MARK PRITCHARD & THOM YORKE ANNOUNCE “TALL TALES” SPECIAL SCREENING EVENT
“TALL TALES” IS A FILM BY JONATHAN ZAWADA
DEBUT
COLLABORATIVE ALBUM AND VISUAL EXPERIENCE TO BE SCREENED ONLY IN THEATRES/CINEMAS ON MAY 8TH
ALBUM OUT MAY 9TH ON WARP
PHOTO CREDIT: PIERRE TOUSSAINT
Following the recent announcement of their debut collaborative record “Tall Tales” (out 9th May via Warp Records), pioneering electronic musician and producer Mark Pritchard and The Smile / Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke have shared details of a special global cinema event on 8th May, in which fans will be able to hear the album alongside its accompanying feature film a day ahead of release – dates may vary for certain locations.
More info and tickets are available from Tall-Tales.info.
An effective third member of the group, visual artist Jonathan Zawada – whose multi-faceted approach to melding analogue and digital techniques have seen him work alongside the likes of Coachella, Flume, The Avalanches, Royksopp, and Dua Lipa – directed, animated, and edited the “Tall Tales” visual experience.
The groundbreaking production was developed over the past few years in tandem with the evolution of the music, juxtaposing it with uneasy landscapes of natural beauty and the brutal aesthetics of a dystopian world. Through Yorke’s lyrics, Pritchard’s atemporal compositions and Zawada’s visuals, “Tall Tales” questions where our insatiable appetite for ‘progress’ might have landed us. A prophetic cinematic experience, “Tall Tales” has been years in the making, but delivered right on time.
WATCH THE TRAILER FOR “TALL TALES” HERE
Some lucky fans that attend the screenings will also receive a zine compiled and designed by Zawada, which gives a unique insight into the concepts and inspirations running through the film and album. Alongside the announcement of the event, he has shared an enigmatic snippet of the zine examining the theft of the well-known sculpture, ‘The Thinker’.
READ THE EXTRACT HERE
Two previews from the film have already been released in the form of music videos over the past couple of months. These came alongside the first two singles to be lifted from the album “Back In The Game” and “This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice”, the latter of which is currently A-listed on BBC Radio 6 Music.
WATCH VIDEO FOR “THIS CONVERSATION IS MISSING YOUR VOICE” HERE
WATCH VIDEO FOR “BACK IN THE GAME” HERE
WATCH VIDEO FOR “BACK IN THE GAME – LIVE FROM SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE” HERE
Pritchard is a luminary of 90s UK electronic music with his projects Reload, Link and as one half of the production duo Global Communication alongside Tom Middleton. In 2011 he released two remixes of Radiohead’s “Bloom” and across an eclectic career that has incorporated many styles and various guises, he has remixed further material from the likes of Aphex Twin, Depeche Mode, PJ Harvey and Slowdive.
“Tall Tales”, Yorke’s first release on Warp Records, is a multi-layered, richly textured record that channels both multiple narratives and multiple genres. Across its eclectic 12 song runtime, the record showcases Pritchard’s mastery of archaic machines unearthed in synthesizer archives, guiding the music down unexpected and experimental paths. Yorke meanwhile delivers a haunting and expansive vocal performance, delving into dark, introspective storytelling.
As well as digitally, the album will be available in a standard black vinyl 2LP gatefold edition and as a limited special black vinyl 2LP edition including a 36-page booklet featuring a wealth of images from the project and lyrics to all the tracks, carefully designed by Jonathan Zawada.
There will also be both a standard CD edition and a limited special CD accompanied by the 36-page booklet.
PRE-ORDER “TALL TALES” HERE
ALBUM ARTWORK
Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke
Tall Tales
Out May 9th on Warp Records
A Fake in a Faker’s World
Ice Shelf
Bugging Out Again
Back in the Game
White Cliffs
The Spirit
Gangsters
This Conversation is Missing Your Voice
Tall Tales
Happy Days
The Men Who Dance In Stags’ Heads
Wandering Genie