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New song by The Long Blondes features in Kate Jackson art installation
The Long Blondes features in Kate Jackson’s new art installation.The installation, which is taking place at Leicester’s LCB Depot, is called ‘Built For Sound’ and features a new loop sound by the band.It was recored by Paul Mazzitelli at R10 Leicester and is the group’s first new work since they broke up back in 2008.Speaking about the project, Jackson, who was the group’s front woman, said: “I first had the idea for Built For Sound during the second lockdown. We spent a lot of time at home watching old reruns of Top of The Pops and I became fascinated with the architectural stage sets and neon lights built slightly differently for each episode.“I kept thinking about the stage without performers and how abstract these sets would seem, like works of art in themselves.”“At the time there were of course no live performances happening anywhere and I had a lot of friends (musicians, crew, agents and promoters) who were out of work and struggling because of the pandemic,” Jackson continued.“As we didn’t know when live performance would return, this is a space built in a gallery for filmed performance rather than live performances.