RODOLPHE COSTER AND BAND – “DOLLS THEIR MAPS”
A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE
We are very pleased to announce the release today of High With The People, the debut album of Rodolphe Coster and Band. Multidisciplinary artist and legendary activist from the Brussels scene, Rodolphe Coster has already lived several lives, several deaths and as many resurrections. At 46, he releases a first album in his own name this year called High With The People. The album was recorded at the legendary Studio G in Brooklyn was produced by Matt Jones of Male Gaze and brings together a dream team including Jeff Tobias (Sunwatchers), Sarah Register (Lou Reed, Depeche Mode, Protomartyr), Atsuko Hatano, (Jim O ‘Rourke) and Maya Postepski (The Organ) among others. The result is a cold and irreverent rock, free from all shackles and oozing the rage to live through every pore.
On music of great sonic and emotional power that recalls the great hours of the Manchester scene, Rodolphe delivers stories of lives told in hallucinated moments of poetic bravery. From whispering, to screaming, to belching, all expressive means are employed by the punk songwriter to convey what has been kept inside for too long: the immeasurable frustration of seeing the ship sink and the “good guys” tirelessly lose, the irrepressible need to live and love as the only bulwark against the ongoing destruction.
What Rodolphe Coster and his group seem to tell us is that the bulldozers that we hear in the distance might come and destroy the last playgrounds and raze the last parks but their hum will never be enough to drown out the songs of the sirens nor those of the rock bands who shout in the night for another world to come. The album is a tribute to those who hold the position and nourish hope.
High With The People here, now!
In the past, Rodolphe Coster was part of several artistic collectives and rock groups and worked extensively as a composer and performer for contemporary dance projects that allowed him to travel the world. It was during these trips that he met the collaborators who form his current entourage. Over the past 5 years, the Brussels artist has performed in Canada, Europe, the United States and Japan and has opened for Black Dice, Grimes, Molly Nilsson, Liars, Italia 90 and Thee Oh Sees, among others.
Rodolphe Coster And Band
High With The People
(Capitane Records)
Release Date: November 22, 2022
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Background Photo Credit: Nicolas Michaux
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