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PURCHASE THE DEBUT ALBUM 'CONTOUR LINES' HERE - AVAILABLE ON 180g VINYL / CD and DOWNLOAD.  FREE EXCLUSIVE, INSTANT BONUS TRACK WITH ORDERS FROM THE GIZEH RECORDS ONLINE STORE.

07.08.14
We are excited to announce a nice chuck of live dates for November and share with you a live version of 'Dust Hung Heavy' which we recently recorded and filmed as part of a session in our Cloud Blunt Moon studio. Enjoy!

18.09.14 + LEEDS + Wharf Chambers >> Tickets
19.09.14 + NEWCASTLE + Cumberland Arms >> Tickets
20.09.14 + NOTTINGHAM + Contemporary >> Free Entry
06.11.14 + GLASGOW + 13th Note >> Tickets
07.11.14 + EDINBURGH + Roxy >> Tickets
08.11.14 + BRADFORD + Fuse >> Free Entry
12.11.14 + SHEFFIELD + Rocking Chair >> Tickets
13.11.14 + BRISTOL + Cafe Kino >> Tickets
14.11.14 + CAMBRIDGE + Shindig >> Tickets
15.11.14 + LONDON + Union Chapel (Daylight Music 12pm - minimal show)
15.11.14 + BRIGHTON + Prince Albert >> Tickets
28.11.14 + LONDON + Power Lunches >> Tickets
29.11.14 + SALFORD + Islington Mill >> Tickets

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22.07.14
Since the record came out we've had a lot of people ask about the artwork and indeed, what the hell it is. Well, Claire has decided to give a little insight:

"I always knew that I wanted the album cover to be an image of a sculpture with moving parts. I used to love making sculptures using water: I really liked watching and hearing the water wheels spin in the studio, so I knew I wanted to somehow incorporate my visual artwork into the record too. I had a vague image in my head since starting the album of how I wanted the cover to look, but I knew that I also wanted to make something that visually represented how making this record has been for us, and how we see the sound we have made.

The sculpture was created immediately after finishing the final mix of the album, and we had two weeks to get the artwork made, photographed and printed, so everything was still really fresh in our minds.

The music we make is electronic for the most part, but, as a lot of kind people have written, it has a human heart. I wanted to combine mechanistic and natural/anatomical imagery to reflect this. The cog-like wheels spin from a stream of water that pours from two mouths, with flowers growing from the bowl-shaped vessels of the jaws. To make the faces, we cast our own mouths in alginate and set them in plaster. I then drilled into our faces so that the tube from the water pumps could slot through. They are painted a shimmery silver and gold. 

As well as being representative of the music, the image also represents to me how finding a form of expression can be cathartic and therapeutic, and can make things happen: the outpouring water makes the wheels spin. 

Our friend and brilliant photographer Andrew Brooks then lit and photographed the sculpture for us, and beautifully captured the beads of water as they were scattered by the moving wheels."


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21.07.14
Here's a new track from 'Contour Lines' called 'Present State'. Please feel free to listen and share!

23.06.14
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19.06.14
We are happy to announce three new shows for September alongside a mixtape we have just made for Gizeh's podcast series. You can stream the podcast below (and see the tracklisting) or subscribe to the whole series for free in iTunes. Just search 'Gizehcast'. Enjoy and share!


18.09.14 + LEEDS + Wharf Chambers >> Tickets
19.09.14 + NEWCASTLE + Cumberland Arms >> Tickets
20.09.14 + NOTTINGHAM + Contemporary >> Free Entry


Gizehcast #16 + A Mixtape by Shield Patterns by Gizehcast on Mixcloud

Doomsquad - 'Kalaboogie'
Tarwater - 'Time Slipped By'
Raime - 'Your Cast Will Tire'
Dean Blunt - 'The Pedigree'
FKA Twigs - 'How's That' 
Jenny Hval - 'I Called'
Givan Lötz - 'Tongue'
Brainiac - 'Fresh New Eyes'
Bardo Pond - 'Be a Fish'
Tropic of Cancer - 'Victims'
Ensemble Pearl - 'Ghost Parade'
Jon Porras - Pleiades
Richard Skelton - 'Remaindered'
Sufjan Stevens - 'Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois'
Lambchop - 'My Blue Wave'
Hauschka - 'Sanzhi Pod City'
Dorothy Ashby - 'Stella By Starlight'
Joanna Newsom - Emily'

09.06.14
Well, it's finally here! CONTOUR LINES IS RELEASED TODAY!! It's a proud day for us, that's for sure. Thanks to all you beautiful humans who have supported us to this point, we hope you'll be with us for whatever the future holds. Special mentions for Gizeh Records, Sleepsound Agency,Thinnen and Andrew Brooks Photography. 

We hope those of you who have the record by now are enjoying it... and lets hope the second half of 2014 is as good as the first!


02.06.14
A few weeks ago we took a trip out to Hell's Mouth in Wales to film the video for 'Ghost Words'. Take a look....

