KINIT HER release an image-rich nocturnal flight of fancy that becomes manifest in their second video clip ‘On the Bridge of Dreams‘ taken from the American symbolist post-folk collective’s forthcoming newalbum “The Nature Out There“, which is slated for release on December 15, 2023.
Please see below for cover art, tracklist, and further details of “The Nature Out There“.
The video ‘On the Bridge of Dreams‘ is available for immediate publication via the following link: https://youtu.be/9aAagGAq-fo
Pre-sale link: http://lnk.spkr.media/kinit-her-nature
KINIT HER comment: “The words at the end of ‘On the Bridge of Dreams’ are a sampled quote from the Perennialist philosopher Frithjof Schuon”, vocalist and electronic sound-designer Nathaniel Ritter explains. “He states: ‘It’s not enough to think about metaphysics, one wants to also to see and to hear metaphysics in visible forms… and this is symbolism, and symbolism coincides with beauty. Symbolism, yes?’. ‘On the Bridge of Dreams’ is a heartfelt affirmative response to this question. Call forth your mirror, draw the spark, and begin again.”
Video credit
Edited by Nathaniel Ritter
Footage by Cottonbro Studio
Tracklist
1. The Nature Out There
2. How the Game Appears
3. Tears of Gold
4. Blood Blood Blood (Wormsblood cover)
5. On the Bridge of Dreams
6. Without Ending
7. Turn for the Better
8. Death Is a Marriage
9. The Mask of Life Breaks
10. Blind Calf (To Offer)
With their fifteenth full-length “The Nature Out There”, KINIT HER have reached a culminating and breath-taking height in their organic growth. Transcending all artificial limitations such as genre or instrumentation, the symbolist post-folk collective present a beautiful kaleidoscope of bursting musical colours and spiritual journeys into the wonders of nature with lush soundscapes that amazes and thrills with every note.
Ever since their founding in the heart of Wisconsin in 2005 by vocalist and man of strings Troy Schafer and electronic sound designer and lyricist Nathaniel Ritter, KINIT HER have been relentlessly pushing to expand the aesthetic and stylistic range of neofolk into unique new shapes under the banner of what the band calls “symbolist post-folk music”.
Channelling such diverse influences as neoclassical, early music, folk, industrial, avant-garde rock, black metal, ambient, pop, and many others, KINIT HER have sounded organic tone-mantras from shofar horns, bent sweetened notes on beaten guitars, intoned harmonised enumeration of spells and dreams, and backed it all by string and brass arrangements, acoustic ephemera, and twinkling electronic sound designs.
KINIT HER have evolved into many forms by inviting a host of guest-musicians, but with singer Jessica Way a permanent third member has meanwhile been added to the original core-duo. Rarely performing live, this project nonetheless continues to grow, warp, twist, form offshoots, and to challenge their co-creators, friends, and fellow musicians, which are invited in ever changing line-ups to participate in one of the many recordings.
KINIT HER emerge from a heavenly vault of related projects and shared collaborations of contributors as one of the brightest stars in this celestial sound constellation. “The Nature Out There” is the guiding light for a generation of folk and neofolk related music trying to reach new sonic dimensions.
Release date: December 15, 2023
Style: Symbolist Post-Folk
Label: Auerbach Tonträger
Line-up
Troy Schafer – vocals, guitars, strings, horn
Jessica Way – vocals
Nathaniel Ritter – electronics, sound design, vocals
Guest musicians
Michael Tellbach (ART ABSCONS) – additional vocals (1), bass (1, 2, 4-7, 10), acoustic guitar (4)
Thierry Jolif (LONSAI MAIKOV) – additional vocals (1)
Ian Campbell (CROOKED MOUTH) – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 6, 9), electric guitar (2, 6, 9), harmonium (1), additional vocals (4)
Egan Budd (HEADSTONE BRIGADE) – accordion (2, 6), vocals (6)
Clay Ruby (BURIAL HEX) – piano (1, 7), electronics & sound design (1)
William Lee (SECOND FAMILY BAND) – snare, sleigh bells, bass drum (4)
Andy Way – electronics, sound design (4)
Production, Mix & Mastering
Nathaniel Ritter at his home studio
Illustation by Garek Druss
Shop
http://lnk.spkr.media/kinit-her-nature
Available formats
“The Nature Out There” is available as an amber and black marble vinyl LP, as a black vinyl LP, and as a Digipak CD.