Following last November’s EP Red Thread Route, Bristol‘s Langkamer have announced their sophomore album, The Noon and Midnight Manual again on Breakfast Records. Promising to build upon the Langkamer MO of pairing anthemic choruses with elements of dusty folk and left-field pop, what we described previously as “[a] combination of slacker era indie rock and easy country-influenced melodies, albeit with a few surprises up its sleeve,” the album was recorded in a crumbling cottage on the North Yorkshire Moors with the help of producer Tim Rowing-Parker.
In anticipation of the record, the four-piece—Josh Jarman (vocals), Ed Soles (guitar), Dan Anthony (guitar) and Tom Kelly (bass)—have released lead single ‘Sing At Dawn’. The song again finds the sweet centre of a Venn diagram of twangy Americana and insouciant indie rock, with an infectious chorus that seems destined for joyous singalongs. “‘Sing At Dawn’ is the first song we wrote for the second album,” explains Jarman. “It was a really hard time of year. It was cold and bleak and the days were short and dark. The Seasonal Affective Disorder was really weighing me down. Writing this song was an exercise in catharsis.”
The Noon And Midnight Manual is out on the 8th May via Breakfast Records and you can pre-order it now from the Langkamer Bandcamp page.
