out now: Douglas J. McCarthy - Kill Your Friends [Pylon Records | Shaboom Black]

Artist:
Douglas J. McCarthy

Title:
Kill Your Friends

Label:
Pylon Records | Shaboom Black

Cat#:
Pylon 27 | SHABLK003

Release Date:
23rd November 2012

Format:
CD ; Vinyl+CD & digital

Tracklist CD:
01)
Death Is King

02)
Hey

03)
Demon Prophet

04)
Find You

05)
The Last Time

06)
Move On

07)
Evil Love

08)
Love In The Backroom

09)
Nothing After This

10)
Taken

11)
All Kind Of Wrong

12)
Lovers Arms

Tracklist Vinyl:
A1)
Death Is King

A2)
Hey

A3)
Demon Prophet

A4)
Find You

B1)
The Last Time

B2)
Move On

B3)
Love In The Backroom

B4)
Nothing After This

Tracklist Bonus CD (sold with vinyl):
01)
Death Is King
(Soulrider Remix)

02)
Taken
(Jonah Sharpe & DJ Spun Remix)

03)
Hey
(Manuel Tur Ibiza Mix)

04)
Death Is King
(Original 12″ Remix)

05)
Demon Prophet
(Original 12″ Remix)

06)
Move On
(Original 12″ Remix)

07)
Evil Love

08)
Taken

09)
All Kind Of Wrong

10)
Lovers Arms

Tracklist Digital:
01)
The Last Time

02)
Move On

03)
Evil Love

04)
Love In the Back Room

05)
Nothing After This

06)
Taken

07)
All Kind of Wrong

08)
Lovers Arms

09)
Evil Love
(Big Black Delta Remix)

10)
Taken
(DJ Spun & Jonah Sharp Rong Music Remix)

11)
Move On
(The Hacker Remix)

12)
Move On
(Black Light Odyssey Remix)

13)
Move On
(Black Light Odyssey Dub)

14a)
Love In the Back Room
(Allesandro Cortini Remix)

14b)
Love In the Back Room
(Extended Original 12″)

Track 14a is exclusive for iTunes, track 14b is exclusively available on Beatport. Both stores mislabelled the “Black Light Odyssey” remixes as “Black Light Orchestra”.

Info:
Nitzer Ebb founder/electronic music pioneer Douglas J McCarthy began writing his first ever solo album in 2010 during a European DJ tour. McCarthy and world renowned producer/former M People singer Mark Bell – lauded for his work with such acts as Doc Martin and Felix da Housecat – recorded the album in LA over two years that found McCarthy performing 150 shows with Nitzer Ebb, caring for his father in England, and travelling across India by train.

McCarthy wrote Kill Your Friends as he traveled the world, returning to Cyrusrex’s LA studio where Cyrusrex’s custom made analog gear and Bell’s innovative production techniques bolstered McCarthy’s revolutionary debut. Recalling Cabaret Voltaire, Heroes era Bowie and Kraftwerk, this record devilishly blends industrial and experimental sounds with heavy dance floor beats and pop melodies.

For this release, McCarthy turned to Pylon Records whose mission to expose hidden gems from the darker side of the musical underground catalyzed their 2011 release of Peter Hook & The Light’s reawakening of Unknown Pleasures and single-handedly saved Santa Barbara’s Iron Curtain from absolute obscurity.

Kill Your Friends will be released by Pylon Records on November 23, 2012 in vinyl and CD. All vinyl editions include CDs featuring bonus songs and remixes. A limited collection of signed LPs will be available exclusively through Pylon’s website: http://www.pylonrecords.com.

Revolutionary in its conception, execution and distribution, Kill Your Friends truly exploits the opportunity a debut album provides for an artist to create new rules of engagement.

Kill Your Friends is a viscerally energetic journey through the darker side of electronic dance music.

Snippets:
CD