we are dust under the dying sun is 3 seconds of air's second album for tonefloat, but, against initial plans, it is not a straight-forward continuation of their a flight of song debut. manifesting itself on we are dust under the dying sun, which, again features martina verhoeven, dirk serries and paul van den berg, is a striking shift in perspective. its most apparent harbinger is verhoeven's bass, which has moved prominently to the foreground, considerably gained in agility and now spans a wide sonic space behind which her partners' guitars strike up a hypnotic dialogue.for we are dust under the dying sun, they have now left the st theobaldus chapel and its cathedral resonance behind them and made serries's private home studio the latest addition to their line-up. recorded mainly using close-mic'ing, the album consequently has a palpably more immediate, intimate and physical presence to it – on some instances, you can literally hear the movement of chairs across the floor. this, in turn, has simultaneously created a tendency towards more pronounced composition, while maintaining the strict rules of no post-editing and overdubbing. ultimately, it has implied an entirely new way of interacting: while the chapel would seamlessly fuse their individual voices, in the studio-setting every single note shone through, demanding an even more carefully-measured approach. the consequences are as stimulating as they are risky: on this effort, 3 seconds of air are constantly walking on the razor's edge. the reflections of its blade are revealing the different characters of the band with a new sense of clarity: we are dust under the dying sun is the story of three musicians growing not just as a group, but as individuals.
the band will premier the new album with a one-off (free admission) release show at theater luchtbal in antwerp, on march 25 for which you are invited. the new album will be released on that very date. as with the flight of song, we are dust under the dying sun consists of a three track cd plus a two track vinyl compendium with tracks not on the cd. we have a very limited quantity of special packages available that also includes the promo only one-side one-track 7inch under the dying sun, that was issued to radio stations and reviewers late last year. a number of these special packs can also be bought at the concert (we are not taking any reservations for that). you can pre-order this release now at tonefloat.com. pre-orders will be shipped march 28.
meanwhile, there's more info and tracks available from www.3secondsofair.com
