As announced previously, The Utopia Strong, the cosmic trio that consists of Steve Davis, Kavus Torabi and Mike York have a new album called 'Doperider' being released to the world on 10th October.
Watch the John O'Carroll video for the second single to be revealed 'The Atavist' above.
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'Doperider' is available on LP and CD – you can pick-up a very ltd 'Black Vinyl + A2 Poster' from the link below, or on a slightly less ltd 'Blue Vinyl from your favourite record shop:
The life of a psychonaut can take one to many plateaus of reality. Opinions vary as regards which of these are either desirable or optimal. All things considered though, it’s fair to say that once the average cerebral wanderer finds themselves a stoned skeleton on a motorbike, it’s a sign that they’re going places.
Such were the movements of The Utopia Strong, in making 'Doperider', their third and arguably trippiest full length album. As the band explain: “When recording we tend to have books, bits of art and interesting things lying around the place. (Kavus) had recently bought the Paul Kirchner compendium, Awaiting The Collapse. Paul’s character Dope Rider (the skeleton in question) drives around the desert, getting into all manner of high jinx and spouting cosmic philosophy. When we had created that particular track, one of our most beautiful and outré, it seemed to name itself.”
'Doperider' takes the band down a variety of auditory pathways previously unexplored, and further into the realms of more surrealistic visions akin to the systems-built bliss of Caterina Barbieri, the unforgiving noisescapes of Hiro Kone or the alien soundtracks of latter-day Laurie Spiegel. Essentially however, the mission of The Utopia Strong remains intact – to offer a transformative pathway to wonders anew.
See The Utopia Strong live in October:
10 Oct / The Cube / Bristol *SOLD OUT*
11 Oct / King Arthur / Glastonbury
14 Oct / Boileroom / Guildford
15 Oct / The Horn / St Albans
16 Oct / Cafe Oto / London *SOLD OUT*
17 Oct / The Hope & Ruin / Brighton
18 Oct / Ramsgate Music Hall / Ramsgate
19 Oct / Forum / Tunbridge Wells
20 Oct / The Bullingdon / Oxford
21 Oct / Sidney & Matilda Basement / Sheffield
22 Oct / Sneaky Pete’s / Edinburgh
23 Oct / Allendale Village Hall / Hexham
24 Oct / Trades Club / Hebden Bridge