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Trauma

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Please note that Toby can only sign copies if you buy SIGNED Vinyl LP (above). This is because all signed items will be sent from the UK so may incur higher shipping charges.

    Please note that tracks 6 & 8 are digital only and not on the LP.

    If you're in the EU, your VAT payment will be tagged on the customs form, so you should not be charged upon delivery.

    Vinyl manufactured using eco-mix, 100% recycled compound, and as a resut each record is totally unique, with colours that change across the pressing run.

    Includes digital pre-order of Trauma. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    digital album releases July 31, 2024
    item ships out on or around September 6, 2024
    edition of 500 
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    Please note that Toby can only sign copies if you buy SIGNED Compact Disc (above).

    This is because all signed items will be sent from the UK so may incur higher shipping charges.

    Your order will be sent UNTRACKED. If you want it to be sent tracked, please message us to find out the costs.

    Finally, if you're in the EU, your VAT payment will be tagged on the customs form, so you should not be charged upon delivery.

    Includes digital pre-order of Trauma. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    digital album releases July 31, 2024
    item ships out on or around September 6, 2024
    Purchasable with gift card

      £10 GBP or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Please note that tracks 6 & 8 are digital only and not on the LP.

    If you're in the EU, your VAT payment will be tagged on the customs form, so you should not be charged upon delivery.

    Vinyl manufactured using eco-mix, 100% recycled compound, and as a resut each record is totally unique, with colours that change across the pressing run.

    Includes digital pre-order of Trauma. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    digital album releases July 31, 2024
    item ships out on or around September 6, 2024
    edition of 500 
    Purchasable with gift card

      £20 GBP or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Your order will be sent UNTRACKED. If you want it to be sent tracked, please message us to find out the costs.

    If you're in the EU, your VAT payment will be tagged on the customs form, so you should not be charged extra upon delivery.

    Includes digital pre-order of Trauma. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    digital album releases July 31, 2024
    item ships out on or around September 6, 2024
    Purchasable with gift card

      £10 GBP or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Pre-order of Trauma. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    Purchasable with gift card
    releases July 31, 2024

      £8.08 GBP  or more

     

1.
Mir
2.
A Bee Song 05:45
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3.
Ddraig Ddu
4.
War
5.
My Little Country 04:49
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6.
Electric Sheep
7.
Mo Dhia
8.
Endure
9.
The Dying Light

about

ACTUAL RELEASE DATE - 6TH SEPTEMBER 2024
(Please ignore Bandcamp's release date!)

Trauma, the first Banco album since 2016's The 9th of Nine Hearts, is an expression of stress and of suffering while also a celebration of overcoming and of hope.

This juxtaposition is explored over the course of the album: a craving for peace in Mir; a simple bee sting in A Bee Song; loss and grieving in Draig Ddu; the wish for things to be otherwise in War; greed and abuse of power in My Little Country; AI’s potential for good and/or bad in Electric Sheep; a yearning for something greater and purer in Mo Dhia; the unbearable weight of relentless suffering in Endure; and the resignation, acceptance and surrender of The Dying Light.

The creation of the album was informed by both family and global issues: declining health in both my parents was overshadowed by ongoing wars around the world, inducing trauma in millions of people (be they defender, aggressor, or innocent) while the growing environmental crisis inflicts damage on the very world we inhabit, cracking the fabric of our survival systems.

Despite all of this, Trauma seeks and finds light in the darkness, and great beauty and joy in the midst of despair. The album is ultimately a celebration of the acceptance that in this huge universe we can dream of better and transcend our travails.

Nietzsche wrote “What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger”. Perhaps that is what truly makes us human?

credits

releases July 31, 2024

All tracks written and produced by Toby Marks except A Bee Song, written by Toby Marks and Sian Sullivan.

Mir – Soprano saxophone by Matthew Jenkins

A Bee Song – Recomposition based on 1954 Damara praise song held by Basler Afrika Bibliographien, sourced by Future Pasts.
futurepasts.net
nami-daman-heritage-house.net

Draig Ddu – Cymraeg poem by Sara Louise Wheeler. In memory of Annie Wealleans.

War – Chorus and end vocals by Jennifer Folker

My Little Country – Narration by Neil Sleat

Electric Sheep – All voices generated by Riffusion AI

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Published by Kaleidoscope Music / Fairwood Music.
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Mastered by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering.
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Artwork and design by Redline
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No bees were harmed in the making of this album.

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