Following the release her acclaimed new album ‘Love In Constant Spectacle’, Jane Weaver prepares for an autumn tour that sees her heading to Europe for the first time since its release. Jane will also play a London live date with Gruff Rhys at Barbican on 13th September as well as this year’s Sŵn Festival and a number of UK dates.
Ahead of the tour, Jane releases a brand new version of Heavy Mellow track ‘Univers’ that sees her breaking through language barriers with a dreamlike French translation of the original.
“Univers is my first foray into translating a whole existing track into French Language and took some help and guidance! I imagined the song visually as little vignettes from a film with simple subtitled translations to convey the story, inspired by a time in my life when carrying around the anticipation of grief and yet experiencing small pockets of joy in simple things, these moments appear vivid by comparison, they are spontaneous and unplanned, they are in nature and our surroundings, a reminder that everything evolves.” Jane Weaver
‘Love In Constant Spectacle’ evokes spectacular imagery and distils the artists’ vision in its purest form, elevating her inimitable sound and poetic vision to new heights. Recapturing the melancholy of her early work whilst propelling it forward, she sketches scenes as we watch new colours, shapes and languages emerge and fill the frame. It sees her taking measured steps towards a vivid, dreamlike record, that offers resolve in the face of life’s inevitability.
“She breaks down the building blocks of reality before reconstituting them in ways that incorporate resolute basslines, fluttering synthesizers, and home-movie haze.” TIME MAGAZINE
The foundations of Weaver’s sound are still evident – lush motorik drums, pulsating bass, custom modded synths and exotic fuzz pedals – but the stream is awash with scrabble piece poetry and Letraset lullabies leading to lush escapism, the free abandon that you’d associate with free jazz and the avant-garde. But, as determined and visionary as Weaver might be, ‘Love In Constant Spectacle’ wasn’t executed without assistance. Here we find a long mooted unison with Jane’s first ever producer, John Parish (PJ Harvey, Aldous Harding), who has shared Weaver’s process in the surrounds of Rockfield Studios and Geoff Barrow’s Invada studio.
“Weaver’s poetic lyrisicm and impressive imagery are her true strength” Rough Trade – Albums of the Year (so far)
Love In Constant Spectacle is a voyage into undisclosed pastures, it’s a heartfelt manifesto from an artist that continues to boundlessly evolve with each chapter in her career.
2024 Tour
13 Sep: Barbican, London, UK, w/ Gruff Rhys
14 Sep: Where Else?, Margate, UK
16 Sep: La Boule Noire, Paris, France
17 Sep: Le Botanique Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
18 Sep: Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
19 Sep: Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg, Germany
20 Sep: Kantine am Berghain, Berlin, Germany
26 Sep: Centro Cultural MVA, Malaga, Spain
27 Sep: Teatro Principal, Puerto Real, Spain
28 Sep: Clamores Club, Madrid, Spain
30 Sep: Teatre del Raval, Castellón, Spain
01 Oct: Dabadaba, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
02 Oct: Sala VOL, Barcelona, Spain
03 Oct: Centro Cívico Delicias, Zaragoza, Spain
17-19 Oct: Sŵn Festival, Cardiff, United Kingdom
14 Dec: The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, UK, w/ MEMORIALS
15 Dec: The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, UK *Extra Date Added
