“We died when we started writing this album,” say Sorry, preparing to release “Cosplay”, their third studio album, set for release on 7th November on Domino Recordings. But if Sorry did, indeed, die before a note had been recorded, before a single word had even been jotted down, who the hell are this bunch now masquerading as Sorry? Who has donned the Sorry outfits so convincingly? Who is it that has recorded “Cosplay“, this album that first meticulously erases and then extravagantly redraws the perimeters of what a contemporary rock’n’roll band can achieve?
Sorry have released “Today Might Be The Hit”, the new single to be taken from their forthcoming new album “Cosplay”, which is set for release on November 7th. The band have recently announced two special launch shows titled COSPLAYOGRAPHY, one of which takes place at the ICA on album release day, as well as UK, EU and US dates.
Welcome to the world of Cosplay, where anyone can be anyone, past or present, real or imaginary, dead or alive. The most direct track on “Cosplay”, “Today Might Be The Hit” has a bouncing energy that recalls the band’s early works but possesses layer after layer of detail. Snippets of bird song, overlapping gang vocals and fragments of conversation are shot through the track, creating something both immediate and overwhelming that blazes across its short run time.
Narratively the song marries the unfortunate life of Ludwig Boltzmann, whose entropy formula was dismissed in his lifetime and later immortalised on his gravestone, with a full-on guitar and drums number that sits squarely in the garage rock tradition.
Sorry – “Echoes” from the album “Cosplay”, out on 7th November on Domino Recording Co.
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