The noble art of butchering carefully immortal keyboards, guitar pedals and lofi drum machines have a new band hero: THE SUICIDE OF WESTERN CULTURE. It is possible you may know them already. The Spanish have gained with their first album all the recognition that others wanted to get in a complete music career. On top of the most electronic and indie Spanish charts in 2010/2011: Mondo Sonoro, GO! Mixside, Playground, Fantastic Plastic Mag, etc. Full supported also by international media as The Guardian (UK), MTV Iggy, Cyclic Defrost (AS), Paul Gary Nixon, etc. Playing concerts along artists as ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, CUT COPY, ORBITAL, DARKSTAR or THE HIGH LAMAS. Gigs in major events as Popkomm, Primavera Sound, Fly Me to the Moon, Arenal Sound, Faraday, Mimaa, Sono, etc. One of the next stops planned is an US.A. Tour.
The new ‘Remixes’ album will rock the scene. The cream of the Spanish indie and electronic music scene did not hesitate for a second to join this project. Attention please, because artists as Griffi (feat. Amqui), Guillamino, Lasers, Los Pilotos (Ex- Los Planetas), Rusty Warriors, Triángulo de Amor Bizarro, Ferenc, Brunetto, Strange2 & Nev.era … Are among the remixers. There is no doubt, this is the right time for TSOWC.
“The Suicide Of Western Culture have become one of the most successful Spanish electronic bands. They have, so far, supported Animal Collective in their last visit to Barcelona and played at the most important festivals in Spain and even in Berlin’s Popkomm. With a post-rock soul, as epic and ethereal as Explosions In The Sky but as intimate as Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, they have released an eponymous album filled with their thoughts and emotions; the final result is a highly visceral and passionate record.” — The Guardian
“When a band has a name like The Suicide of Western Culture, and tracks like ‘This Is The Last Time I Shake Your Hand,’ ‘Children Shouldn’t Been Playing Beside the Railways’ [sic], and ‘A Forest of Greyhounds Hanged,’ it’s sure easy to hit your wordcount!” — MTV Iggy
“They go around hooded, and during their gigs they only want to appear as two backlit shadows. Furthermore, The Suicide Of Western Culture dream of living in a second hand musical instrument store full of vintage tools, making music indebted to Krautrock — though in their case it sounds like lo-fi emotional synth-wave. With their eponymous debut, released by Irregular, the duo from Barcelona have become one of the most interesting projects of the current European electronic scene, followed closely by everyone…” — Playground
