“To release music in smaller batches allow us to give our fans new material more regularly. In the end it is still going to come together to form a full album, it will just be released in instalments,” says Rian Zietsman, guitarist for Taxi Violence.
The first offering in this series will be named Shape and Form I, which will be released along with the music video for the first single, Fake It, on 13 February. To give fans a taste, Fake It will premiere on 5FM’s Hamman Time on Thursday morning, 26 January at 8.40. Thereafter the single will be available as a free download on the band’s SoundCloud channel.
The artwork will evolve with each EP’s release. “It symbolises progression and evolution. Nothing stays the same, including us and what we do as a band,” says Rian.
The sound of the first instalment of the Shape and Form series is super sized to say the least. It is almost inevitable that there will be a natural evolution of sorts. “We have been doing this for a long time and there is a broader change, but within the microcosm of this album, I am sure the sound is going to change from episode to episode,” says Rian.
The new set of songs will be broken in at Up the Creek and other upcoming shows, namely:
27 January: Up the Creek
19 February: At Hillcrest Quarry, Cape Town with AKING: www.quicket.co.za/events/23710-a-major-rocks-the-quarry/#/
19 March: Backsberg Picnic Concert Series
29 April: Africa Bike Week
