Video of the Day: Waldo’s Gift share new single ‘Candifloss’ from 2025 debut album

Having forged themselves as a name to remember, and electrifying new force in the new wave of UK experimental music, Bristol trio Waldo’s Gift announce their debut album Malcolm's Law (due for release 22 January 2025) via fellow Bristolian Ishmael Ensemble’s label Severn Songs. The LP announcement comes with the release of brash, technicolour lead single ‘Candifloss' - an exuberant explosion of hyperactive beats, bass and glitchy guitar, all performed live, provides an evocative teaser of what to expect from their forthcoming long-player.

Comprised of James Vine on drums, Harry Stoneham on bass and Alun Elliot-Williams on guitar, Waldo’s Gift have been associated with the UK jazz explosion, mainly owing to their focus on improvisation, within their full-length offering there are unmistakable shades of post-rock, prog-metal, and the more intense ends of Squarepusher or Aphex Twin. In their words: “We essentially Trojan-horse metal into jazz venues,”.

Since emerging onto the scene, they’ve been gaining steady support from BBC Radio 1, BBC 6Music and have played major sets at Glastonbury, We Out Here and Copenhagen Jazz Festival, as well as inclusion in BBC 4’s documentary ‘Spitting Fire’ as one of UK Jazz’s brightest new lights.

Malcolm's Law captures the story of their unusual beginnings, their weekly residency at Bristol venue The Gallimaufry where they built a cult following with their intense & bizarre performances. Itis a sizzling, maximalist, impossibly complex guitar record. Unbelievably, every track is a single live performance, recorded with no overdubs or extras. The artwork is by another notable fan, RUFFMERCY.

Watch the video below and for more info visit lnk.to/Candifloss and   waldosgift.bandcamp.com