Beautiful Distortion is the eleventh[a] album by Dutch rock band the Gathering. It was released on 29 April 2022 via the Gathering's imprint Psychonaut Records. It is their first full-length album in over nine years, after the band took an hiatus in 2014. It is also the first studio album to feature the band's founding bassist Hugo Prinsen Geerligs since their 2003 effort Souvenirs. He replaced Marjolein Kooijman, who played bass for the band between 2004 and 2014.
| Beautiful Distortion | ||||
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| Released | 29 April 2022 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 48:16 | |||
| Label | Psychonaut | |||
| Producer | Attie Bauw | |||
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| Singles from Beautiful Distortion | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Sputnikmusic | 4.0/5.0[3] |
Background
editThe band had first announced that they were recording an album in February 2021, when they had shared pictures from inside the studio.[4]
Attie Bauw, the producer of this album, had also previously produced the Gathering's albums How to Measure a Planet? and Home.[5][6]
The album's first single, "In Colour", was released on 13 October 2021.[1] This was followed by their second single "We Rise", released via a music video on 9 February 2022.[7][2] At 4:33, the music video is shorter than the "single edit" version of the song posted on their Bandcamp page.[8]
On the same day of Beautiful Distortion's release, an EP titled Interference, is also being released, which is meant as a companion piece to the album. A music video for the EP's song "Stronger" was released in December 2021.[9]
Following the release, the Gathering will perform concerts for AutoReverse: 30th Anniversary Tour, which includes four dates in the Netherlands, three in Mexico, and one each in Colombia, Bolivia, Chile and Brazil.[10]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In Colour" | 5:49 |
| 2. | "When We Fall" | 5:23 |
| 3. | "Grounded" | 6:52 |
| 4. | "We Rise" | 6:47 |
| 5. | "Black Is Magnified" | 6:19 |
| 6. | "Weightless" | 5:50 |
| 7. | "Pulse of Life" | 6:44 |
| 8. | "On Delay" | 4:30 |
Personnel
editThe Gathering
- Silje Wergeland – vocals
- Frank Boeijen – keyboards and piano
- Hugo Prinsen Geerligs – bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, percussion
- René Rutten – guitars, keyboards, percussion
- Hans Rutten – drums, percussion[11]
Production
Notes
edit- ^ It is reported here as their 11th album because the band consider it as such, with Afterwords being more like an EP. States drummer Hans Rutten, "We all see Disclosure as our last studio album, and Afterwords was more or less a Disclosure after-party... It's a mini album, maybe, but it's a long album. But that said, we don't see it as a full-length album of The Gathering, more as sort of an EP kind of thing."[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "THE GATHERING Drops New Single 'In Colour' From 'Beautiful Distortion' Album". Blabbermouth.net. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ a b "THE GATHERING Releases New Single 'We Rise'". Blabbermouth.net. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Review: The Gathering - Beautiful Distortion | Sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "The Gathering – Tracking Material For Next Studio Album". Metalstorm.net. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ Järvinen, Samuel (8 October 2021). "The Gathering ends almost nine-year recording hiatus with new "Beautiful Distortion" album". Chaos Zine. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "THE GATHERING Unveils New Single 'In Colour' From Upcoming "Beautiful Distortion" Album". Sonic Perspectives. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ Lagas, Jorge (14 February 2022). "The Gathering lanza su nuevo video "We rise", adelanto de próximo álbum". futuro.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "We Rise (Single Edit)". The Gathering Bandcamp. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "The Gathering – 'Stronger' Single Premiered Online". Metalstorm.net. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "The Gathering – Autoreverse: 30th Anniversary America Tour – Bogotá". Autopistarock.com (in Spanish). 1 October 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ a b "THE GATHERING Launch Music Video For New Single "We Rise"". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "The Gathering: Beautiful Distortion (LP – Psychonaut #PSYN 0036)". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 March 2022.