The Chain: Out today: GULL - Relative Stranger

Gull streams forthcoming release Relative Stranger. The LP was recorded, mixed/produced mastered by Cyrus Fisher and drops 8/21 via Lagom Audio/Visual

"With hints of the cure, industrial, Patti Smith, and even Godflesh, Gull makes the kind of music that is as atmospheric as it is threatening. The new song, 'The Time We Have,' could have fit right on The Head on the Door is Robert Smith was a little less lovey-dovey and a lot more Cenobite."
— Punknews.org

“If you close your eyes you will hear the sounds of a three piece band complete with rhythmic guitar picking, a steady drum beat and the manic vocals of a passionate man. However, this ominous harmony is conjured by a lone musician, coordinating two instruments simultaneously, while modulating his own voice… I’d like to introduce you to Gull, a street musician who has sharpened his craft by busking all over the world, from his hometown in Virginia to small villages in Africa.
— Huffington Post

“I consider this to be fucking great. And he’s only got half as many members as Lightning Bolt or Death From Above 1979.”
— Dangerous Minds

“He performs in a mask with a guitar, a drum set, and effects pedals, so he might remind you of Lightning Bolt/Black Pus on the surface, but musically he sounds more like the mathy art pop of Battles.”
— BrooklynVegan

Stream the album Relative Stranger in its entirety, as well as watch a "making of" video, via Northern Transmissions, here.

Watch the video for “Mouth to Match”, via BrooklynVegan, here.

Check out the video for “The Time We Have”, via Punknews.org, here.

See the video for “Find Out”, premiered via New Noise, here.

See a recent live performance of “Burning Shoals”, here.

Nathaniel Rappole’s solo project, Gull, was conceived on an endangered wildlife preserve in Front Royal, VA in 1999, and has been publicly active since 2007. Gull has recorded a 7", 6 EPs, 3 full lengths, and has traveled vigorously—playing venues, on the streets, and in the wilds of Canada, United States, Mexico, Europe, Kenya, and SE Asia. Gull has toured in support of White Rabbits, Tres Mts, and RNDM, and has shared the bar arena with the likes of Silver Apples, Girl Talk, Deerhoof, Adrian Belew, Sleaford Mods, Ruby The Hatchet, Panda Bear, Mdou Moctar, Dan Deacon, and Melt Banana. In 2012, Gull was featured in a movie about music in Mexico called Hecho en Mexico, and in 2014 he produced and performed in a documentary on street/public music in Kenya (Street Muse: Kenya), which premiered at The Fowler Museum at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA. In April of 2016, Gull performed and answered questions pertaining to his travels at TedX in Richmond, VA. In December, 2019, Gull went to Thailand and Laos to film a new doc in an ongoing series about musical ecology and culture around the world.

Relative Stranger was recorded, mixed, produced, and mastered by Cyrus Fisher (CyFi in Charlottesville, VA, and Brooklyn, NY. Guest appearances by Tristan Brennis on sax/Amanda Wilson on backing vocals. It is being released August 21st through Lagom Audio/Visual. Order, here.

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