After a decade on Erol Alkan’s Phantasy Records, shoegaze-loving techno great Daniel Avery has signed to Domino and announced his first album for the label. Tremor is his first since 2022’s great Ultra Truth and will be out October 31. It’s also his most collaborative yet with contributions from Alison Mosshart (The Kills), yeule, Walter Schreifels (Quicksand / Gorilla Biscuits), rising UK shoegazers bdrmm, Julie Dawson (NewDad), Ellie, yuné pinku, Art School Girlfriend, and more.
It sounds like Tremor is more on the dreampop side of what Daniel does than any record he’s made to date. “This is a living and breathing collective,” Avery comments. “Since the earliest recordings, Tremor felt like a studio in the sky, a space in time through which we could all pass as artists,” he reflects. “It’s the welcoming spirit of acid house with the doors flung open wider still to allow in every influence from my musical journey: the warmth of distortion, the stillness inside intensity, the transcendental beauty of noise… They have always been there in my music but now it feels like those ideas are being transmitted in Technicolor. This is a record for the post-rave comedown kids, the guitar heads and anyone else who wants to come along for the ride. Everyone is welcome.” The album was mixed by the amazing ears of Alan Moulder and David Wrench and mastered by Heba Kadry.
The first single from Tremor is “Rapture in Blue,” which features vocals from SOPHIE and Caroline Polachek collaborator Cecile Believe and guitar shimmer from Ride‘s Andy Bell. Listen to that below.
Tremor tracklist
1. Neon Pulse
2. Rapture in Blue w/ Cecile Believe
3. Haze w/ Ellie
4. A Silent Shadow w/ bdrmm
5. New Life w/ yunè pinku
6. Greasy off the Racing Line w/ Alison Mosshart
7. Until the Moon Starts Shaking
8. The Ghost of Her Smile w/ Julie Dawson
9. Disturb Me w/ yeule
10. In Keeping (Soon We’ll Be Dust) w/ Walter Schreifels
11. Tremor
12. A Memory Wrapped in Paper and Smoke
13. I Feel You w/ Art School Girlfriend
Daniel Avery – 2025 Tour Dates
Fri. Oct. 24 – Berlin, DE @ Zenner
Fri. Oct. 31 – Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall
Thu. Nov. 6 – Paris, FR @ La Gaîté Lyrique
Fri. Nov. 7 – Bristol, UK @ Simple Things
Sat. Nov. 8 – London, UK @ Barbican