Blackstrap
Stockholm, Sweden |
Billboard
After you download the tracks, check out the new album, Steal My Horses And Run.
Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, Blackstrap is one of Europe's most exciting new bands. They play blissful rock and roll drenched in the warm rays of fuzzed out guitars. Their Tee Pee Records debut "Steal My Horses and Run" conjures up a lush atmosphere that is equal parts hypnotic rock, dream pop, and shoegaze. These sonic landscapes stretch over twelve tracks, drawing upon the inspirations of genre pioneers Spiritualized, Primal Scream, and The Jesus and Mary Chain.
Formed in 2001 by primary songwriters Jonatan Westh and Maria Lindén, Blackstrap delivered their debut album "Ghost Children" in 2003. The album quickly gained international attention upon release, gathering substantial airplay, including an exclusive live performance on P3, a Swedish national radio show.
Intent on encapsulating their energetic live sound for their next record, Blackstrap recorded "Steal My Horses And Run" in a bunker in Amsterdam during frigid cold weather. The only way to keep warm was to play. Environmental and personal conditions clearly play a role in the evolution of the sound developed on "Steal My Horses and Run". The album sonically and conceptually captivates the melodic and amorphous world of Blackstrap.
Lyrically, the album speaks of loss and pleasure, sin and virtue, lust and love, and the rest of life's most compelling dichotomies. This album is nothing but personal to the members of Blackstrap, even the production and mixing was shared by Jonatan Westh and his old friend, Sebastian Forslund.
The result of "Steal My Horses and Run" is that it is clearly one of those timeless albums that will put Blackstrap on the map and in the ears of thousands of listeners for years to come.
Blackstrap Live
Blackstrap...The Bitter The Sweet ive @ Debaser Sthlm
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Band Members - see all 5
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David Karlsson - (drums)
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Jonatan Westh - (vocals and guitar)
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Patrick Alvarsson - (guitars)
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Filiph Antonsson - (bass)
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Maria Lindén - (vocals and organ)
Gagosian Liga says:
"We all admire the spangled acrobat with classical grace meticulously walking his tight rope in the talcum light; but how much rarer art there is in the sagging rope expert wearing scarecrow clothes and impersonating a grotesque drunk! I should know." (Vladimir Nabokov) Thank you for your friendship! Musical greetings from Munich/Germany! Feel free to download my music!
posted May 21