Industrial outfit Author & Punisher have just put up a video for their new single, “Thrush“. That clip was co-directed by Lucile Lejoly & Arnaud Fournier. It’s the latest single to be shared from Author & Punisher‘s new studio album “Nocturnal Birding“, due out October 03rd on Relapse. Regarding this latest cut, Author & Punisher nucleus Tristan Shone commented:
“This song is really the epitome of this album. When I heard the wood thrush song, it immediately made me think of Neurosis or Jesu…the melodic heart wrenching tracks like ‘The Last You’ll Know‘. The Wood Thrush made this one easy for me: I just followed the chord progression of the bird exactly.
I reached out to Lucile because I found her tattoo artwork and really loved the medieval style mixed with some Elden Ring vibes. Over the next 8 months we forged an artistic relationship that resulted in the beautiful album artwork and video. Alongside creative partner Arnaud Fournier, the two have made an epic work that elevates the song. I think I will cry when I play this live first (like when I first played ‘The Barge‘ or ‘Glorybox‘) because it is really songs like this that drive me to keep making music.”
“Nocturnal Birding” finds Shone welcoming guitarist Doug Sabolick (Ecstatic Vision, Plaque Marks, A Life Once Lost, etc.) into the fold after decades as a one-man unit.
10/18 Lisboa, POR – Music Station (feat. Blood Incantation)
10/20 Madrid, SPA – Sala Mon (feat. Blood Incantation)
10/21 Barcelona, SPA – Sala Wolf
10/22 Marseille, FRA – Le Molotov
10/23 Montpellier, FRA – In Tenebris Lux
10/24 Nilvange, FRA – Gueulard Plus (feat. Divide & Dissolve)
10/25 Maastricht, NET – Samhain Fest
With Bong-Ra:
10/26 Hamburg, GER – MS Stubnitz
10/27 Aarhus, DEN – Voxhall
10/28 Oslo, NOR – Goldie
10/29 Goteborg, SWE – Monument
10/30 Copenhagen, DEN – Stengade
10/31 Berlin, GER – Kantine am Berghaim
11/01 Gdansk, POL – Drizzly Grizzly
11/02 Warsaw, POL – Voodoo
11/03 Poznan, POL – 2Progi
11/04 Leipzig, GER – UT Connewitz
11/05 Frankfurt, GER – Elfer Club
11/06 Paris, FRA – Backstage
11/07 Bruxelles, BEL – Magasin 4
11/08 Lille, FRA – La Bulle
11/09 Manchester, UK – Damnation Festival (no Bong-Ra):
With King Yosef:
11/12 San Diego, CA – The Casbah
11/13 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
