East India Youth, aka William Doyle, will release his debut album ‘Total Strife Forever’ on January 13th, 2014.
(Painting courtesy of Tida Bradshaw)
‘Total Strife Forever’ ranges from ambient passages, through neo-classical episodes and Detroit techno through to effervescent melodic electronic pop songs. It’s an ambitious work and heralds the arrival of a singular new talent. Inspirations along the way included the output of Tim Hecker, Brian Eno, the orchestral/electronic combinations explored on Bjork’s ‘Homogenic’ and continued on Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Age of Adz’ and some more classical pieces in the shape of Shostakovich and Arvo Part.”
The album was recorded chiefly at home over the course of the last 3 years, during a time of huge personal transition (and inspiration) for William. The initial central musical theme of ‘TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER III’ was fairly quickly extended to three other tracks, creating a loose conceptual thread throughout the album. The final pieces of the puzzle came together in a couple of weeks in May 2012, when Will frantically pulled together all of the disparate elements of everything he’d been working on and filled in the gaps in a very quick two weeks of recording. The final song to be completed was ‘HEAVEN, HOW LONG’ – the centerpiece of the record. The structure and composition being a perfect marriage between the experimental electronic tendencies and the songwriting Will has been honing over the last few years of his life.
Full Album Tracklisting:
01 – GLITTER RECESSION
02 – TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER I
03 – DRIPPING DOWN
04 – HINTERLAND
05 – HEAVEN, HOW LONG
06 – TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER II
07 – LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
08 – MIDNIGHT KOTO
09 – TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER III
10 – SONG FOR GRANULAR PIANO
11 – TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER IV
East India Youth plays The Sebright Arms, London on November 20th
Headline Jan/Feb 2014 UK Tour Dates – tickets on sale on Thursday 7th November
Jan 29 Cathedral, Sheffield
Jan 30 Gullivers, Manchester
Jan 31 King Tuts, Glasgow
Feb 1 Riddance, Liverpool
Feb 4 Louisiana, Bristol
Feb 6 Lexington, London
Feb 7 Green Door Store, Brighton
plus these dates with Factory Floor
Dec 03 Heaven, London (supporting Factory Floor)
Dec 04 Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds (supporting Factory Floor)
Dec 05 Kazimier, Liverpool (
Dec 06 Stereo, Glasgow (
Dec 07 Gorilla, Manchester (