Ulrika Spacek frontman Rhys Edwards will release his second solo album as Astrel K, titled Foreign Department, on March 8 via Tough Love Records. Edwards made the album in his current home of Stockholm, Sweden and it finds him expanding the sonic scope of his great Astrel K debut with lush string and brass arrangements.
The first single from the album is “Darkness at Noon,” a beautiful baroque creation that recalls ’70s pop while cutting it with his penchant for drone and unusual chord progressions. It’s a lovely song and you can listen below.
Astrel K will celebrate the release of Foreign Department with a string of in-store performances in the UK, and those are listed below.
Foreign Department
1.Heavy Is The Head
2.Darkness At Noon
3.By Depol
4.Brighter Spells
5.Firma
6.Birds In Vacant Lots
7.The Foreign Department
8.C Ya!
9.A Rudderless Ship
10.Daffodil
11.R U A Literal Child?
Astrel K – Instore Gigs:
Fri, Mar 8th – Rough Trade West. London
Sat, Mar 9th – Jumbo, Leeds
Sun, Mar 10th – Wax and Beans, Bury
Mon, Mar 11th – Jacaranda, Liverpool
Weds, Mar 13th – South, Southend
Thurs, Mar 14th – Venus Vinyl, Norwich