Matthew Robert Cooper (Eluvium) and Mark T. Smith (Explosions in the Sky), make up the duo Inventions. Today, they announced their new album Continuous Portrait, set for a May 29th digital release and July 10th cd/vinyl release via Temporary Residence Ltd. The first single “Outlook For The Future” is now available to stream.

Beginning with a trace of uncontrollable laughter that shifts into the driving atmosphere and unfolding elation of opening track “Hint and Omens,” Continuous Portrait is an album of strange hypnosis, punctuated by songs that venture quite far from the respective oeuvres of Cooper and Smith.

The spry, playful layers of “Calico” bounce against a steady thrum of rhythms and samples from everyday noises, while the dancing lightness of “Outlook for the Future” is met with a storm of emotional resonance. Both tracks emerge as distinctively different directions for Inventions, and it is that very sense of exploration, pleasure, and ceremonial melancholia which informs the entire album from front to back.

Inventions has always been the product of two friends who find comfort and inspiration in the genuine surprise of creating and combining sounds. Continuous Portrait whirls and hums like Cooper and Smith want us to invoke our inner playfulness and welcome a greater joy into our lives, if only for a moment.

Inventions
Continuous Portrait
Temporary Residence Ltd.
Release Date: May 29th, 2020 (digital) + July 10th, 2020 (cd/vinyl)
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Track List:

Hints And Omens
Calico
Continuous Portrait
Outlook For The Future
Close To People
Spirit Refinement Exploder
The Warmer The Welcome
A Time In My Life
Saw You In A Movie