B12
Last Days Of Silence
B1219
B12 Records 2008
18 Tracks. 103mins34secs
Nothing endures in music quite like a mystery. Unreleased albums, unexplained break-ups – what we don’t know about a band often helps to define them as much as what we do. And the mysterious disappearance of B12 from the music scene ten years ago is a perfect case in point. Their silence since 1998, when they vanished from Warp with an EP ready for release, has forced fans ever since to pore endlessly over the back catalogue in the assumption that that was it. So the decision of English duo Mike Golding and Steve Rutter to return now will inevitably trigger questions about their lost decade. And alongside the anticipation, the big question many will of course be asking is: was it worth the wait? Continue Reading »
Twelve years on from their last full length album, Michael Golding and Steve Rutter, better known as B12, will be releasing an eighteen track double CD, Last Days Of Silence, on their own B12 Records imprint. The duo, who reconvened in 2005 after a hiatus of almost ten years, have been playing handful of live dates since, and released some new material as well as reissuing their back catalogue of EPs.Last Days Of Silence is due to be released on 26 May 2008. There will be a limited edition of the album encased in a metal box with signed artwork and limited stickers which will only be available to buy from the B12 website. Pre-orders for both versions of the album will start from 16 May.