29.05.14
We are happy to share a new track from 'Contour Lines' entitled 'Ghost Words'....



21.05.14
We spoke to The Music Fix about 'Contour Lines'. Have a read here.



09.05.14
Cult of Luna invited us to destroy one their tracks.....



23.04.14

Our debut album Contour Lines is now available to pre-order from the Gizeh Records Store.

You can purchase Contour Lines on limited edition 180g vinyl, CD and download. All orders from the store come with an instant exclusive download of bonus track Grows Wings. 

There are a number of bundles to choose from:

LP || 180g heavyweight LP comes in a beautiful matte finished sleeve with black inner paper sleeve. Includes a free download of the entire album emailed to you on the day of release.

CD || Housed in a 4 panel matte finished digifile sleeve. Includes a free download of the entire album emailed to you on the day of release.

DIGITAL || Download in 320kbps MP3

BUNDLE || LP + CD + DOWNLOAD + SHIRT || All of the above plus a new Shield Patterns shirt.

LP + CD || 180g heavyweight LP comes in a beautiful matte finished sleeve with black inner paper sleeve. Includes a free download of the entire album emailed to you on the day of release plus a CD copy of the album.

We also have a bunch of shows coming up:

25.04.14 - MANCHESTER (UK)
Gulliver's w/ Woman' Hour [tickets]

26.04.14 - YORK (UK)
Basement [tickets]

04.05.14 - SALFORD (UK)
Sounds From the Other City Festival w/ PINS, Thomas Truax etc [tickets]

05.05.14 - LEEDS (UK)
Nation of Shopkeepers w/ Doomsquad & HSY [free show]

10.05.14 - LONDON (UK)
Beyond the Redshift Festival w/ Cult of Luna, Jesu, Esben & the Witch etc [tickets]

04.06.14 - MANCHESTER (UK) album launch
Soup Kitchen [tickets]

05.06.14 - READING (UK)
Oakford Social Club [free show]

06.06.14 - LONDON (UK) album launch
Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen [tickets]

13.06.14 - SUNDERLAND (UK)
Independent

14.06.14 - EDINBURGH (UK)
Electric Circus

Please note there are a very limited number of 'early bird' tickets available for the Manchester show priced at just £3.



09.04.14
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12.03.12
We are very proud and excited to announce details of our debut album!
'Contour Lines' is out on June 9th via Gizeh Records on Limited edition heavyweight vinyl, CD and download.

Below you can watch a short teaser video.

We can also announce three album launch shows in June:
04.06.14 - Manchester - Soup Kitchen >> Tickets
05.06.14 - Reading - Oakford Social Club >> Free Entry
06.06.14 - London - Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen >> Tickets

There are a very small amount of early bird tickets available for the Manchester show priced at just £3.
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24.02.12
Our new single 'Dust Hung Heavy' is out today and we can now reveal the video for the track.

We also have our very first t-shirt available at the Gizeh Records Store (and at our forthcoming tour dates). For the first week of the single release we are offering a shirt + download bundle which will include all four tracks from the new single for the price of the shirt. Offer ends on 28.02.

BUY SINGLE - GIZEH STORE / iTUNES
BUY T-SHIRT
BUY T-SHIRT + SINGLE BUNDLE
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01.03.14 - Manchester
Gulliver's  >> Info/Tickets

02.03.14 - Edinburgh
Sneaky Pete's >> Info/Tickets

03.03.14 - Glasgow
The Old Hairdressers

04.03.14 - Sheffield
Rude Shipyard >> Info/Tickets

07.03.14 - Cambridge
Leper Chapel >> Info/Tickets

09.03.14 - London
The Old Blue Last >> Free Entry

14.02.14
The Line of Best Fit  just premiered our new single 'Dust Hung Heavy'.
It's out digitally on February 24th  and comes backed with remixes from Dutch Uncles, Veí and From the Kites of San Quentin.
Enjoy! Keep your eyes peeled for more shows being announced soon too.



14.01.14
This past month we've been sheltering from the cold, holed up in our studio, finishing our debut album. It's finally complete and will be out later in the year! In the meantime we have a new single entitled 'Dust Hung Heavy' out on February 24th (here's the artwork) and a UK tour starting on March 1st.... exciting times ahead... more news soon.

17.12.13
We had an amazing time in Wales recording our debut album. It's now in the mixing stages and set for a release via Gizeh Records next year. More details on that soon! Meanwhile we have a single to release in February before we head out on a little UK tour.

Today we can announce the dates for the tour with a little teaser video of a track which will appear on the new record.

01.03.14 - Manchester - Gulliver's w/ Nadine Carina & Gymnast >> Info/Tickets
02.03.14 - Edinburgh - Sneaky Pete's
03.03.14 - Glasgow - The Old Hairdressers
04.03.14 - Sheffield - Rude Shipyard >> Info/Tickets
07.03.14 - Cambridge - Leper Chapel >> Info/Tickets
09.03.14 - London - The Old Blue Last >> Free Entry


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