English musician Pete Barnes is the drving force behind Thistle Sifter, a post-rock project based in Utrecht in the Netherlands.The projects third album Forever The Optimist, due for release on February 6, focuses on the environment and mankind wrecking havoc on nature in order to make a fast buck. Single Ghost Acres takes a swipe at agriculture, an industry where extensive use of pesticides and cutting down forests are part of the businessplan, and the cramped mega sheds where animals are treated like factory products on a conveyor belt.
It is a widescreen cinematic sonic experience that brushes shoulders with prog, ambient, shoegaze and classical music, a wave of multifaceted sound that needs to be heard without any outside disturbances to fully appreciate the width and breadth of the music, deciphering the multi-layered textures. His regular collaborators Koen Klarenbeek (drums) and Nils Breunese (guitar) helped him out on this one, as well as a string quartet section consisting of Marta Jiménez Ramírez (cello) Maria Garcia (viola), and violinists Damián Cabedo Vicente and Begoña Hernández Gallardo.
Forever The Optimist is available for pre-order here (2LP, CD, digital). The video for was made by Nici Metselaar.
Live dates:- 01/24 WPC Nederland 3, Wateringen, Netherlands
- 01/29 Cinetol, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Netherlands
- 02/07 dBs, Utrecht, Netherlands
- 03/05 Simplon UP, Groningen, Netherlands
- 03/07 Roodkapje Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 03/11 Zentralcafe Kaya, Nuremberg, Germany
- 03/12 Glockenbachwerkstatt, Munich, Germany
- 04/13 Ann and Pat, Linz, Austria
- 04/14 Club Zentral, Stuttgart, Germany
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