MARK PRITCHARD & THOM YORKE SHARE NEW SINGLE “GANGSTERS”,
- MOVEMENT MAG
- Apr 9
- 3 min read
Pioneering electronic musician and producer Mark Pritchard and The Smile / Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke have shared a new single titled “Gangsters.” The track is taken from their highly anticipated forthcoming record Tall Tales (out May 9 via Warp Records), and follows the recent announcement of a special global cinema event on May 8 at which fans will be able to experience the album alongside its accompanying feature film a day ahead of release - dates may vary for certain locations.
Two previews from the film have been released in the form of music videos over the past couple of months. These came alongside the first two singles from the album "Back In The Game" and "This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice.” The new single “Gangsters,” which premiered on Lauren Laverne’s BBC Radio 6 Music show this morning, is paired to a video offering a third insight into visual artist Jonathan Zawada’s surreal and uncanny world, alongside Yorke’s pitch-shifted vocals and Pritchard’s borderless synth work.
Watch the video for “Gangsters”
An effective third member of the group, 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. More info and tickets are available from Tall-Tales.info.
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 – read an excerpt HERE.
Pre-order Tall Tales
Find tickets for May 8 screening of Tall Tales film
Watch the trailer for Tall Tales
Watch the video for “This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice”
Watch the video for “Back In The Game”
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.
