Somehow we just knew we had to make music. Problem was we couldn't play and didn't have any instruments.
Described by Sweden's national tabloid Expressen as "a perfect union of Front 242 and the B-52's," Swedish electronic punk group Cat Rapes Dog is back with their first album since 1999. The new album, dubbed Life Was Sweet, is the seventh Cat Rapes Dog studio release and first on label Artoffact. The band gets right to the point and stays true to their punk rock roots, rarely pausing and skipping all filler. The album clocks in at a "fits on vinyl" 35 minutes, but in this short space Cat Rapes Dog will tell you to go out and vote, give you a lesson in religion, and baffle you with a sense of humour all their own. Manic electronic synth lines meet over-the-top male and female vocals on nine tracks of pure DIY weird.
A vinyl version of Life Was Sweet will also be released by German label Emmo in September.
A limited 2CD edition of Life Was Sweet will also be released on September 3rd. The bonus disc includes the best of the Cat Rapes Dog late-80s recordings, originally released on cassette and never available again. The CD includes songs from the cassettes "Cat Rapes Dog," "Nekronomikon," and "Property Produces Bodily Injury."
Yes, one of our favourite reissue label is Onderstroom Records. No wonder, when you see their beautiful vinyl releases of Twilight Ritual, Snowy Red, De Brassers, Siglo XX and many other legens. From september you can add two more on that list:
De Brassers - Live in 1982 (Doornroosje in Nijmegen) (300 copies)
A1 Rise & Fall
A2 Pijn
A3 Last Time
A4 They Wanted Us Away
A5 Instrumental
B1 Sick In Your Mind
B2 The Scream
B3 En Toen Was Er Niets Meer
B4 Shadowplay
Company Of State - Dance Remotion (500 copies)
A1 Dark
A2 Discipline
A3 Dance Remotion
A4 Here As I Am
A5 Koud Beeld
A6 Obligation Exempt
B1 City
B2 Street
B3 Violence
B4 Breakdown
The first four are from their first, self released 7"single, the others are unreleased tracks.
So definitely something to look forward to!
With 2011's Modern Ruin still a fresh memory, Covenant is already back with a brilliant follow-up, entitled "Leaving Babylon", due to be released in September.
Beat-heavy yet introspective, Leaving Babylon is Covenant's sonic exploration into uncharted emotional waters. It's the feeling of memory made sound-the melancholy of Sweden in the wintertime, the strange beat of electric hearts, and the longing for forgotten parties.
It's time to listen. It's time to heed the sound of the sirens. What are they telling us? Who is really playing the tunes we dance to?
We are not Leaving Babylon. Not yet.
DISC 1
01. Leaving Babylon
02. Thy Kingdom Come
03. Last Dance
04. Prime Movers
05. I Walk Slow
06. For Our Time
07. Ignorance & Bliss
08. Auto (Circulation)
09. Not to be Here
The second disc of the Limited Edition consists of a 76 minute piece called "Jag är fullständigt tung" with text and vocals by Swedish poet Helena Österlund.
Click here to listen to the new album of Nine Inch Nails, "Hesitation Marks", due to be released on 3rd September.
It's the first album since "The Slip", which dates from 2008. Trent Reznor had put NIN 'on hiatus' in 2009, in order to work on other projects, a.o. a new band together with his wife, How To Destroy Angels and soundtracks for movies like the one for David Fincher's The Social Network, for which he won an Oscar.
After a festival tour in the summer of 2013, NIN is expected to launch its own world tour in 2014... Stay tuned!
You can pre-order "Hesitation Marks" on nin.com or iTunes.
www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/aug/28/nine-inch-nails-hesitastion-marks-album-stream
Last week, Lycia released their first album in 13 years, Quiet Moments.
Today, we can present you the official video for the track titled 'The Visitor' and directed by Adria Ghiralt.
Enjoy !
LYCIA - THE VISITOR from Adria Ghiralt on Vimeo.
