Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire has announced his new solo album, Music For Heart And Breath. It will be released on June 9 via classical label Deutsche Grammophon. It’s the follow-up to his 2009 album From Here On Out.
The album features collaborations between Parry and other artists such as The National’s Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner, as well as yMusic, Nicol Muhly, Kronos Quartet, and Nadia Sirota.
Here’s how Parry described the album on a post that he shared through his website
A slow process of creating a new way of playing music.
Here is what it is: very soft, very quiet music, played utterly in synch with the heart rates and breathing rates of the musicians performing it. Every note you hear is either in synch with the heartbeat of the person playing it, the breathing of the person (or one of the surrounding persons) playing it.
So what you hear when this music plays is played precisely in time with someone’s quiet, internal rhythms. Brought to musical life by a handful of different ensembles. And now, at last, recorded in full, and coming out on Deutsche Grammophon in a few weeks from now.
It has been a joy to create this work, and even more of a joy to have it brought to life by such a fantastic cast of musical minds.
I’m intrigued to check it out as it seems like a cool process. Parry has always been Arcade Fire’s secret weapon of sorts, a member of the band that is slightly underrated.
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