{"id":630427,"date":"2024-08-09T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-belong-created-their-timeless-space-shredding-new-album\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:00:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:00:22","slug":"how-belong-created-their-timeless-space-shredding-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-belong-created-their-timeless-space-shredding-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Belong created their timeless, space-shredding new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n #content_block-263250 {\n   background: #e9e9e9;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-263250 {\n   background: #e9e9e9;\n   margin-bottom: 60px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-title, article.custom .custom-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" 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Michael Jones and Turk Dietrich shared the project\u2019s first album, <i>October Language<\/i>, in 2006, unleashing waves of distorted, galactic synths that bridged the beatific world of ambient with noise\u2019s cathartic menace. <i>Common Era<\/i> arrived five years later, and the duo\u2019s sophomore album became a cult sensation for its playful treatment of gothic sounds \u2014 here, post-punk was double and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le-exposed into a weightless new form. Then, like the dreams their music often felt custom made to soundtrack, Belong dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared. For over a decade, it seemed as though they\u2019d said everything they\u2019d needed to.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            In fact, Belong never stopped; the pair working diligently in the shadows. <i>Realistic IX<\/i>, announced this year, arrives today via the band\u2019s longtime label kranky. The new project is Belong at their most indefatigable: on songs like \u201cSouvenir\u201d and \u201cDifficult Boy,\u201d early My Bloody Valentine is channeled in the singed guitar riffs while motorik drum patterns \u2014 the most intense on any Belong project \u2014 pump the blood in ways previous albums did not. But it\u2019s the nods to Belong\u2019s foundation, noisy instrumentals such as \u201cAM PM\u201d and \u201cCrucial Years,\u201d that help put <i>Realistic IX<\/i> in Belong\u2019s firm tradition of excellence.<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cIt isn\u2019t important to sound different, and changing album to album isn\u2019t a conscious decision,\u201d Michael tells me over email. Turk agrees: \u201cWe do have an inclination to not repeat ourselves but I think it happens naturally over time as our interests evolve and grow.\u201d In a rare interview, Belong discuss the 13 years between their last two albums, trying new things, and resisting the shoegaze label.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263306\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5zynVRjGSUFx0Tb4Yqx2AX?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>            <iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:10px;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/album\/realistic-ix\/1746223887\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n #content_block-263249 {\n   background: #e9e9e9;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263249\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>The FADER: First, the obvious one: why has it been 13 years since the last Belong album?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>Turk:<\/b> We actually never left the Belong project. We\u2019ve been working on music for Belong since the release of <i>Common Era<\/i>. The music that is on <i>Realistic IX<\/i> is material that we worked on over the last few years. The music that we worked on prior to <i>R IX<\/i> was material that we decided wasn\u2019t good enough to release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>Michael:<\/b> We\u2019ve been working together for the past 13 years. It\u2019s just that an album\u2019s worth of songs we wanted to release didn\u2019t come together. So there is a lot of material that has been scrapped \u2014 finished songs, unfinished songs, rough demos, abandoned sessions.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>How did the writing process for the new album develop over time?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>Michael:<\/b> The new album started with a batch of songs with vocals written around 2019\/20. Next, some instrumentals. Then rewriting on the vocal songs. It was good to come back to that first set of songs. After a break, it was clear what was working and what needed to be fixed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>Compared with <i>Common Era<\/i>, <i>Realistic IX<\/i> is a much heavier work with a less foggy mix. Did you both set out to explore these more intense textures with this project?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>Turk:<\/b> The goal was to have this album be more direct and up front. These sonic and musical progressions for us are much more natural than you might think because there is all the music we made in between <i>Common Era<\/i> and <i>Realistic IX<\/i> that got us to this point\u2026 It happened in small steps over that time period. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>The label \u201cshoegaze\u201d has always felt lacking when it comes to describing Belong. How do you feel about it, especially now that the genre has found a new young audience?<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>Turk:<\/b> Shoegaze is not a genre that I\u2019ve ever been super into. There are some songs and the occasional album that I like, but mostly it has never clicked with me for a variety of reasons. My Bloody Valentine is the exception, but MBV does not sound like any of the other shoegaze bands; they are very much their own thing when compared to the rest of the genre. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>Michael:<\/b> Thanks for saying that because we definitely don\u2019t think of ourselves as a shoegaze band and, aside from a few albums and songs here and there, I don\u2019t really listen to much new or old shoegaze either. I was unaware that the genre was having a revival. I am pretty out of touch, but as far as getting labeled shoegaze\u2026 Just the other day, I was talking to Bryan Funck and I mentioned something about metal, and he said, \u201cI don\u2019t see Thou as a metal band,\u201d and I was thinking, \u201cC\u2019mon Bryan,\u201d but I totally understand where he is coming from. When someone tags us with shoegaze, even though I think it doesn\u2019t exactly fit, I get why. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>How do you approach lyrics for a project like this, where voices have a wispy quality that can\u2019t be deciphered?<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>Michael:<\/b> Lyrics are hard, song titles are hard, a lot of time is spent on each. When I\u2019m listening to music, the lyrics are the last thing I connect with, if I do at all. I don\u2019t really care what they are as long as they aren\u2019t distracting. I don\u2019t want some line or word to come along and take me out of a song. So even though the vocals are intentionally obscured, the words are labored over.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>What\u2019s the future of Belong? Do you have plans to keep making music together, or could it be another decade-plus between albums?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>Turk:<\/b> We are always working on music. The next release will happen when we fall on a group of songs that we really like. No idea what that timeline will be.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>Michael:<\/b> I would say it will not take that long. New songs are being worked on now. But we thought we were already half way done with a new album before <i>Common Era<\/i> was released.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Jordan Darville<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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