Paceshifters & The Grand East

In the organizer's words:

When you start making a new record, as an artist you are faced with the choice of capturing the live experience in the best possible way or, on the contrary, focusing entirely on a studio production. A musical dichotomy that, no matter which direction you take, will influence the entire creation process.

Paceshifters have always written their music from the perspective of the live experience, but for their new album "Out-and-Outer" they decided to take the opposite approach. A bold choice for a band that has been on the road for more than 15 years and has built their fan base precisely with their live shows. This reputation has taken them to places like Pinkpop, Zwarte Cross, Groezrock, SXSW and gigs in the UK, Poland, Canada, Germany and Serbia.

"Out-and-Outer" really had to be different. Without concessions and by completely letting go of how the band would perform live. The full focus on an album you can listen to at home. Together with producer Pieter Jan Coppejans, this laid the foundation for a multi-layered studio production that does things a little differently. "Out-and-Outer is an album that you can listen to more often. There's more tension in it, but that only comes out after a few listens. We don't reveal everything at once. It's a record where you discover something new every time," says the band.

The sound on the new album has the appeal of stadium rock, but also flirts with shoegaze and post-punk. The opening track "Aviator" is an anthem in the making, without falling into cheesy sing-along material. "The song is about change. When you see your favorite place in nature being flattened to make way for a new highway, in a society where everything has to go faster. You fly over this beloved landscape and see how everything changes beneath you."

The songs on "Out-and-Outer" touch on human suffering, big and small. They are universal themes that everyone is confronted with, directly or indirectly, in life. Looking back at the past, time breathing down your neck, grief and self-destruction.

It is said that change is the only constant in life, and Paceshifters have captured this impermanence on "Out-and-Outer" in a collection of heartfelt songs that, despite the production choices, stand out live from the stage.