The Silent Ballet reviews September Malevolence

The Silent Ballet reviews the new album "Our withers unwrung" from Swedish post-rockers September Malevolence: http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/4654/Default.aspx

September Malevolence - Absence

A 2nd sample from the upcoming September Malevolence album "Our withers unwrung", due out November 18 via A Tenderversion Recording .

September Malevolence - End of new beginnings

Swedish post/indierockers September Malevolence are streaming a new tune at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/September-Malevolence/16360370031?sk=app_178091127385
"End of new beginnings" is the first track from the band's new album "Our withers unwrung", due out August 26.

Presenting: Shapes & Layers

Shapes & Layers is the name of a new band featuring Martin Lundmark (September Malevolence) and A Tenderversion Recording labelmate Per Tannergård (Once We Were): https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shapes-Layers/174384522608457
No samples online yet, but they say they will be releasing two albums this year.

September Malevolence announce new album

September Malevolence have announced that their new album "Our withers unwrung" will be released on August 26. Full tracklist and tourdates and so on will be announced shortly.

Listen to the sound of The Universe

Swedish instrumental act The Universe (ex-Iisole) are streaming their new album at Bandcamp, as well as offering it up as a paid download to raise money for an eventual vinyl release: http://theuniversemusic.bandcamp.com/
If you're into the kind of stuff that Tenderversion Recordings puts out (ie, Scraps of Tape, September Malevolence, etc.), you'll probably be into this as well.

September Malevolence debut to get vinyl reissue

Denovali records will be doing a color vinyl reissue of September Malevolence's debut album "Tomorrow we'll wonder where this generation gets its priorities from" in October with new artwork and a previously unreleased bonus track. 500 copies, 320 on clear and 180 on grey haze/clear.

September Malevolence RIP

Swedish postrock act September Malevolence is no more: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=38220343&blogId=508440746

Tenderversion signs Solander

Tenderversion Recording (Scraps of Tape, September Malevolence, etc.) has announced the signing of Solander, the solo alias of Malmö resident Fredrik Karlsson (Fredrik, Vit Päls, Band In Box). Look for the debut album "Since we are pigeons" to be released this fall and a tour alongside labelmates Scraps of Tape in October. In the meantime, download a couple tracks including "Looking for gold" and their cover of Shellac's "Prayer to god".

September Malevolence announce fall tour, working on new material

September Malevolence will be touring Europe again starting in late October, expect dates to be confirmed soon. Otherwise, the band is working on new material which they say is shorter and more vocal. Will they sell out and go pop? Wait and see...

Martin Lundmark goes solo

Tenderversion Recordings label head and September Malevolence frontman Martin Lundmark has a sensitive singer/songwriter solo project: http://www.myspace.com/peterbiltswe
Look for him to project tender feelings your way via a 3" CDEP in the near future.

Swedish postrockers September Malevolence have licensed their latest album "After this darkness, there's a next" to Zankyo Records in Japan for release this coming January. Expect tourdates to follow. The band is also working with Denovali Records yet again to reissue a vinyl edition of their debut album "Tomorrow we'll wonder where this generation gets its priorities from" with two added bonus tracks and new artwork. No date yet on that one, but I'll keep you posted. Read a new interview with frontman Martin Lundmark here: http://www.theastronautfarm.com/2008/11/major-tom-interviews-september.html

I almost forgot, but here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Jesper Norda - Tommorrow you'll be forgiven but tonight you will have your teeth knocked out
02. TALK 1
03. On Volcano - Out of sight
04. Monday Monkey Riot - Go ape
05. Dmitry Fyodorov - Warcollapse!
06. TALK 2
07. Wired for Mono - Don't look down
08. Small - Come around (vs Hippo remix)
09. September Malevolence - ...accidents happen so fasr
10. TALK 3
11. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Facelessness erase every trace of humanity
12. Napoleon - Send me a woman
13. Rigas Den Andre - I am crane
14. TALK 4
15. Mist - Subjective pop song
16. Ebba Grön - Tyst för fan
17. Neveres - Pause
18. Pascal - Cadillac
19. TALK 5
20. Komeda - Blossom (got to get it out)

Reminder: my show on Sirius Left of Center (channel 26) is now on Sundays at 11pm ET with repeats on Monday.

September Malevolence
After this darkness, there's a next
A Tenderversion Recording

Listening to "...accidents happen so fast", I can't help but wonder at how brilliant an Aerial and September Malevolence show would be. The two acts share a lot in common, but as both bands are within the post-rock genre, there's plenty of terrain to be explored without encroaching too terribly into another's territory. September Malevolence lean more towards an organic examination -- "A notion, I can't shake...", which sets the scene for "...accidents happen so fast", is almost entirely an acoustic number, lacking any of the post-rock beauty that explodes into being with "...accidents"; and "Brandskär" is a gorgeous piano interlude. The group also maintains a beautiful optimism throughout their work, much like Explosions in the Sky, not stumbling down darker, more melancholy avenues such as contemporaries Aerial and Mogwai. Even "I shut doors and windows", which feels like it might succumb to the shadows never quite allows itself to drown, teetering precariously on the edge at times, but never falling. "After this darkness, there's a next" is a gorgeous album, definitely already a contender for high placement in my Best of 2008 list.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Peter Morén - This is what I came for
02. TALK 1
03. Entombed - Hollowman
04. King Of All The Animals - Concrete skyline
05. Jettie - The lay up
06. TALK 2
07. Happy Trash Culture - Frisky pet
08. Josse - You had a plan
09. Ondo - Sleep
10. TALK 3
11. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - This room seems empty without you
12. Håkan Hellström - För sent för edelweiss
13. Marvins Revolt - Deliberate deeds
14. Marybell Katastrophy - Hey Frank
15. TALK 4
16. The Bear Quartet - Mvh contempt
17. Lögnhalsmottagningen - Snacka gär ju
18. Ghost Brigade - Based on you
19. TALK 5
20. September Malevolence - I shut doors and windows
21. The End Will Be Kicks - Ass of a friend
22. Anna Leong - Battered, bruised and cold
23. TALK 6
24. Bright Oak - On the list
25. Tape - Moth wings
26. Axewitch - Hot lady
27. TALK 7
28. Nationalteatern - Jack the Ripper
29. Tsukimono - Heart beater
30. Zeigeist - Bunny
31. TALK 8
32. First Floor Power - The jacket (Karin Dreijer remix)
33. No Hope for the Kids - Angels of destruction
34. Docenterna - Popmusik
35. Vapnet - Skorpan
36. TALK 9
37. Björn Kleinhenz - Olis
38. Fireside - Ambulance
39. Looptroop Rockers - Living on a prayer
40. TALK 10