODIAC MORALS’ HERE
The album boots into life with a high-energy cover of SPARKS hit from 1979, ‘Number One Song In Heaven’ – “We are ALL fans of the MAEL BROTHERS, and with SPARKS recently being awarded the “outstanding contribution to music” award at the association of independent music awards, we decided to take the song that bled out and showered the dance floor back then, updating it with muscular guitars and thunderous drums. It’s now a 2025 declaration of (disco) intent, yeah: we can dance as well as rock, we do it fast to beat the clock.”
It perfectly sets the tone for an album that throbs with dark electronica, pounding rock and shimmering bad acid psychedelia, all juxtaposed with the kind of addictive hooks and melodies that embed themselves deep within your subconscious. From the grinding, moody power of ‘Knife Without Asking’ (kicked into gear with an epic riff by MGT, paying homage to recently departed high priest of guitar Geordie Walker), to the gorgeous backwoods stomp of ‘Whispering Wand’, 'A CRASH COURSE IN CATASTROPHE' is eclectic, compulsive and thrilling from start to finish.
ALT SUPERGROUP? You’re not wrong, but these are not the idle musings of bored rock stars trying to remain relevant, this is serious business in serious times.
SEVENDIALS – ‘A CRASH COURSE IN CATASTROPHE’ TRACKLISTING:
1. NUMBER ONE SONG IN HEAVEN
2. WOLVES
3. KNIFE WITHOUT ASKING
4. ZODIAC MORALS
5. OBSESSION (featuring ASHLEY BAD)
6. WHISPERING WAND
7. BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR DISTANCE
8. CORRUPTED VERS
9. TOO HIGH TO LIVE
10.WEATHERVANE DAYS
Vocals: Chris Connelly
Guitars/bass/keys/programming - Mark Gemini Thwaite
Drums and percussion - Big Paul Ferguson
Bass on 3, 9 - Chris Kniker
All songs written by Connelly/Ferguson/Thwaite except 3, 9 - Connelly/Ferguson/Kniker/Thwaite
except 'Number One Song in Heaven' (Ron & Russell Mael - SPARKS) and 'Obsession' (written by Michael Des Barres)
Recorded and mixed by Mark Gemini Thwaite at Mob Research Laboratories, Los Angeles USA
Big Paul Ferguson recorded drum kit & Bodhran @ Drumnsteelworks, Baltimore MD.
Mastered by Tim Turan @ Turan Audio, Oxford UK
Art Direction & design by Mark Rubenstein www.TheeMarkives.com
This album is dedicated to the memory of Geordie Walker and Mont Sherar. May they rest in peace.
Find Sevendials online at: www.thesevendials.com CADIZ MUSIC
