The music industry has it instilled in our heads that in order to remain relevant, artists need to churn out work at a rapid pace before stagnation kills their career. New York duo Buke & Gase have succeeded in crafting a meticulous and intentional collection of songs in light of their upcoming album Scholars over a hushed period of five years, gravitating towards an evolutionary sound mixed with originally crafted musical devices and stepping away from the instrumentation that once defined them. Arone Dyer and Aron Sanchez’s project reinvents their vision in a manner that most musicians stray away from, in that they’re not afraid to take chances and hone in on an album where every minute counts.

Previously sharing three singles from their anticipated upcoming album, due out January 18th via Brassland, Buke & Gase’s latest for their self-titled “Scholars” initiates with a pulsating beat underneath Dyer’s lyrics and live footage feeding across the screen. While live clips render themselves overplayed, the pacing of the video’s delivery take on a strobe-light effect and cascading with such rapidity at times that its propulsion takes on a life of its own, at the very least compelling you to eagerly await what’s next. Says vocalist Dyer about their single,  “[w]hen I sing this, my chest billows with a desire to believe that I will overcome my faults, even though the subtle judgment that I won’t by those I love compresses my spine, keeping me Earthbound. I extend this empathy to those whose truths aren’t yet recognized by contradictive social expectations.”

You can pre-order Scholars here and follow Dyer and Sanchez’s side projects Mistresses & Dronechoir and DN RES. For those of you in Europe and the east coast be sure to catch the duo live during their following spring dates:

Sun. Feb. 3 – Catskill, NY @ Catskill Mill
Mon. March 4 – Manchester, UK @ The Castle
Tue. March 5 – London, UK @ The Lexington
Wed. March 6 – Dublin, IE @ The Grand Social
Thu. March 7 – Paris, FR @ Supersonic
Fri. March 8 – Cologne, DE @ Stadtgarden
Sun. March 10 – Berlin, DE @ Berliner Festspiele
Mon. March 11 – Jena, DE @ Trafo
Tue. March 12 – Nuremberg, DE @ Kantine
Wed. March 13 – Munich, DE @ Rote Sonne
Thu. March 14 – Dündingen, SE @ Bad Bonn
Fri. March 15 – Turin, IT @ Blah Blah
Wed. March 27 – New Haven, CT @ Space Ballroom
Thu. March 28 – Boston, MA @ The Middle East Club
Fri. March 29 – Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo
Sat. March 30 – Toronto, ON @ Monarch Tavern
Tue. April 2 – Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong

Press Photo Credit: Buke & Gase