Sorry

We say

Like an apology extracted from a recalcitrant four year-old, the titular Sorry of this track by LA three piece The Moth & The Flame is screamed and belated, arriving towards the end of a song that, like the other five cuts on their debut UK EP '&', invites oxymoron. There's an orderly chaos here; complexities abound, but they're made satisfyingly accessible by melody, like a difficult subject made intelligible by a charismatic professor. No doubt that's due in part to producer Joey Waronker, whose previous credits - Beck, REM, Atoms For Peace - are all popular experimentalists as well (or experimental populists perhaps). The Moth & The Flame's second album, the follow-up to their US-only eponymous debut of two years ago, is produced by Peter Katis (Interpol, The National) and due out in the UK next year. The band are currently on a European tour with Imagine Dragons, with three London shows in the next fortnight (see below) and another huge, as-yet-unannounced support to come.

London gigs: Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, November 20 / Sebright Arms, November 26 / O2 Brixton Academy, November 27 (with Imagine Dragons) 

Contact

Label: Kristen Worden-Harris, Hidden Records
Publishing: Gary Greenberg, Gary Greenberg Law, +1 310 786 7444
Radio: Chris Slade, Blueprint Radio, +44 (0)7970 058507
Online: Ollie McCormack, Top Button Digital, +44 (0)7545 898 013
Press: William Luff, Wilful Publicity, +44 (0)20 7453 1525
TV: Steve Guest, Guesty PR, +44 (0)20 7453 1524
Live: Mark Bennett, The Agency, +44 (0)7951 269217
Management: Samson Shulman, 5am Collective