Big Thief’s James Krivchenia announces new solo album Blood Karaoke
Check out new song “Emissaries Of Creation” now.
Erin Birgy
James Krivchenia, drummer and producer in Big Thief, has announced details of a new solo album. Blood Karaoke will be released on April 15 via on Reading Group with today's announcement accompanied by the release of new song “Emissaries Of Creation.” Check that out below.
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According to a statement Blood Karaoke is "composed mostly from hundreds of tiny samples of unwatched YouTube videos found through random online generators (such as Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentations, video game walkthroughs, old local news clips, etc), mangled midi fed into Krivchenia’s rig of synthesizers and pedals, and then meticulously layered and collaged."
“It was a very iterative, long process,” Krivchenia said of making the album between New Mexico and Los Angeles from summer 2019 to April of 2020. “Lots of editing and putting together little moments or 10 second chunks with lots of samples. The music was conceived to be a somewhat unbroken 40 minute long composition and I think of the singles as excerpts.”
Blood Karaoke is Krivchenia's fourth solo effort following You’re Useless, I Love You (2016), No Comment (2018), and A New Found Relaxation (2020). Big Thief's latest album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You was released earlier this year.
