{"id":456,"date":"2018-01-17T07:53:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T07:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/?p=456"},"modified":"2018-01-30T21:25:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T21:25:36","slug":"arrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/?p=456","title":{"rendered":"Arrows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our third album, Arrows, will be released on Deltasonic on April 6th. It&#8217;s taken a long time to get right but we&#8217;re really excited to share it with you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/The-Longcut-Arrows-1600x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-458\" src=\"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/The-Longcut-Arrows-1600x-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/The-Longcut-Arrows-1600x-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/The-Longcut-Arrows-1600x-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/The-Longcut-Arrows-1600x-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/The-Longcut-Arrows-1600x-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/The-Longcut-Arrows-1600x.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Arrows<\/li>\n<li>Punches<\/li>\n<li>Fractals<\/li>\n<li>Popic<\/li>\n<li>Beasts<\/li>\n<li>Deathmask<\/li>\n<li>Kroqd<\/li>\n<li>Brutalist<\/li>\n<li>Dancers<\/li>\n<li>Monuments<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Listen to Deathmask now and pre-order on limited edition vinyl: <a href=\"http:\/\/hyperurl.co\/TheLongcutArrows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/hyperurl.co\/TheLongcutArrows<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-456 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Vinyl-Record-Mockup-wth-sleeve.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Vinyl-Record-Mockup-wth-sleeve-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Vinyl-Record-Mockup-back-wth-sleeve.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Vinyl-Record-Mockup-back-wth-sleeve-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Press:<\/p>\n<p><em>Arrows<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>New album released 6th April 2018 on Deltasonic<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Manchester band return with 6 minute single &#8216;Deathmask&#8217;:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Somewhere between utopia and dystopia The Longcut have constructed their own monolithic world. Impossible to place but undoubtedly familiar, on their new record Arrows, Manchester\u2019s sonic architects have carved out their own Upside Down within the crevices of the North; sublimely sweet, bittersweet and bleak, where concrete blockades loom large, but songbirds emerge from clouds overhead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>7 years in the works but much less time in the making, several cuts of each song and two versions of the album later, Arrows embodies aggravation. Sliced, diced and layered up again for the 21st Century, Arrows shows strength from struggle through its stark contrasts; \u201cWe were going to call it \u2018Monuments\u2019 because of this process of chipping away and adding things,\u201d tells bassist, Jon Fearon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Whilst previous albums A Call and Response (2006) and Open Hearts (2009) were formulaic in structure Arrows was formed from the rolling approach of no clearly-defined beginning, middle or end. \u201cMuch of the album was born out of frustration with the whole process,\u201d reveals the band\u2019s vocalist and drummer, Stuart Ogilvie of the album\u2019s brutal leanings. \u201cLike even when you know good things are happening in your life, other situations can get you down. That balance or imbalance is felt by everyone so hopefully people can hear this journey and relate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Behemoth of a lead single \u2018Deathmask\u2019 is the perfect case in point. Energetic, menacing and mesmerising, the words came together very quickly. \u201cI was walking home in a pretty shitty mood and this really ominous weather front came over,\u201d recalls Stuart. \u201cThe sky went dark and there was this static electric feeling in the air, powerful and foreboding. That\u2019s where the line \u201cUnder the gathering sulphur\u201d comes from. It got me thinking about escapism; not to some sunny uplands, but to a place where the natural order was breaking down too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Raw, brutal, pounding the senses and always from the heart, The Longcut are ready to launch Arrows into 2018\u2019s bleak and beautiful horizon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our third album, Arrows, will be released on Deltasonic on April 6th. It&#8217;s taken a long time to get right but we&#8217;re really excited to share it with you. &nbsp; &nbsp; Arrows Punches Fractals Popic Beasts Deathmask Kroqd Brutalist Dancers Monuments Listen to Deathmask now and pre-order on limited edition vinyl: http:\/\/hyperurl.co\/TheLongcutArrows Press: Arrows New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=456"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}