SixToes have paired up with Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan for their new single.
With the addition of three new members since their debut LP Trick Of The Night, SixToes have been quietly yet busily honing and developing their sound through intensive, isolated jam and recording sessions in a remote makeshift studio in a disused barn in Norfolk. The result of these sessions is SixToes mark 2 and a new album, the forthcoming The Morning After, set for release in early 2014. The first taste of the new album will be released in November in the form of the new single, ‘Low Guns', which features guest vocals from Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan.
Originally a three-piece, SixToes self-made debut album Trick Of The Night was released in 2009 to critical acclaim with Uncut describing it as "genuinely strange and original - SixToes possess an intricate, idiosyncratic beauty". Since then, the London based-band have become a sextet, collaborated with Josh T. Pearson and Soulsavers (playing strings on Last of the Country Gentlemen and The Light the Dead See albums) and remixed the likes of Depeche Mode and Nick Cave.
Continuing to expand, the revised line up of SixToes recently fled to an abandoned barn in Norfolk to focus on some new material. Throwing ideas around, the band raised the possibility of a dream collaboration - Dave Gahan.
Well, sometimes dreams do come true. SixToes were invited to remix a Depeche Mode track, taking part in a wider project around the release of 'Sounds Of The Universe'. Deciding to re-pay the favour, Dave Gahan agreed to drop past the studio.
Recording backing vocals on 'Low Guns', the singer even added a few bars of harmonica during the songwriting process.
Dave Gahan: "I always really liked the remixes that Six Toes did for Depeche Mode over the years, so when the band reached out to me about working with the band on 'Low Guns', I jumped on the opportunity. The band are exceptionally talented, the song connected with me, and I think the video is inspired and fantastic."
The song awakes deep emotions while listening to it, it's full of ambient, tranquility and can take you somewhere deep.
