Sydney Post-Rockers Dumbsaint Announce International Release Of "Panorama, In Ten Pieces"!

Cinematic instrumental four-piece Dumbsaint have announced an international release for Panorama, In Ten Pieces, the follow-up album to their acclaimed 2012 release Something That You Feel Will Find Its Own Form.

As part of the Bird’s Robe Records 10th anniversary series, the record will be available on LP & CD formats, as well as digital services worldwide.

This ambitious release is the band’s high water mark as a creative outfit, following a prolific period of writing & releasing, which saw them release The Auteur EP and Disappearance In A Minor Role soundtrack and DVD.

Containing 55 minutes of their darkest, most challenging music to date, the album was written over a year and recorded in late 2014 with producer Dax Liniere (sleepmakeswaves, Solkyri) in several rural and suburban studios. Mixed by Liniere over a 4-month period and mastered in High Dynamic Range by Sean Diggins, this record showcases the band’s intricate and unorthodox songwriting.

As with every Dumbsaint release, Panorama, In Ten Pieces contains a synced film component. In this case, its an impressive 60-minute feature-length film - which was written, funded, filmed and edited entirely by the members of Dumbsaint.

The band comments: "Panorama, In Ten Pieces is a suburban horror that tells the story of a residential street in darkness. Populated by a revolving ensemble of dysfunctional lovers, loners and shut-ins, the film peers in at the strange relationships and domestic rituals that go on behind the closed doors of one neighbourhood at night."

Listen here: DUMBSAINT - Panorama, in ten pieces. - 2015 Full Album - YouTube

Shot over 6 months with a cast of 25 actors, this surrealistic adaptation of the album’s 10 tracks is available separately from the band’s webstore.

Director of Bird’s Robe Mike Solo says of Dumbsaint: "Dumbsaint have always been unique, even amongst their peers in the underground post-rock/post-metal scene of Sydney. Over the course of 7 years they transformed themselves from a band with live projected videos, into a fully-fledged live soundtrack experience to feature-length films they produced themselves. It’s hard enough to imagine producing music of this quality on a consistent basis over so many years, but to do it whilst at the same time conceiving, directing and funding a series of films is a whole new level.

Panorama, In Ten Pieces showcase the band at the peak of their powers as a sonic and visual force. If you enjoy this, be sure to go back and check out their earlier film pieces Disappearance in a Minor Role & my personal favourite The Auteur."