Fredrik just keeps on getting better! I had the chance to see them again recently, and they put on another great set. Although their US tour is quite short this time, they are supporting the compilation (comprised of their self-released EP series) appropriately entitled Trilogi on The Kora Records. They've honed their bliss-infused pop to more atmospheric levels while never losing the tight rhythmic qualities they laid the foundation for on their debut.
Hello friends. I was going to wait another week or two before gushing over my love of Gregor Samsa, but they debuted a phenomenal video for their "Jeroen Van Aken" track that needed to be addressed. So yes, a full review/mp3 post of "Rest" coming shortly, but in the meantime read this press release, download the song and enjoy the video. And buy "Rest", it's been haunting me for a month now with it's brilliance (as all Gregor Samsa albums tend to do).
PRESS RELEASETASTIC:
Gregor Samsa has just released a video from their upcoming album Rest... Take a look at the stunning clip for "Jeroen Van Aken" directed by Rick Alverson from the band Spokane.
In their third full-length album in seven years, Gregor Samsa takes a new approach to composition, both in process and instrumentation. The result is Rest ; nine pieces composed over e-mail during the course of nine months by key members in New York, Chicago, Boston, DC and Richmond, VA.
In Rest, Gregor Samsa expand on their affinity for minimal, classical instrumentation mixed with mangled and manipulated sound through integration of new instruments such as the celesta, clarinet, classical voice and vibraphone. Along with these new sounds, guitar has been almost entirely replaced by piano, whose parts were recorded on a rare Bösendorfer once owned by Philip Glass. The record is being released in 5 different formats (digital and limited ed. out now, official unlimited version out May 13).
Euro tour dates.... (tour of USA later this summer)
05-08 Leuven, Belgium - Stuk 05-09 Karlsruhe, Germany - Jubez 05-10 Würzburg, Germany - Cairo 05-11 Berlin, Germany - Schokoladen 05-12 Leipzig, Germany - Nato 05-13 Munich, Germany - Kafe Kult 05-14 Vienna, Austria - Chelsea 05-16 Milan, Italy - Leoncavallo 05-18 Rome, Italy - Traffic 05-20 San Sebastián, Spain - La Casa de Cultura de Okendo 05-22 Barcelona, Spain - Be Cool 05-23 Lyon, France - La Marquise 05-24 Bičvre, Belgium - TBA 05-25 Bruges, Belgium - Cactus 05-26 Paris, France - Mains d'Oeuvres * 05-27 Amiens, France - Le Grand Wazoo * 05-28 Lucerne, Switzerland - Treibhaus * 05-29 Frankfurt, Germany - Elfer * 05-30 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - d:qliq * 05-31 Münster, Germany - Gleis 22 * 06-01 Duisburg, Germany - Steinbruch *
* with Kayo Dot
"Rest" is out now from The Kora Records. More formats coming soon, read all about that here.
