NOH Clips Available On Amazon.com

Happy Sunday! Amazon.com has posted 30-second clips of all the tracks on Night of Hunters. Cheers to Mario and Peter for the news.

Mark Hole Opening Tori's European Tour

English musician Mark Hole, a former self-described “hyperactive and erratic boy” who grew up to become a guy who “just wants to play the piano and sing,” will apparently be opening the European leg of Tori’s Night of Hunters tour. His music is fun, dramatic, whimsical, and, yes, piano-based. Swing on over to his site to dig a few sample tracks from his debut album, F-Sharp. Thanks to Maciej for sending us Mark’s tweet.

Decca Releases the EPK For Night of Hunters!

Decca Records has posted the electronic press kit for Night of Hunters in the Media area of their website’s Tori Amos section. In the EPK, which we assume is a stripped-down version of the documentary on the DVD of the album’s deluxe edition, Tori describes and explains the background for the record, as well as touching on some of the inspiration for and production of the record.

Be warned! The clip features snippets of many songs so if you’re holding out for the release before listening to any of the record, you might want to hold off on viewing this!

Thanks to mario for the tip!

Wears The Trousers Reviews Night Of Hunters

As hoped, Alex Ramon’s review of Night of Hunters for Wears The Trousers has materialized. It’s yet another encouraging take on the record that the rest of us still have a few more weeks wait for…so let’s hope that time passes quickly!

Update: Alex has posted the “director’s cut” of this review on hig blog, Boycotting Trends.

Happy Birthday, Tori!

Sending out our best wishes to Tori on the 48th anniversary of her original release.

We hope she does something relaxing!

Piecing A Potion: The Music of Tori Amos

Alex Ramon, current writer for Wears the Trousers and Pop Matters and erstwhile writer for the fanzine Little Blue World, has posted an epic overview of Tori’s career and oeuvre on his blog, Boycotting Trends. As he says in the introduction to the piece, “with the release of her eagerly anticipated new album, Night of Hunters, imminent, now seems an apt moment to take a wander through Amos’s voluminous catalogue, to (re)assess what’s worked and what hasn’t, and to celebrate some of her achievements, which, frankly, could use a little celebrating these days.” Excellent reading for a Sunday afternoon (with apologies to those on the other side of the International Dateline).

Also, keep an eye on Wears the Trousers as Alex’s review of Night of Hunters should be popping up there sooner or later…

Shiny And New Night of Hunters Review

Shiny and New, a UK-based music blog that focuses on the fairer sex’s contributions to the world of music, has reviewed Night of Hunters at length and with playful thought — or is that thoughtful play? Either way, it’s an interesting and encouraging take on the record that whets the appetite for one month from now!

Thanks to Adam and michaelgraye for bringing this to our attention!

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Watch Carry Video, Listen To Shattering Sea

Head over to Tori’s Facebook page to watch the video for “Carry” from Night of Hunters and click to share the video to unlock a second exclusive track, “Shattering Sea.”

P.S. We assume this is one of the two “music clips” that will be on the DVD of the deluxe edition of Night of Hunters.

Deluxe Details?

EarWithFeet tumbles a tidbit of news about the deluxe edition of Night of Hunters. According to the Norwegian retailer Platekompaniet, the DVD disc of the deluxe edition will include a documentary and “2 music clips.”

One presumes that the documentary is about the making of the album but we are extremely curious about the extra clips. Bonus tracks? Live performances? Studio out-takes? Time will tell!

Update: Universal Music Norway has posted some additional information that states, “The deluxe edition will have a bonus DVD and it will contain a 16 minute documentary, plus 2 music clips (Carry + Nautical Twilight).” Whether those are music videos for those two songs, in-studio performances or something else about them remains to be seen…but at least it’s something! Thanks again to EarWithFeet!

Update: Amazon.co.uk has updated their listing for the delue edition, adding this track listing for the DVD:

1. Documentary – Night of Hunters – Tori Amos
2. Carry – Tori Amos
3. Nautical Twilight – Tori Amos

Listen To Two Tracks From Night Of Hunters

“Nautical Twilight” and “Carry” are now available for streaming on Soundcloud. Beautiful.

Nautical Twilight by ToriAmos

Carry by ToriAmos

Thanks to Maciej for sending this in.

Update: Yep, the tracks have been removed. Seems they weren’t supposed to be there — or, at least, weren’t supposed to be public.