Mark Lanegan Band announce the release of A Thousand Miles Of Midnight

Following on from ‘Phantom Radio’ back in October, MARK LANEGAN BAND have announced the release of A Thousand Miles Of Midnight, an album of remixes of tracks from ‘Phantom Radio’ and ‘No Bells On Sunday’, the EP that accompanied it. The album comprises a brilliant array of remixes by artists as diverse as UNKLE, Earth, Moby, Tom ‘Horrors’ Furse, Pye Corner Audio, Moby, Thomas Barfod, Mark Stewart, Greg Dulli and Soulsavers. The full tracklisting is listed below, the Moby remix of 'Torn Red Heart' can be heard on soundcloud here: -
https://soundcloud.com/heavenlyrecordings/torn-red-heart-moby-remix/s-rpgNy
 
Mark Lanegan says of the album: “I thought these tunes would lend themselves to remixing and that it would be interesting to hear what other artists might make of them. All the people who did remixes are musicians whose work I greatly admire.”
 
Mark Lanegan Band is touring our region as follows:
18-Feb POLAND Warsaw, Progresia*
19-Feb POLAND Krakow, Fabryka*
20-Feb CZECH REPUBLIC Prague, Lucerna Music Bar*
23-Feb HUNGARY Budapest, A38*
24-Feb SERBIA Belgrade, Dom Oladine*
25-Feb MACEDONIA Skopje, Mkc*
26-Feb MONTENEGRO Kotor, Maximus*
27-Feb CROATIA Zagreb, Lauba*
28-Feb SLOVENIA Ljubljana, Kino Siska*
 
Critical acclaim for Phantom Radio, out now on Flooded Soil / Heavenly Recordings:
 
"Mark Lanegan deserves elevation to the front rank of modern rock artists and Phantom Radio may be the album to finally force that shift in public percetion. Unlike most gothic pop, Lanegan's art is not a matter of fashion or mascara: it's a genuine cri du coeur, as rare and beautiful as anything in music"
The Independent – 5 Stars ***** (Album Of The Week)
 
"It's fantastic, these unfamiliar surroundings – be it the Moroderesque shimmer of Floor Of The Ocean or the imperial synths of Waltzing In Blue – lending Lanegan's songs a fresh new bite. A brave inspired step into the unknown."
MOJO – 4 Stars ****
 
"That ancient-sounding voice, seemingly hewn from rock's substrata, has always worked as a drone in its own right, and here it's matched by keyboards that shimmer behind, as if Lee Hazlewood were performing early-80s New Order."
Q – 4 Stars ****
 
"A beautiful set that balances Lanegan's ongoing love of blues and folk with further explorations of the electronic terrain he explored on 2012's Blues Funeral"
Uncut – 8/10
 
"Depite writing much of Phantom Radio on a phone app called Funk Box, Mark Lanegan boasts a melodic elegance more commonly associated with a classical orchestra… A graceful record that brings out the very best in the gruff veteran."
NME – 8/10
 
"A career highlight… The Superb 'Floor Of The Ocean' could be the Sisters Of Mercy covering Joy Division, while 'Torn Red Heart' might be the most beautiful love song Lanegan has ever recorded"
The Guardian – 4 Stars ****
 
"Lanegan carries his burdens with conviction and deceptive range. 'Floor Of The Ocean' is a synth-blues beauty, while the gorgeous post-punk hymnal 'Torn Red Heart', spotlights his timeless way with rueful songs of bruised fatalism."
The Independent On Sunday – 4 Stars ****
 
"Mark Lanegan focuses his latest album around his love of krautrock and British post-punk… Phantom Radio proves that there's not just mileage left in him still, but that he's going to lead us to many more places yet."
DIY – 4 Stars ****
 
"These songs are compelling, bleak, bruising and brilliantly realised… A compelling return."
The Sun – 4 Stars ****
 
"Phantom Radio builds on the electro leanings of 2012's Blues Funeral, taking us back to the gloomier bits of the 1980s, with the transitional Joy Division/New Order a reference point… Long-time fans will lap up Torn Red Heart, the prettiest thing he has created outside of his Isobel Campbell collaborations"
The Sunday Times (Album Of The Week)
 
"His voice, if anything, is getting better with age – grittier by the year and more soulful… There's no faking this kind of quality."
Classic Rock – 8/10
 
"Rich in blood, sweat and atmospherics… With no sign of any creative let-up as he approaches his 50th birthday, its time to tune in and feel the spirit"
The Mirror – 4 Stars ****
 
A Thousand Miles Of Midnight: Phantom Radio Remixes will be released 23rd February on Flooded Soil / Heavenly Recordings via [PIAS] Poland and Eastern Europe.
 
A Thousand Miles Of Midnight: Phantom Radio remixes
1. Death Trip To Tulsa - Mark Stewart’s exopolitix demix
2. I Am The Wolf - Greg Dulli remix
3. The Killing Season - UNKLE remix
4. Torn Red Heart - Moby remix
5. No Bells On Sunday - Moon Gangs remix
6. Floor Of the Ocean - Pye Corner Audio remix
7. Sad Lover - Mikey Young remix
8. Waltzing in Blue - Earth dub mix
9. Harvest Home - Magnus remix
10. The Wild People - Alistair Galbraith remix
11. Dry Iced - Thomas Barfod remix
12. Jonas Pap - Soulsavers Aural Disorientation remix
13. Seventh Day - Tom Furse extrapolation
14. Judgement Time - Alain Johannes remix