Our first studio album since 2006's Chemist, Silverwater is now available on Fish of Milk through Shock, and in Europe/North America/Japan on ReR Megacorp.

Silverwater is available here on this site, and at all good record stores.

For all Australian/NZ media enquiries, please contact Clare McGregor at claremcg@bigpond.net.au.

For media enquiries outside Australia/NZ, please contact Dave at ReR Megacorp, at rermegacorp@dial.pipex.com.

NICE REVIEW FROM KNOXVILLE

It was great to return to play at the beautiful Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee. Here's what reviewer Matthew Everett of Metro Pulse had to say about the show:

blogs.metropulse.com/live_like_this/2010/01/concert-review-the-necks-at-th.html

NECKS PERFORMANCES AVAILABLE AS DOWNLOADS

We have had a couple of downloadable pieces posted on the internet recently:

*In February 2009 we went into the studio at WFMU, New Jersey, and recorded a piece for Brian Turner's show. You can hear it at:

blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2010/02/the-necks-live-at-wfmu-mp3.html

*On January 27th and 28th 2010, we played two memorable nights at the Issue Project Room in Brooklyn, NY. You can hear one of the sets here:

www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/02/the_necks_recorded_live_in_brooklyn.html

AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES. The next Australian dates will be in February-March 2010. See the Tour Dates page for full details.

GREAT REVIEWS COMING IN FOR "SILVERWATER"

The Guardian, UK: (5 stars) - "austerely elegant"

Sydney Morning Herald: "Head and shoulders above the rest...the finest studio album in their 22-year history"

BBC.com: "The Necks are among the world’s most consistently great exponents of improvised music"

Uncut Magazine: "Maybe they should take a further leaf out of Morton Feldman's book, and keep it rolling for another hour or two more next time?"

Aquarius Records, USA: "Silverwater's shimmering textures and minimalist pulsations are simply beautiful, enthralling. It's a glorious 67 minutes, all right.

"If you know The Necks, you know you need this. If you're new to The Necks, please do yourself a favor and check this out. Next to seeing them live (which some of us have been lucky enough to do, oh my god they were good), this will demonstrate quite effectively why we hold them in such high regard."

Alternative Media Group, Australia: (4 & 1/2 stars) "...so simple and compact. Yet open the doors to Necks-world, take but a small peek inside, and suddenly the universe has opened up to worlds vast and previously unimaginable. The chemistry between Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton and Tony Buck remains fresh and unhindered after over two decades playing together. Unplanned as always, the musical ideas that flow from this original position of nothingness are a testament to their philosophy (and a damning indictment of others who start with far more but end with so much less). Haunting, evocative, engrossing and astounding at each and every turn, Silverwater will defy any attempts at description but outstrip any expectation. This one really is special."

Mapsadaisical.com: "Silverwater is not just another bold piece of experimentalism...but is one of the most deeply satisfying albums anyone has released this year in any genre. An essential purchase."

***Rated Number 25 in Wild Mercury Sound's Top 100 of 2009 (Uncut Magazine)***

The Wire (UK): Like shoals of fish flitting at the periphery of vision."

New York Times: "The point of Silverwater is the entire creation...at some point, no matter how many times you’ve heard the group before, you say, “Oh I see, this is the main event.” Yet you’re still wondering where it’s going. It’s got you twice over."

The Times (UK): (4 stars) "They arrived fully formed, in a treeless plain where Kind of Blue’s narcoleptic haze meets Steve Reich’s pin-sharp minimalism, where time expands to fill the available space...stay the 77-minute course and, deliriously, deliciously, Silverwater will drown you."

FURTHER KUDOS

Los Angeles Times: The 42 Most Memorable Pop Music Moments of 2009:

Best long-form improv not found in the UCB Theater: The Necks at REDCAT. "Using piano, bass, drums and a whole lot of concentration, this category-defying trio from Australia delivered a spellbinding, all-improvised set early in 2009, somehow making two ever-evolving, 45-minute creations glide by in what felt like minutes. Come back soon, please."
 

All About Jazz New York: Best of 2009: Performances of The Year:
THE NECKS, Le Poisson Rouge, February 10th

EUROPEAN DATES ARE PLANNED FOR JUNE 2010. Included will be a further season of Food Court, with Back to Back Theatre.

4-DISC SET "ATHENAEUM, HOMEBUSH, QUAY & RAAB AVAILABLE AGAIN. Our 2002 live boxed set had been out of print for some time, but we're happy to announce that it is now back in stock, and available through this website.

THE NECKS VOTED "BEST BAND TO PLAY AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE". In Sydney, Australia, 10,000 readers of the City News, City Hub, Bondi View and Inner West Independent newspapers voted on a number of categories for the recent Best of Sydney 2009 issue, and we won the above category. We think it's a compliment. We've already been sent a certificate, which we will certainly frame.