Gaffa has more details on Ea Philippa's new multimedia book/album/performance project "Pure magic": https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/37065
The gist, if my translation skills are working right: Ea's new novel and album"Lotuskabinettet" will be released on February 11 to coincide with her concert at the The Library Bar in Copenhagen where she will be reading/singing/performing(?) the new material. In addition, all comers will receive a box with various objects to enhance the experience through taste, smell and touch. I thought the fantasy world she created in her debut album"Fjerne himle" was already quite interesting, this sounds fascinating -- looking forward to seeing reports on how it all goes.
01. midlake
02. Beach House
03. Hot Chip
04. Jonathan Johansson
05. The Bear Quartet
06. El Perro del mar
07. Shout Out Louds
08. Håkan Hellström
09. The Radio Dept.
10. Yeasayer
Within seconds of cranking this baby up it's easy to see why Danish youngsters Scarred By Beauty won the Danish metal Awards ‘talent of the year' accolade for 2009. This, their debut EP, reveals a band with talent that belies their years and is strong enough to sit alongside some of the best extreme metal to emerge –- even from seasoned professionals –- in a long while. SBB draw their influences from a wide range of extreme metal and have brought it all together to create an utterly savage amalgam that's not unlike meshuggahmeets Deathmeets Cryptopsy's "The Unspoken King" album (let that Cryptopsy reference be not the death-knell, though. While it was slated by many, that was in the context of the band's former reputation for all-out slaughter). SBB have pulled off an amazing feat with this debut, albeit one that needs a bit of tweaking here and there. The main concern here is in the choice of vocals. While Hatesphere's Jonathan "Joller" Albrechtsen sports a demonic set of lungs, this band would benefit greatly if he were to reign in the screaming a touch, essentially moving SBB away from a metalcore alignment and synching them with a more generalized extreme metal outlook. The vocals on this really hit home with Albrechtsen's shuddering death growls and, used in the sparing fashion evident here, offer a gates-of-hell-opening diversion that's as powerful as bejesus. Super-tight musicianship, well thought out song constructions, and a giant-slaying production make this one of the surprises of the year. Just wind in the screaming a touch and these guys are definitely onto a winner. - John Norby
The excellent Tobias Hellkvist has signed with London/Tokyo-based label who will be reissuing the previously self-released album"Evolutions" in mid-march with new artwork. more details when I get 'em.
I'm sure most fans have already seen it by now, but is giving away another new song fromThe Radio Dept.: https://www.labrador.se/heavensonfire
I don't think that anything can convince me at this point that this band is not totally boring.
Check out an e-card for the new track "Death priest" from the recently-reunited Norwegian metal act Purified in Blood: https://www.ecards.no/purifiedinblood/
Scarred By Beauty