Windsor For The Derby Announce "Against Love"

In a day and age when many a band must carefully plot an air of mystery around themselves, it is with much grace that Philadelphia-Austin sonic craftsmen Windsor for the Derby have maintained their particular cult mystique over eight albums of subtle, biting and exploratory post-rock. We're proud to announce the latest from WFTD, "Against Love," arriving June 22 on Secretly Canadian (June 21 in the UK).

In a world of "slow" movements that rail against mindless consumption, rock survivalists Windsor for the Derby represent "slow" music. For their latest outing, they began with a set of seemingly infinite drones and loops inspired by their early beginnings as a band. As those recordings were passed back and forth, the sounds were further sculpted by Dan Matz and Jason McNeely into their own leftfield brand of pop song. This became "Against Love."

Lyrically the songs are about how the modern world is changing the human condition, how we decide to land when the floor is pulled out from under us, and how hope is born from loss. The songs were shaped over months in backstage rooms, hotels, vans, and wherever else Matz and McNeely found time during WFTD's European and American tours of the past two years. Tracks were finalized in Matz's haunted Hope Union Studio, where disengaged clock chimes, spectral taps, and mysterious footsteps are a constant cause for another take; some left in the mix.

A tour of UK and Europe is in the works for July and August, with a handful of dates already up for sale.

Audio: Windsor for the Derby - "Queen of the Sun"

Windsor for the Derby European Dates:

• 07/27/10 Nantes, FR - Sputnik Bar
• 07/28/10 Paris, FR - Noveau Casino
• 08/02/10 London, UK - Windmill Brixton
• 08/03/10 Brighton, UK - Freebutt
• 08/06/10 Metz, FR - Emile Vache
• 08/11/10 Hamburg, GR - Astra Stube
• 08/12/10 Berlin, GR - Schokoladen
• 08/1310 Copenhagen, DK - Lades
• 08/14/10 Malmo, SE - Debaser
• 08/17/10 Hannover, GR - Cafe Glocksee
• 08/18/10 Wiesbaden, GR - Schlachthof

Against Love tracklist:

• Against Love
• Autumn Song
• After Love
• Queen of the Sun
• Singer 1968
• Moon Shadows
• Our Love's a Calamity
• Alex Lucero
• Dull Knives
• Hips
• Cursed Ages
• Tropical Depression
• Strange Dream

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