The Correspondents
South London duo The Correspondents (aka Mr. Bruce and Chucks) return with their brand new single ‘Well Measured Vice’ due for release on January 28th.
The single is accompanied by a bespoke animated video that was three months in the making. It was hand-drawn to over 2232 frames by Mr. Bruce himself, whilst he was recovering from a broken metatarsal.
Forming in 2007 The Correspondents quickly burst onto the scene in a whirl of sweat and spandex, picking up plaudits across the board for their frenetic genre-hopping breed of electronica and incendiary live shows, replete with outrageous outfits, travelators and infra-red sensored light boxes (earning them the Telegraph’s Top 10 Glastonbury highlights two years in a row).
Since then, they have wowed audiences large and small everywhere: from Glastonbury, The Secret Garden Party, Bestival and Lovebox through to Kensington Palace, The Tower Of London, Shambala and Silencio in Paris to name a few.
New track ‘Well Measured Vice’ is powerful statement of intent. Organs, guitars and horns are punctuated by toe-tapping 60 ’s beats and mesmerising vocals creating a unique sound that is as arresting to the feet as it is to the ear.
Essentially an anti-prohibition anthem against contemporary East London censorship laws, Mr. Bruce proclaims ‘what is life, what is life without well measured vice’ and who can argue with that! On the flip remixes come courtesy of Featurecast who gives it the Electro then Dub treatment whilst Chucks himself delivers a bombastic Glitch-Hop banger guaranteed to destroy any dance floor.
500 limited edition 10-inch vinyl’s of ‘Well Measured Vice’ will be released on January 28th, each will be numbered and contain a bespoke hand drawn illustration by Mr. Bruce. The 500 images will then be made into a 40second animated video. Their debut album is due out in early 2013.