FIRST ALBUM IN 11 YEARS
“It all flows beautifully, a career peak 30 years after
no-man’s debut” Mojo
“An immersive, luxurious experience.” Classic Pop 4/5
“Love You To Bits is a compelling listen.” Record Collector
4/5
“Manages to convincingly combine both euphoria and pensive
reflection.It sounds like little else around…” Electronic Sound
“A revelation.” AllMusic
“A fantastic mix of Goldfrapp, Kraftwerk and Robert Fripp.”
The Electricity Club
“Evidence of no-man changing and evolving into something
new.” The Music Shack
“The long-running partnership between Tim Bowness and Steven
Wilson has long shied away from conventional genrefication, but even for them
'progressive melancholy disco' is a new frontier. Imagine Pink Floyd mixed with
Tears For Fears, by Giorgio Moroder, and you're in the right ballpark.” Classic
Rock, Track of the Week
Eleven years on from the band's last release – the
melancholy song suite, Schoolyard Ghosts - no-man returns with a gloriously
ambitious statement unlike anything in its back catalogue. Consisting of two
connected 20 minute long, five-part pieces (Love You To Bits and Love You To
Pieces), the album combines shimmering Pop and pulsating Electronica elements
in fresh and surprising ways (incorporating aspects of Fusion, Ambient and much
more).
Twenty-five years in the making and lyrically chronicling
the aftermath of a relationship from different perspectives, Love You To Bits
features poignant melodies, big beats and breathtaking solos that collide with
ethereal textures and bold experiments to create the most dynamic and diverse
no-man release to date.
Adam Holzman, David Kollar, Ash Soan and the Dave Desmond
Brass Quintet guest. Produced by no-man, Love You To Bits was mixed by Bruno
Ellingham and mastered by Matt Colton.
About no-man:
Formed by Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson in the late 1980s,
no-man’s first single, "Colours," was released on UK independent
label Probe Plus in 1990. Becoming Melody Maker, Sounds and Channel Four Music
"single of the wee" and garnering Radio One airplay,
"Colours" led to the band being managed by Talk Talk’s manager Keith
Aspden and signed to One Little Indian in the UK
and Epic/Sony in the US.
The band were compared to artists as diverse as Massive Attack, Roxy Music and
Prefab Sprout.
The band’s second album, Flowermouth (1994), was more
expansive and experimental than anything that preceded it and more accurately
reflected the band's eclectic tastes (Robert Fripp, Jansen, Barbieri & Karn
(from the legendary band, Japan)
and Jazz legend Ian Carr guested).
Releasing four more progressively experimental studio albums
between 1996 and 2008 (most notably on the Kscope label), no-man drew from a
diverse mix of singer-songwriter, post rock, minimalist classical, progressive
rock, jazz and contemporary ambient sources for inspiration, producing a
distinctive yet difficult to categorize music.
Described by Drowned In Sound as "Probably the most
underrated band of the last 25 years," the band built up a dedicated
audience which led to sold out performances in the UK,
Germany, Poland and Holland
on its 2012 tour (documented on the album Love And Endings).
Love You To Bits represents a return to the band’s
Electronica and Dance roots that incorporates the creative advances and
sophistication seen on the band's later albums.
Tim Bowness’ recent quartet of solo releases - including
2019’s Flowers At The Scene - have entered the official UK Top 5 Rock,
Progressive, and Vinyl charts. Steven Wilson’s most recent album, To The Bone,
was his most successful to date, reaching No 3 in the UK Album Chart and the
Top 20 in 15 countries.
photo credit: Carl Glover
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