# London Indietronica artist RODNEY CROMWELL Set To Release ‘Memory Box’ Album March 18

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/london-indietronica-artist-rodney-cromwell-set-to-release-memory-box-album-march-18/
- Published: 2022-03-09T16:30:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**London indietronica artist Rodney Cromwell set to release ‘Memory Box’ album March
18. Watch the video for ‘Opus Three.’**

**[‘Memory Box’](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2frodneycromwell.bandcamp.com%2falbum%2fmemory%2dbox%2d2&umid=e7af4533-baf1-4c62-a486-c74b58656a8d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-03b2667712e84712ade5764583c3d9aaa2ca05a0)**–
the new album by London-based indietronica artist **[Rodney Cromwell ](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.happyrobots.co.uk%2frodney%2dcromwell&umid=e7af4533-baf1-4c62-a486-c74b58656a8d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-727cb2cd73db66a6681d38e077276fd52c755144)**–
will be released** **on March 18 via [**Happy Robots Records**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.happyrobots.co.uk&umid=e7af4533-baf1-4c62-a486-c74b58656a8d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-d370b75e64e8b2c5208d741f63c1344c77d7469a),
presenting a sonic pallet that is rich, colourful, often surprising and utterly 
unique. Ahead of this, **Rodney Cromwell **(the nom de plume **Adam Cresswell**),
presents the video for [**‘Opus Three’**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2fSfT%5fMeP1CqY&umid=e7af4533-baf1-4c62-a486-c74b58656a8d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-1bdd0e2abcef86e77c2c07c89441133d04207ac7).

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**Photo by Zamberwell**

Mixed and co-produced by **Richard Bennett** at [**Acme Hall Studios**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.acmehallstudios.com%2ffaculty&umid=e7af4533-baf1-4c62-a486-c74b58656a8d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-19c5198b5e4636f9e31eb2ec20d3fd962ff73e8a)(
New York) and mastered by [**Pete Maher**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.petemaher.com&umid=e7af4533-baf1-4c62-a486-c74b58656a8d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-93f847fbbdd2b8b30351f36d129d87248e9c313f)**(
U2, Goldfrapp, Paul Weller, Pixies)**, the ‘Memory Box’ album’ mixes synthpop, hauntology,
dreampop and European coldwave, using analogue synths and drum machines with minimal
computer sequencing. Cromwell creates a distinctive and compelling organic, dream-
like world, inspired as much by Alice in Wonderland and Franz Kafka as by its sonic
influences – artists including Kraftwerk, The Cure, Polyrock and Stereolab.

Opening with two synthpop numbers, the dystopian coldwave of ‘Intercom’ – with its
twisted robot voices – promises us “order will be resumed shortly.” Order comes 
swiftly in the form of ‘Opus Three;’ a pounding dance-floor filler, reminiscent 
of the best of Vince Clarke, encouraging us to dance in the face of catastrophe.

RODNEY CROMWELL: Opus Three (Bot34v1)

[⌊RODNEY CROMWELL: Opus Three (Bot34v1)⌉⌊RODNEY CROMWELL: Opus Three (Bot34v1)⌉

Watch this video on YouTube

Title-track **‘Memory Box’ **is a haunting trip down a psychological rabbit-hole
of half-remembered memories and half-formed truths with sweeping synths traversing
a sonic landscape, turning the mundane into the sublime. The album’s central songs
plunge us deeper into this theme with almost Kafkaesque abandon. ‘Fluctuations’ 
is a pounding krautrock number about the dangers of TV shopping and** ‘Waiting Room’**
a love song for exhausted souls. The uplifting glam-stomp of** ‘Wristwatch Television’**
looks towards the utopian future promised in 1950’s style magazines, but never delivered.

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**Photo by Alison Ahern**

**“Calculations’ **a melodica-driven dreampop instrumental, melds Brian Eno with
Mogwai, pulling us back towards reality. The album closes with its purest synthpop
number, **‘The Winter Palace’**, layered with ice-cool ARP synth strings, the thinnest
of vintage drums and lush harmonies, as Cromwell sings of a love bound by ‘drudgeries
hold’.

His debut [**‘Age of Anxiety’ LP**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2frodneycromwell.bandcamp.com%2falbum%2fage%2dof%2danxiety&umid=e7af4533-baf1-4c62-a486-c74b58656a8d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-a854fd1f7edf71560b43f232da0987483b834e25)****(
2015) and [**‘Rodney’s English Disco’ EP**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2frodneycromwell.bandcamp.com%2falbum%2frodneys%2denglish%2ddisco&umid=e7af4533-baf1-4c62-a486-c74b58656a8d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-e809d45cd6dd04083474f52e4df468ca244709ba)(
2018) garnered Rodney Cromwell features in **Electronic Sound Magazine, NME, Huffington
Post, Record Collector, Paste, BBC6 Music** and national **RNE3 **in Spain, for 
whom he recorded a live session. The album featured in scores of ‘Best of’ lists,
including **Electronic Sound **and **The Electricity Club**, who named him ‘Most
Promising New Act’. He has played lives shows with acts like **Pram, Death & Vanilla,
M!R!M, Rowetta **and **Steve Davis**. In 2020, he also performed as part of **Damo
Suzuki of Can’s** backing band.

Earlier, the lead single[** ‘Memory Box’**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2faY1Uza7pz8M&umid=e7af4533-baf1-4c62-a486-c74b58656a8d&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-5bd551a50f7a5afcdf0d9ca8e2f497d5c364cee3)
was voted by fans into the Dandelion Radio Official Festive 50. Both tracks received
press and radio coverage in multiple countries with national radio play in Japan,
Finland and Spain, as well as multiple spins on BBC 6 Music.

The ‘Memory Box’ LP is out on March 18 via Happy Robots Records with distribution
by **Cargo Records**. Distributed by **Cargo Records**, it will be available on 
yellow vinyl LP, and in stores and digitally on all the major platforms, including**
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**CREDITS**
Written and recorded by Adam Cresswell  Mixed and co-produced by Richard
Bennett at Acme Hall Studios, New YorkMastered by Pete MaherAlbum artwork by Martin
J LangthorneReleased via Happy Robots Records

**UK LIVE SHOWS**
19 March 2022, The Cavandish Arms, London with SPRAY & Circuit
325 March, AATMA, Manchester with SPRAY and Factory Acts3 April, New Cross Inn supporting
A Flock of Seagulls

**SELECT FEEDBACK**
“Rodney Cromwell’s music belongs to the future” ~** NME**** “
Yanking the mundane into the sublime. Its sweeping synths transverse a sonic landscape
bridging an ancient sentiment and an almost folk instrumentation with pure hertz
tone glory” ~ Post-Punk.com

“His new lo-fi disco laments are joyfully simple and painfully funny” ~ **Huffington
Post**
“Makes a delightful lo-fi synthpop racket with a load of old gear and a deep
appreciation of classic outfits” ~ **Electronic Sound**

_“One of the most infectious numbers of this young year… bewitchingly brilliant…
one of the most inventive and idiosyncratic musicians out there” ~ _**Stereo Embers
Magazine****
_“Cool-flowing retro synth delight” ~ _The Spill Magazine“A reminder
of good pop tunes from a magical era” ~ Louder Than War

**FOR FANS OF: **
Kraftwerk, New Order, Metronomy, Section 25, Polyrock, Stereolab,
Death & Vanilla

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