Dutch alt-rock maestro Robin Kester unveils brand new single ‘The Daylight’, out today (July 17th), marking the fourth preview from her ‘Dark Sky Reserve’ (LP) (pre-order here), set for release September 12th via Memphis Industries (The Go! Team, Field Music, POLIÇA).
Newly-announced to support This Is The Kit on their August UK tour, Kester’s forthcoming second album has already spawned acclaimed lead singles ‘Departure’, ‘Happy Sad (It’s A Party)’ and ‘An Hour Per Day’, with her latest offering showcasing her stirring chamber pop and psychedelia in full flow.
Returning with her new record this autumn, ‘Dark Sky Reserve’ is a soundtrack to all the thoughts that bubble to the surface once the silence sinks in. Recorded abroad for the first time in Bristol in partnership with esteemed producer Ali Chant (PJ Harvey, Perfume Genius, Yard Act), it represents Kester’s most artistically focused album to date, combining a rich, layered humanity in the music with minimalist lyricism.
Carving out her gorgeously rich and unique sound, Kester’s influences from the likes of Talk Talk, Adrian Utley (Portishead), Air and PJ Harvey can be seen throughout her new material. Much of the music specifically concerns her relationship with herself, and the result of the musician writing from a place of newfound clarity.
Detailing her newest LP reveal, Kester explained: “This song, to me, symbolizes moments of uncertainty: an in-between feeling, where everything seems both possible and out of reach at the same time. It doesn’t matter when, always aware of that sense of being trapped in a moment, while also dreaming of something brighter ahead, something that feels like it could be right.”
With support ruminating throughout the press landscape (Stereogum, The Line Of Best Fit, Paste, Dork, Rough Trade, Wonderland, Shindig!), as well as across the BBC 6 Music airwaves (Huw Stephens, Emily Pilbeam, Nemone), Kester is primed for a run of European dates this autumn to herald the release of her brand new full-length.
Robin Kester’s ‘The Daylight’ is out now via Memphis Industries and available on all digital platforms.
‘Dark Sky Reserve’ (LP) Tracklist
01 - An Hour Per Day
02 - Happy Day (It’s A Party)
03 - Departure
04 - The Daylight
05 - Dog
06 - Talybont-on-Usk
07 - Perspective
08 - Game Sounds
09 - Tree-lined Lanes
10 - Something Is Moving
Robin Kester Online: robinkester.com
Live Dates
15th Aug - Green Man Festival, Cricklehowell, UK
17th Aug - The Folklore Rooms, Brighton
21st Aug - The Lexington, London (The Line of Best Fit Five Day Forecast)
26th Aug - La Belle Angele, Edinburgh
27th Aug - Pop Recs, Sunderland
28th Aug - The Crescent, York
29th Aug - Storey's Field Centre, Cambridge
28th Nov - Café Café, Hasselt, BE
30th Nov - Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht, NL
4th Dec - De Oosterpoort, Groningen, NL
5th Dec - Rotown, Rotterdam, NL
10th Dec - Arenberg, Antwerp, BE
11th Dec - Hall of Fame, Tilburg, NL
13th Dec - Doornroosje, Nijmegen, NL