Human Pyramids – Louise (Track Premiere)

Human Pyramids is the explosive and genre-hopping project from Paul Russell of multi-national, multi-instrumental post-rock outfit Axes. HP combine orchestral arrangements and scale with electronic and punk elements, with Russell bringing together a 16-piece ensemble (which has swelled well beyond that number on occasion) to perform the tracks to spectacular effect. 

After receiving Creative Scotland funding for the new album, Glasgow-based Russell assembled a crack team of musicians and collaborators to put the 12-track album together. Russell says: "I flew up Danish drummer Allan Gunby to track drums with Graeme Young at Chamber Studios. I recorded guitars with Rod Jones from Idlewild in his beautiful Post Electric Studios. Pete Harvey taught me how to arrange for string quartet and we recorded his ensemble with Paul Savage at Chem19. I took a ferry across to a remote peninsula in Cornwall to work with Simon Dobson on brass arrangements and recorded trumpet, tuba and French horn at his Dark Matter Studios.”  

Human Pyramids' new LP Home is out on 10 Nov via Three Mile Town Records – pre-order here – and we're delighted to share the album's opening track Louise; listen in the Soundcloud player below. Describing the track, Russell says: “Louise is the opening track on the album, and the heaviest. I wanted to write an album that harnessed the raw energy of our live show and explore the sonic potential of the orchestra. This track goes from Avant-Garde-Orchestral-Freak-Out to Choir-of-Angels to Rave in the first 20 seconds.”

Human Pyramids launch the new record with their full 16-piece band at The Lexington, London on 27 Oct; tickets available here.