Bruce Soord - new solo album “Luminescence” coming September 22! (2CD/5.1 DVD, Atmos streaming & digital download)

[bgf1973]

New single 28/07

 

[haikubass]

Album coming September 22:

Third Studio Album from The Pineapple Thief's Frontman Bruce Soord

The Multi-instrumentalist & songwriter extraordinaire & The Pineapple Thief frontman returns with his third studio album.

Founding member & chief songwriter of his prolific band The Pineapple Thief, Bruce Soord's output & profile has grown substantially over the last decade. In addition to his own musical output / compositions, his exceptional production skills & coveted surround sound mixing has seen him delivering mixing work for acts including TesseracT, Opeth & Jethro Tull.

Inspired by the idea of finding inner peace, his latest solo outing 'Luminescence' explores the difficulty of living in the metropolis of the modern world. Born from days exploring various cities whilst on tour, tracks from the album feature recordings from Soord's various wanderings captured on his field recorder.

With acoustic guitar at the centre of the album, tracks such as 'Lie Flat' appear simple on the surface yet reveal Soord's unmistakable intricacies throughout. There's a variety of styles within though. The album's lead track & single 'Dear Life' effortlessly encapsulates Soord's unique sense of poised melancholy, while 'Nestle In' flirts with electronica. 'Olomouc's rousing strings work against the acoustic backdrop of Soord's guitar to paint a vivid picture of the stillness that the record describes.

Recorded between January & June of 2023, the album was cut at Soord Studios with additional strings recorded at RAK Studio 3 in London, featuring contributions from Andrew Skeet, long-time member of The Divine Comedy & musical producer of the orchestration on many films/tv shows from Netflix's smash hit "Black Mirror" to David Attenborough's "Green Planet" & "Dynasties II". On 'Luminescence' Andrew arranged & conducted a six-piece string section.

The artwork has been provided by Carl Glover at Aleph Studios (Porcupine Tree/Marillion) with the mastering handled by The Pineapple Thief's Steve Kitch. Luminescence was engineered by Bruce Soord.

 

[sjcorne]

It’s another fine piece of work from the man, some lovely string arrangements sprinkled throughout and of course a great surround mix

 

[JediJoker]

Waiting for that Burning Shed CD/Blu-ray preorder to show up...

 

[sjcorne]

Waiting for that Burning Shed CD/Blu-ray preorder to show up...

Looks like a CD/DVD box, similar to All This Will Be Yours (not sure why Bruce's solo music is deemed unworthy of Blu-Ray by KScope?):
https://spinmeroundstore.com/UPC/802644859576

 

[bgf1973]

Looks like a CD/DVD box, similar to All This Will Be Yours (not sure why Bruce's solo music is deemed unworthy of Blu-Ray by KScope?):
https://spinmeroundstore.com/UPC/802644859576

Not Atmos mix?….raro, raro, raro

 

[sjcorne]

Not Atmos mix?….raro, raro, raro

Streaming-only, though I'm trying to convince them to do a TrueHD download.

 

[vegas]

Album coming September 22:

This is gonna be a hell of a month!

 

[sjcorne]

This is gonna be a hell of a month!

Crazy that we are getting new albums from Steven Wilson and Bruce Soord within a week of each other

 

[alansanchez86]

no atmos ((

 

[perzon57]

no atmos ((

No Atmos, no buy.

 

[Robert van Diggele]

A small tour will be done as well, TOUR 2023

 

[splinter7]

Streaming-only, though I'm trying to convince them to do a TrueHD download.

Don't forget to keep bugging the The Church about that too.

 

[rtbluray]

https://www.amazon.com/Luminescence-2CD-DVD-Hardback-Book/dp/B0CCJZ13LC/
Alongside the new album, this deluxe 48 page hardback book edition of Luminescence also includes an entire bonus album Our Ship Sails At Dusk on CD alongside a DVD (NTSC 0) featuring high-res stereo and 5. 1 surround sound mixes.

 

[haikubass]

Alongside the new album, this deluxe 48 page hardback book edition of Luminescence also includes an entire bonus album Our Ship Sails At Dusk on CD alongside a DVD (NTSC 0) featuring high-res stereo and 5. 1 surround sound mixes.

OK then, so this is actually a double-album in surround with 24 songs total. Nice.

Also, my buddy in Olomouc may well be surprised by the song named after his city (yes, TPT have toured there).

 

[sjcorne]

OK then, so this is actually a double-album in surround with 24 songs total. Nice.

Yeah, the "bonus" album is not just an acoustic reworking (as has been done with past TPT/Bruce releases) - they're completely unique songs.

 

[madship]

Ordered from Burning Shed.

 

[sjcorne]

 

[sjcorne]

First single in Atmos:

 

[rusinurbe]

I ordered shame its just a DVD given the blu rayness of his band output, but I can live with that