Following the announcement of their debut collaborative record Tall Tales, available May 9 via Warp Records, Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke have shared details of a special global cinema event on May 8, in which fans will be able to hear the album alongside its accompanying feature film a day ahead of release.

Vsual artist Jonathan Zawada known for his approach to melding analogue and digital techniques have seen him work alongside Flume, The Avalanches, Royksopp, and Dua Lipa – directed, animated, and edited the Tall Tales visual experience.

The production was developed over the past few years in tandem with the evolution of the music, juxtaposing it with uneasy landscapes of natural beauty and the brutal aesthetics of a dystopian world. Through Yorke’s lyrics, Pritchard’s atemporal compositions and Zawada’s visuals, Tall Tales questions where our insatiable appetite for ‘progress’ might have landed us. A prophetic cinematic experience, Tall Tales has been years in the making, but delivered right on time.

Some lucky fans that attend the screenings will also receive a zine compiled and designed by Zawada, which gives a unique insight into the concepts and inspirations running through the film and album. Alongside the announcement of the event, he has shared an enigmatic snippet of the zine examining the theft of the well-known sculpture, The Thinker. Pritchard is a luminary of 90s UK electronic music with his projects Reload, Link and as one half of the production duo Global Communication alongside Tom Middleton. In 2011 he released two remixes of Radiohead’s “Bloom” and across an eclectic career that has incorporated many styles and various guises, he has remixed further material from the likes of Aphex Twin, Depeche Mode, PJ Harvey, and Slowdive.

Tall Tales, Yorke’s first release on Warp Records, is a multi-layered, richly textured record that channels both multiple narratives and multiple genres. Across its eclectic 12 song runtime, the record showcases Pritchard’s mastery of archaic machines unearthed in synthesizer archives, guiding the music down unexpected and experimental paths. Yorke meanwhile delivers a haunting and expansive vocal performance, delving into dark, introspective storytelling.

Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke
Tall Tales
Warp Records

A Fake in a Faker’s World
Ice Shelf
Bugging Out Again
Back in the Game
White Cliffs
The Spirit
Gangsters
This Conversation is Missing Your Voice
Tall Tales
Happy Days
The Men Who Dance In Stags’ Heads
Wandering Genie

Pre-order Tall Tales HERE