Art Pop
Forest Swords (aka electronic producer/composer Matthew Barnes) returns. Having spent the past few years working as an in-demand composer and sound designer – writing music for ballet, film and video games – third studio album 'Bolted' was recorded over the past year in Barnes’ home city of Liverpool. His ad hoc studio in a former vehicle and munitions factory (with connections to shadowy guerilla artists The KLF) became a gateway for him to explore, using a combination of hardware, software and tape machines to mould and sculpt a sound world for the album. Across its 11 tracks he dives deeper into his unique sonic vocabulary (including personal samples of Neneh Cherry and the late Lee Scratch Perry) to weave together a set of tracks that sounds equally muscular and bleak, haunting and euphoric. While his previous album – the acclaimed 'Compassion' released in 2017 – saw Barnes toy with widescreen technicolour, the world of ‘Bolted’ is tightly wound, taught, with a sense of aching urgency like never before.
Read moreForest Swords (aka electronic producer/composer Matthew Barnes) returns. Having spent the past few years working as an in-demand composer and sound designer – writing music for ballet, film and video games – third studio album 'Bolted' was recorded over the past year in Barnes’ home city of Liverpool. His ad hoc studio in a former vehicle and munitions factory (with connections to shadowy guerilla artists The KLF) became a gateway for him to explore, using a combination of hardware, software and tape machines to mould and sculpt a sound world for the album. Across its 11 tracks he dives deeper into his unique sonic vocabulary (including personal samples of Neneh Cherry and the late Lee Scratch Perry) to weave together a set of tracks that sounds equally muscular and bleak, haunting and euphoric. While his previous album – the acclaimed 'Compassion' released in 2017 – saw Barnes toy with widescreen technicolour, the world of ‘Bolted’ is tightly wound, taught, with a sense of aching urgency like never before.
| Date | Event name | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 2025 | Forest Swords in Berlin | Tresor / Globus, Berlin |
| 05 Nov 2025 | Forest Swords, Erik Satie in Milano | Auditorium San Fedele, Milano |
Some of Forest Swords's most popular songs include Crow (DJ-Kicks) - Mixed, Sjurvival, Panic. These tracks have impressed fans and helped cement their place in the music industry.
You can listen to Forest Swords's music on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. Their most popular songs include Crow (DJ-Kicks) - Mixed, Sjurvival, Panic, and more.
Forest Swords is known for their distinctive sound in the art pop genre, often blending elements of hauntology, making them a unique voice in the music world.
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