Immanu El album preview

Ja Ja Ja is streaming the new album "In passage" from Swedish postrockers Immanu El: http://www.jajajamusic.com/index.php/2011/11/album-stream-immanu-el-in-passage/

Immanu El - On wide shoulders

Not exactly a video, but a visual preview of the new Immanu El tune "On wide shoulders". Look for the band's new album "In passage" to be released on October 29.

Immanu El announce new album, tour

Swedish postrockers Immanu El have announced that they will be releasing their new alb "In passage", their third overall, on October 14. And the Sound Records will handle things as usual in Sweden with Thomason Sounds doing an Asian release and Kapitän Platte handling vinyl. The band will once again be touring extensively in support and preliminary dates can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/notes/immanu-el/new-album-in-passage-release-october-2011-releasetours-in-europe-asia/10150300809333825

Kapitän Platte to press Bluebridge the Quartet?

German label Kapitän Platte, home to vinyl releases by Swedish postrockers Ef and Immanu El, is planning on releasing a posthumous LP from post/jazz combo Bluebridge the Quartet, but first they want to gauge interest to see if they'll be able to break even. So listen to the album here and, if you dig it and want a physical copy, preorder it by emailing pi@kapitaen-platte.de -- € 15ppd worldwide/€ 11 in-person for Germans. Assuming they get 75 preorders, the project is a go.

Immanu El post 2011 tour schedule, more

Swedish postrockers Immanu El have started to confirm dates for their upcoming European tour next March: http://www.myspace.com/immanuelband/blog/540817675
The band also reports that they are working on material for their next album, set for an October 2011 release, and will be debuting a few of the tracks during these dates.

Ef debut to get vinyl reissue, more

Ef is getting Magnus Lindberg (Tonteknik Studios/Cult of Luna) to remix and remaster their debut album "Give me beauty... or give me death!" for a vinyl rerelease. They'll also be tacking a previously unreleased track from 2006 onto the album called "Misinform the uninformed" that they never finished but recently remedied by added extra adornment. German label Kapitän Platte will be handling the pressing and it will be 2xLP with heavy silkscreened sleeves in a limited edition of 600 copies with the first 100 being extra special for preorder customers. And speaking of Kapitän Platte, they're also doing the vinyl press for Immanu El's recent release "Moen". Details: http://www.kapitän-platte.de/

Immanu El confirm new vinyl release, planning tour

Swedish postrock act Immanu El has confirmed that German label Kapitän Platte will be releasing a vinyl edition of their album "Moen" in October, just in time for their European tour. Expect dates to be confirmed soon.

Immanu El on tour in February

Upcoming tourdates for Immanu El:

02/02 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER)
02/03 - Paris Syndrome, Leipzig (GER)
02/04 - tba
02/05 - Druckluftshaus, Oberhausen (GER)
02/06 - Elfer Club, Frankfurt (GER)
02/07 - Nbi Club, Berlin (GER)
02/08 - Mappa Club, Budapest (HUN)
02/09 - Societätstheater, Dresden (GER)
02/10 - Bezsennosc, Wroclaw (POL)
02/11 - Hydrozagadka, Warsaw (POL)
02/12 - Zaczek, Cracow (POL)
02/13 - Mdk Batory (If Summer Ends Festival), Chorzow (POL)
02/14 - Valentines Day - Pod Minoga, Poznan (POL)
02/16 - Depo, Riga (LAT)
02/17 - Klubi, Turku (FIN)
02/18 - Telakka, Tampere (FIN)
02/19 - Kojaamo, Helsinki (FIN)
02/20 - tbc, St Petersburg (RUS)
02/21 - tbc, Moscow (RUS)

Immanu El album preview

The new Immanu El album "Moen" is currently streaming at myspace in its entirety: http://www.myspace.com/immanuelband

Scraps of Tape
Grand letdown
A Tenderversion Recording

This band continues to evolve with every album and this, their third overall, finds them trying to incorporate more standard pop conventions into their particular brand of heavy postrock. There's still plenty of focus on long, interwoven guitar parts and complex arrangements, but there's also a lot more vocals than ever before and a renewed attempt at redefining and refining their sound. Bits of Fireside-esque post-hardcore gets intermingled with other, more contemporary post-indie/rock/whatever and the end result turns out to be a bit more schizophrenic and far less consistent than previous album "This is a copy is this a copy". However, at the same time, it's far more interesting to hear a band grow with each new release and that's certainly what SoT are doing and the tracks that do work well are easily their best material yet. For each misstep, such as two unnecessary and out of place cover tunes (A novelty slowcore version of Minor Threat's "Filler" plus "Eric" by the terminally underappreciated Carpet People), there is a stride forward. An inspired idea on paper, sure, and undoubtedly fun for the band to play, though not so hot in execution. I foresee "Grand letdown" as a transitional work, a bridge for things to come. It's worth noting too, that many of their peers are going through similar musical soul-searching (Aerial, Immanu El, etc.), all struggling to break free of expected genre trappings and all ending up in a slightly different place. So far, so good... let's see what happens next.
- Avi Roig

Immanu El confirm new record

Swedish post-rockers Immanu El have confirmed a November 13 release date for their new album "Moen". Look for the band to tour Europe in early 2010 with additional dates in Russia, Finland and the UK later on.

Immanu El tourblog

Swedish postrockers Immanu El are keeping a tourblog: http://immanuelband.blogspot.com/

Listen to three new Immanu El songs

Swedish postrock act Immanu El have three new songs posted at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/immanuelband

Immanu El get new drummer

Swedish postrockers Immanu El have parted ways with drummer Michael Persson due to personal reasons. Jonatan Josefsson (Elefant) will be taking his place.

Immanu El on tour in August

Updated European dates for Immanu El:

08/27 - Treue, Bremen (GER)
08/28 - Dot Club, Berlin (GER)
08/29 - Ilses Erika, Leipzig (GER)
08/30 - Societätstheater, Ddresden (GER)
08/31 - Subway to Peter, Chemnitz (GER)
09/01 - Rhiz, Wien (AUS)
09/02 - Studentski Grad, Belgrad (SRB)
09/03 - Forum Stadtpark, Graz (AUS)
09/04 - 11er Club, Frankfurt (GER)
09/05 - Mobilat Club, Heilbronn (GER)