Spooky Action

Spooky Action at a Distance finds Pattern-Seeking Animals more confident than ever, approaching new soundscapes and topics, combined with the DNA of their previous work for their most memorable and powerful album to date.

Twenty years used to be a long time in rock’n’roll. But although it’s been that long since Mansun released their debut album Attack Of The Grey Lantern, described by their frontman/main songwriter Paul Draper as “half a concept album – a con album”, the passionate following the shape-shifting, eccentric Chester quartet attracted back then is still looking out for them. It was a hard core of those mad-for-it Mansunites that launched a Facebook petition four years ago demanding that Draper finally do the decent thing and finish his long-postponed solo debut, demos and ideas for which had been floating around since his old band called it a day in 2003.

SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE once again shows how amazingly diverse and creative this band is. From straight- ahead rock to noise and ambient, from innocent, upbeat, love songs to brooding, social commentary, the band traverses styles effortlessly. At over 70 minutes in playing length, they take the listener on a wild, sonic, journey that is custom made for those who love traveling by headphone.