Release Date: Friday 13th March 2015
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https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/citizen/id966414952?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
LISTEN TO THE NEW SINGLE ‘EL KAPTAIN’ HERE NOW
The Wellington-based Platinum-selling trio Trinity Roots follow up 2004’s Home, Land, and Sea with their highly anticipated third studio album Citizen. A progression from their previous two albums; musically & lyrically, they have expanded their palette of colours and painted an informed snap-shot of present day NZ.
With the departure of Jean Pompey, Warren Maxwell (vocals, guitar) and Rio Hemopo(bass) are joined by new drummer Ben Wood (Newtown Rocksteady, Hikoikoi Reserve, Amiria Grenell, French For Rabbits). Citizen was recorded in the new Surgery Studio with legendary producer Lee Prebble (The Black Seeds, Pheonix Foundation, Flight of the Conchords).
Citizen will be released Friday March 13th, and the trio will celebrate with performances at the WOMAD festival in Taranaki, 13-15 March.
The band released their first single “Haiku” an urgent chugging track in September 2014 and are strongly following that up with the release of ‘El Kaptain’ a bubbling analogy“reflecting the arrogant, fiscal heavy result of the last election. A selfish Captain of a gold laden vessel for the elite… Given ironic license by the apathetic villagers – a true tale of woe!”
Citizen finds doses of Sabbath & Queens of the Stone Age in amongst their signature eclectic mash up’. The track ‘Bully’ combines an ancient style of Maori melody (waiata tawhito) with a Sabbath-esque bridge – making for a dynamic listen. They have adhered to their classic Trinity Roots process of inviting lots of their incredibly talented friends to join them on the recording and in staying true to the bands roots there is a mash-up of politics and love throughout the writing. The song ‘Citizen’ was inspired by writings of his Holiness The Dalai Lama – ‘The Paradox of our times’. “We are a complex, cancerous species but there is hope waiting in the wings.”
Says Maxwell “As an over-critical, pedantic, self-deprecating, arrogant, stubborn, egotistic musician, I feel really happy with this record. I feel anxious yet content in that we have made it a challenging listen. I feel like we’ve tried to stay true and sincere to all kaupapa in the songs – they all come from a genuine place for genuine purpose. Our intent is the same as it has always been – to convey honest musings on a vehicle of sonic influences to whomever wishes to listen.”
