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Knifeworld’s debut album Buried Alone: Tales Of Crushing Defeat is a sprawling and unique psychedelic tour de force from Kavus Torabi (Cardiacs/ Guapo/ The Monsoon Bassoon).

This eleven-song trip fuses elements of pop, heavy rock, folk and prog into a delirious and distinctive whole. Like a collision between Black Sabbath and Syd Barrett or XTC and Slint, Buried Alone is unlike anything else you will hear this year. Uncompromised and relentless, Knifeworld is not 'genre tourism’; Torabi's compositions stay clear of pastiche and imitation. Despite the diverse nature of the material, Buried Alone is a cohesive work, layered with unusual arrangements and unpredictable twists. Hidden behind catchy hooks lay layers of dense and polyrhythmic instrumentation, soaring vocal harmonies colliding with dissonant, rock-out riffs.

Buried Alone features an array of contributors including Khyam Allami on drums, Melanie Woods on vocals, Ben Jacobs (Max Tundra) on trumpet and Sarah Measures (The Monsoon Bassoon) on horns, while Torabi  handles guitars, singing and an assortment of curious instruments.

He came to cult prominence in the late nineties with his band, The Monsoon Bassoon, a London based experimental psychedelic math rock/pop band. The Monsoon Bassoon was one of the only bands ever to receive three Singles Of The Week in a row in the NME. Their self-released album I Dig Your Voodoo garnered much critical praise, including, bizarrely, a glowing review in Heat. After he split the group in 2001, Torabi went on to join legendary UK group Cardiacs as guitarist and collaborator. He also plays guitar in UK avant-progressive outfit Guapo. Since then he has managed to find time to play guitar in Chrome Hoof, is a touring multi instrumentalist with The Mediaeval Baebes, and has contributed vocals to The North Sea Radio Orchestra's albums. Knifeworld sees Torabi back as songwriter and front man. Believers Roast is his label.

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