27 passports

27 passports
Studio album by The Ex
Released March 22, 2018
Recorded October–November, 2017
Studio Electric Monkey Studio and Arnolds Upstairs, Amsterdam
Genre Post-punk[1]
Length 56:46
Label Norman Records,[2] Ex Records
Producer The Ex
The Ex chronology
Enormous Door
(2013)		 27 passports
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [3][3]

27 passports is a 2018 album by the Dutch band The Ex. It is the group's first studio album in five years since Enormous Door,[1] their 2013 collaboration with Brass Unbound, and The Ex's first album of all new material since 2010's Catch My Shoe.[4]

Background

After The Ex's original vocalist G.W. Sok left the group in 2009, the band adopted Arnold de Boer from the band Zea on vocals and third guitar, writing and recording the 2010 album Catch My Shoe. Over the next several years the group toured and recorded two collaborative LPs with Ethiopian saxophone player Getatchew Mekurya and international horn quartet Brass Unbound, as well as several singles, including one with Addis Ababa collective Fendika. The group began working on an album of new material in April of 2017, and by July were playing it as a set in front of live audiences.[1] In October and November, the band spent three days in the studio recording the album's 10 songs, laying down overdubs and mixing in de Boer's home studio. 27 passports was released via LP, CD and digital download in March of 2018.[5] The vinyl release of the album came with a full-size 36-page booklet of photographs by guitarist Andy Moor.[6]

Track listing

  1. "Soon All Cities" 6:27
  2. "The Heart Conductor" 4:49
  3. "This Car is My Guest" 6:35
  4. "New Blank Document" 7:17
  5. "Silent Waste" 2:36
  6. "Piecemeal" 6:56
  7. "Birth" 4:24
  8. "Footfall" 5:00
  9. "The Sitting Chins" 5:27
  10. "Four Billion Tulip Bulbs" 7:09

Personnel

  • Arnold de Boer (vocals, guitar, claps)
  • Katherina Bornefeld (drums, vocals)
  • Terrie Hessels (guitar)
  • Andy Moor (guitar, baritone guitar, photography)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gourlay, Dom (April 9, 2018). "The Ex: Still going strong at 39 | Gigwise". www.gigwise.com. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Foster, Richard (March 25, 2018). "The Quietus | Reviews | The Ex". The Quietus. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. 1 2 Allmusic review
  4. ↑ Manley, Brian (March 29, 2018). "The Ex - "27 Passports" | Album Review". Post-Trash. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "27 passports". Bandcamp. The Ex.
  6. ↑ "The Ex - 27 Passports". Rough Trade. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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