New Three Seasons album in November

Look for the new album "Understand the world" from Swedish retro/psych-rockers Three Seasons to be released on November 14 via the always-reliable Transubstans Records.

New European dates for Siena Root, Three Seasons

Swedish retro/psych-rockers Siena Root will be heading out on a European tour this coming March: http://www.sienaroot.com/home/?page=shows
In somewhat related news, similarly minded act Three Seasons -- the band of ex-Siena Root member Sartez Faraj -- will also be touring in March: http://www.threeseasonsmusic.com/shows.php

Three Seasons 7" preview

Preview a bit of the upcoming Three Seasons 7" "Escape", the first entry in Transubstans Records' new monthly singles club. I'm definitely looking forward to it.

Three Seasons 7" in the works

Swedish rockers Three Seasons will be releasing a new 7" entitled "Escape" this coming fall via Transubstans Records.

MP3: Ginger Trees - Breathe

Along with the latest from Three Seasons, the new album "Along with the tide" from Swedish act Ginger Trees reasserts Transubstans Records as the reigning champs of Scandinavian heavy/progressive rock. However, while Ginger Trees most definitely do dabble in bluesy heaviness, it's their most expansive prog side that I find much more interesting -- in fact, I'd say they're at their best on songs like this where they start to sound like late-period Anathema. Ginger Trees doesn't go all-out for doom-laden atmosphere though, opting rather to tend towards feelings of yearning and melancholy. There's still a definite aura of heaviness though, much in the same way that Opeth sounded on "Damnation". If you dig those references, no doubt you'll dig this too.

Ginger Trees - Breathe

MP3: Three Seasons - Too many choices

Three Seasons is the new band of ex-Siena Root vocalist Sartez Faraj and much like his work with that previous act, they totally rule. I know that Graveyard continues to be the poster-boys of the Swedish hardrock scene right now and they're pretty good, don't get me wrong, but in the same way that Siena Root's 2008 release "Far from the sun" was overshadowed by Graveyard's self-titled debut, let us not make the same mistake again. There's room at the top for more than one set of heavy rock jammers and, anyhow, Three Seasons is definitely the superior band. Besides, if you can't get down with those organ solos, you don't deserve to be listening to this stuff anyway.

Three Seasons - Too many choices