On May 4th the New York and New Jersey-based electropunk duo This Wilderness will release their debut album Sorry About Tomorrow via the Wax & Wane Label. The album was recorded at Upper Studio in New Jersey and produced by the band’s main instrumentalist Jim Coleman, best known as a member of heavy NYC rock outfit Cop Shoot Cop.
This Wilderness’ first recorded effort grapples not only with angst and lost hopes, but also the fearless effort to live on in these times of political, personal, and social disillusionment. Deep grooves, seductive melodies and unnerving lyrics speak of identity, loss, celebration, fear, and the absurdity of existence. This Wilderness is a thrilling and vital expression that feels completely personal and intensely universal.
Singer Robert O. Leaver’s soulful, feral vocals and compelling physical approach to each song work in tandem with Coleman’s full spectrum of uncompromising, genre defying sonic mischief. The band members were also joined in the studio by Coleman’s former bandmate Phil Puleo, who recently completed a seven-year stint in Swans.
Leaver and Coleman first met at a New Year’s Eve party as 2015 became 2016. Sharing a gravitational pull towards darkness and an irreverent humor, the two musicians have emerged as This Wilderness. Leaver had been working on acoustic based music as Birdthrower (recently recording with Ben Harper), as well as doing provocative public art performances (Crawling Home, Hole Earth and Man Down).
Since forming, This Wilderness have had audiences riveted by their live shows in and around NYC for the past couple of years. It is an unforgettable experience merging old New York punk, folk and industrial realism – catapulting the audience into a disturbance of hilarity and personal reckoning.
Today Glide is giving you an early listen of Sorry About Tomorrow, a collection of songs that truly encapsulates the aesthetic and natural musical chemistry of the band. With Jim Coleman at the helm, the album taps into a range of industrial and electronic sounds with a defiant punk energy. Coleman draws from an eclectic palette of effects, often blending them with Robert O. Leaver’s wild vocals, and together the two often switch between spoken word, howls, and more melodic, soulful crooning. Haunting at times, the album often touches on these crazy and chaotic times we live in, and Coleman isn’t afraid to reach into the darkness, which makes Sorry About Tomorrow a truly compelling listen.
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This Wilderness release Sorry About Tomorrow on May 4th. For more info visit thiswildernessnet.wordpress.com.
