MARK PRITCHARD & THOM YORKE SHARE “TALL TALES: THE COINS (FORGE, REFORGE, FORGERY)”
A SHORT FILM DOCUMENTING THE CRAFTING OF 400 HAND-FINISHED AND INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED BRONZE COINS DISPERSED AROUND THE WORLD
NEW ALBUM “TALL TALES” OUT NOW VIA WARP
Over recent weeks, fans of Mark Pritchard, Thom Yorke and visual collaborator Jonathan Zawada discovered an Instagram profile for a mysterious metalsmith going by the name of Marien Marcel. The account showed development sketches for the visual world of “Tall Tales” – the new album from Pritchard and Yorke, released on Friday, 9th May – leading to speculation that this account was run by someone inside the project. The account also seemed to show the process of the melting down of fake works of art, purchased on eBay, and the subsequent forging of coins from the molten bronze. Fans have now started to discover these coins appearing in the real world.
Today, Mark Pritchard, Thom Yorke and Jonathan Zawada unveil “Tall Tales: The Coins (Forge, Reforge, Forgery)”, a short film documenting the crafting of these coins. It forms part of the third element to the “Tall Tales” project, following the album released last week, and the film premiered in cinemas on Thursday, 8th May.
There are 400 hand-finished and individually numbered coins dispersed around the world and being hidden by a growing band of accomplices, so far including The Gallows Pole author Benjamin Myers and numerous record stores.
The coins act as breadcrumbs, leading the curious and willing to the stories, influences and layers of meaning embedded in the world of “Tall Tales”. Lucky fans who find a coin can register their discovery at https://forger.tall-tales.
WATCH / SHARE “TALL TALES: THE COINS (FORGE, REFORGE, FORGERY)” HERE
“Tall Tales”, the new album from Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke is now 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.
Both a standard CD edition and a limited special CD accompanied by the 36-page booklet are also available.
Selected press for “Tall Tales” so far:
“Tall Tales” is Pritchard’s glorious re-emergence, as wild and smiling as a plug-pulled Yorke, the electrics in his brain as sparky as ever.” – Electronic Sound
“a series of eccentric grooves and sloshed pop songs that glow with lurid intensity” – Disco Pogo
“The present might have imploded, but there’s a return to something older here, something that’s endured against the odds” – MOJO (Album Of The Month)
“an enduring note of hope for an album that resonates in uncertain times.” – Record Collector
“epic . . . there’s incredible detail here” – Uncut
“a jagged collection of forward-thinking dance music, not wildly dissimilar to the more electronic end of Radiohead’s output, though more playful” – The Guardian
“perfectly crafted” – The Observer
“so beautiful it’s hard to hear with your eyes open.” – The Independent
“this long-planned collaboration album doesn’t disappoint” – The London Standard
“you cannot help but feel that this remarkable album is a two-fingered salute to artificial intelligence and everything that goes with it.” – The Times
“Tall Tales” is a delirious hymn to the history of electronic music and its ever-expanding future.” – Louder Than War (Album Of The Week)
“an at times menacing, evocative and hypnotically immersive statement on a freefalling societal state of play.” – The Line Of Best Fit
“a perceptive and nersistent rollercoaster. a child’s fairground ride warped into something which reflects rarely talked-about inner fears.” – CLASH
“a fascinating Rubik’s cube of a record, shapeshifting from song to song” – The New Cue
“Altogether, a glorious synergy, and a sterling example of how subtlety can be more powerful.” – The Arts Desk
“a prog-tronic sonic journey with a dystopian kick” – Rolling Stone
“To hear two of experimental music’s biggest innovators come together in rare form feels like a gift to the universe that couldn’t be more timely.” – TMRW
“Tall Tales” captures these two veterans in great form, locking into a sound that plays to their strengths while differing from anything they’ve done before – moody, enveloping, surreal in effect, but emotionally potent.” – Music OMH
“an experience that was at times profound, thought-provoking, emotionally stirring and musically captivating.” – MusicRadar
“a pulsating, mind-bending psychedelic odyssey; Yorke’s digitally distorted vocals adding a further layer to his famously emotional, anguished tones.” – The Telegraph (on “Back In The Game”)
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Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke
“Tall Tales”
Out now 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