De Staat Release New Album 'Machinery' And Confirm UK Tour

Holland's hottest alternative rock band "DE STAAT" will follow up the release of their critically acclaimed debut album "Wait For Evolution" with their hotly-tipped second album "Machinery" on Monday March 7th.

The album will be released by Cool Green Recordings via Mascot Records.

The band, whose unique sound has been described as a mix between the Dead Weather, Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits, Queens of the Stone Age, Nick Cave and Steve Reich, has confirmed a UK tour that kicks off at the London Camden Barfly on Wednesday April 6th.

Ticket Hotline: 0845 413 4444, www.alt-tickets.co.uk, London Camden Barfly (April 6), Manchester Deaf Institute (April 7), Nottingham The Bodega (April 8), and Bristol The Louisiana (April 9).

'Machinery', described as a "gut-inducing slab of psycho funk," is a dark sonic adventure that takes the listener through underground caves of blues, funk and electro where halal butchers, serial killers, whistleblowers, rats and sweat-covered bodybuilders cross paths.

Initial pressing of De Staat's "Machinery" CD is available in limited edition format with a stunning 64-page booklet.

"I often hear we sound like a machine when we play live," says lead singer and songwriter Torre Florim. "I thought it would be fun to expand on that on this record and emphasise the mechanical elements in the music. We played a lot of rhythms, and also created crazy sounds with the guitars. I didn't want to exclusively focus on the rhythmic parts, but instead wanted to change the way we approached the tools of a conventional rock band setup. During the process of writing and creating the music, the album developed an industrial flavour that reminded us of a machine."

The new album evokes the rhythms and soundscapes of minimal music-composer Steve Reich, combined with the raw analogue sound of garage rockers Dead Weather. "What Jack White does with Dead Weather sound really cool," says Florim, "and that's what I wanted as well.

It's the old school approach. At the same time I really like using samplers and synthesizers. That's where Steve Reich kicks in. He uses a lot of instruments to create one sound. That's what we tried to do on this album, but only in pop terms. It makes for a strange combination - record in an old school manner with a new school manner of writing. It works for De Staat."