Local rockers
Prime Circle are releasing a deluxe edition of their
acclaimed 2014 album Let the Night In, to coincide with their European tour
that includes festival appearances alongside Iron Maiden, Garbage, Slayer and
Iggy Pop. Let the Night In – Deluxe Edition is the band’s first official
European release, and will go on sale globally on Friday, 13 May 2016 ahead of their
multi-date tour of Germany and Austria. It features the 13 tracks from the
two-time South African Music Award-winning album Let the Night In, including
the singles Gone and Doors, as well as four new original songs and a live,
unplugged version of the title track, Let the Night In. The first single,
Ghosts, will be released on radio on 06 May 2016, accompanied by a “haunting”
music video that marks the co-directorial debut of Prime Circle frontman Ross
Learmonth. “I worked alongside Gavin Davis, who is my partner in the concept
studio MadHouse,” explains Learmonth. “Sometimes other people don’t ‘get’ you,
so we decided to just do it ourselves. The song is about how people get over
things like a bad relationship or depression, and stand up and move on again.”
He says there is a ghostly element to the music video, which was shot on 4K
ultra-high definition digital film and features a “beautiful” pas de deux
between two of the country’s top female ballet dancers in addition to a dynamic
performance by the band. The release of the 18-track Let the Night In – Deluxe
Edition sees a further progression of the band’s ever-evolving rock sound,
which has ventured into bold new places since Prime Circle was formed 15 years
ago. “The album marked a change of style for the band, and the extra tracks add
a little more grit,” says Learmonth. “They are certainly not B-sides – they
take the album to another level." Fans who already own the Let the Night
In album have the option to purchase the individual new tracks online, but
Learmonth says the principal aim of the deluxe edition is to make a strong
impression on the European market. The band has been making steady inroads on
the continent, touring there regularly over the past few years, but is hoping
to reach new audiences during their upcoming appearances on the 2016 European
summer festival circuit. Prime Circle will be performing in Germany at the Rock
im Revier festival in Dortmund on 26 May and the Rockavaria festival in Munich
on 28 May, before heading to Austria for Rock in Vienna on 4 June. Aside from
appearing on the bill at these massive alternative rock/metal festivals, the
band will also perform in Hannover, Dresden, Leipzig, Flensburg, Hamburg,
Freiburg, Saarbrücken and Mannheim in May and June.
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