The group released the new single partnered with artistic music video to applaud from fans. The video shows a cinematic comeback and features an enchanting performance from dancer Alexandra Tsiapi, graduate student at The Scottish School of Contemporary Dance located in Glasgow.

Chris Gordon has this to say about their beautiful new music video, “The video is a collaboration in movement,” he continues “Anthony knew Alexandra (Tsiapi) could express something physically that we do our best to express with words and weird noises. I spent a January morning filming her improvise to “Like Butterflies” in her beautiful top floor Georgian studio in Govan (Glasgow). She jerked and fluttered and floated all across the room with such grace and commitment, perfectly synched to the spiritual sense of the song.”

The new album set to be released in the coming year will be the groups second studio album and first album since 2006. However new music was still released, during the hiatus the band released the single ‘A Tall Tale’, the single marks not just one but two collaborations with Ladytron member Helen Marine, released 23^rd October 2020.

The Glasgow group formed in 2004 and released their first EP in 2005 entitled ‘Union of Knives’, followed by the EP ‘I Decline’ in April 2006 and found recognition through NME Magazine. The band released their debut album ‘Violence & Birdsong’ in July 2006 and found a fan in DJ Zane Lowe who played their music on his show drawing in avid listeners and fans. Through soundtrack listings and festival appearances, the band broadened their audience. Track ‘Opposite Direction’ was used in two TV shows, ‘The Vampire Diaries’ and hospital drama ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and further tracks were used in ‘Supernatural’.

Other collaborations include a commissioned song from The Tate Modern, the band were invited to create a track inspired by artwork as part of the ‘Tate Tracks’ project which went on to win an award. The song created through the project; ‘Circular breathing’ was featured on listening devices to enhance the viewer’s experience of ‘The Four Season’ by Cy Twombly. Fans heart sunk in 2009 when the band decided to call it quits, but their sighs did not last long as of July 2020 via social media they announced that a reunion was on the cards.

With such a long break between albums Union of Knives have sure come back with a vengeance, and with the tease of new music ahead, fans can rest assure that the band is back in business.

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‘A Tall Tale,’ is the second single released by the band in advance of a full album due to drop before the end of this year. The band announce on their website that ‘new material will be released on all the usual digital platforms and will be available in good old fashioned physical format.’ So far we have seen two music videos from the band accompanying the album’s first two singles, ‘High On Account of 0,’ and ‘A Tall Tale,’ with the rest of the album still to come.

Helen Marnie launched her solo career in 2013 under the artist name Marnie when she released ‘critically lauded,’ album ‘Crystal World,’ and continued in 2017 with her second album ‘Strange Words and Weird Wars.’  Before launching her solo career, Marnie helped found ‘one of the most respected pioneers in electronic music,’ band Ladytron ‘the best of English pop music.’ Receiving such praise from Eno must have been very important for the band since their name is taken from from the title of a song by his band Roxy Music.

Marnie last performed live as a solo act in 2018 at The Hug and Pint in Glasgow and Ladytron last scheduled tour dates for earlier this year. It is likely to be a product of the increased spare time that life under lockdown has given all of us that Marnie has taken to collaborating with bands like Union of Knives for exciting new releases and music videos. ‘A Tall Tale,’ is top of Union of Knives popular tracks list on Spotify with 39,692 plays already in the short time since its release last week.

‘A Tall Tale,’ is topped only in total plays by the band’s previously released songs ‘Opposite Direction,’ and ‘Evil Has Never,’ both of which featured on their 2006 album ‘Violence and Birdsong,’ hand have therefore had an additional 14 years to accumulate plays compared to their latest release which has reached a high number of plays very quickly. It is likely that the cult popularity of Ladytron and Helen Marnie’s resulting pedigree in the electronic music community has led to the quick and positive response to the track, as well as excitement surrounding Union of Knives’ return to music releases after over 1o years of silence.

Union of Knives’ video for ‘A Tall Tale,’ featuring Helen Marnie is available to stream on IGTV now as well as the band’s Youtube channel. The track is also available to stream in audio only form on leading platforms Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and Amazon Music.