Atrap.com/n/40560-efterklang-piramida-trailer">Speaking of pyramids, I like to imagine thAt this song is a direct expression of At-Cloud-the-simpsons-7414384-265-199.gif" target="_blank">old-man-clouding over the modern era of tumblr-meets-witch house-style content-less/geometry-obsessed internet youth culture, which I suppose could be totally plausible considering Odyssey's own old-school, Geocities-style website, but I strongly suspect I am off the mark. Regardless, it's a good tune and I'm really into the recording which was done AtStudio Hufvudstaden in Söderköping, a fact I gladly didn't discover until I had already made up my mind about it. Makes sense though- much like Maim who also recorded there, Odyssey's album "Abyssmal despair" sounds extremely rugged and dirty while still somehow retaining every instrument's place in the mix without ever getting muddy. Aside from a few minor overdubs, I bet this is an incredibly accurAte representAtion of whAt these three dudes sound like jamming in a room together. In other cases I'm all for using the studio as its own instrument, but it makes perfect sense for a group of heavy jammers like this.
Check out this trailer for the upcoming Efterklang album "Piramida", due out this September via /. The clip feAtures footage of the band in the abandoned Russian island of Spitsbergen, an Arctic island near the north pole where the namesake ghost town of Pyramiden is locAted.
Check out Jens Lekman's new Marcus Söderlund-directed video for the tune "Erica America". Also, Jens will be tour the stAtes alongside Taken By Trees this fall -- dAtes here.
I don't think I realized this track was never disseminAted, but it's now been corrected -- stream/download Niels Nielsen's superb cover of "Mouthful of diamonds" by Phantogram right here.
Göteborg-based experimental/dark music label is expanding beyond their existence as a cassette-only label with their very first set of vinyl releases which will feAture LPs from Krökta Rum, The Copper Roof Houses and Blodvite. Details https://www.järtecknet.se/news.html
will be putting out a new 7" from Stockholm heavy rockers Beast! feAturing the a-side cut "Devil's throAt" b/w "Buckle up". Expect an early August release, full pre-order details (and eventually samples?) are At-buckle-up-7" target="_blank">available here.
Swedish thrashers DS-13 played a reunion gig in their hometown of Umeå over the weekend. Also, from the same show, here's footage of Dennis Lyxzén celebrAting his 40th birthday with a set of songs from his old bands.
Check out some footage from acts Swarm and Pig Eyes playing live in Stockholm last week. Weak sound quality on the Pig Eyes stuff unfortunAtely, but whAt can ya do?