The Silent Ballet really likes the new Pg.lost album "In never out": http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2905/Default.aspx
I gave it a run-through this past weekend and wasn't so impressed, but I will definitely be revisiting it.
Black Star Foundation has signed Swedish noiserockers Affordable Hybrid and will be releasing their new album "No area, no criminals" on December 8, the same day they are putting out Pg.lost's new record "In never out".
The new Pg.Lost album will be called "In never out" and it will consist of 6 instrumental acts that reportedly show "a darker and heavier side" of the band. Hear the first preview cut "Jura" at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/pglost
Malmö-based indie/hardcore label Black Star Foundation (Holmes, Pg.Lost) has signed on with Sound Pollution as their new distributor. Look for new albums from both Abandon ("The dead end" 2CD) and Jesaiah ("Et tu hope") soon.
Swedish postrock act Immanu El will be going into the studio with Kristian Karlsson (Pg.Lost, Last Days Of April, Eskju Divine, etc.) in mid-June to record their 2nd full-length album "Moen". Expect a release this coming fall via And the Sound Records preceded by a Northern European tour in late August.
Pg.Lost is heading to Russia in June:
06/20 - tba, St. Petersburg
06/21 - Aktoviy Zal, Moscow
Black Star Foundation will soon be rereleasing a special double-disc bundle of Pg.Lost's album "It's not me, it's you!" and the "Yes I am" EP as a single package with new artwork.
Updated tourdates for Pg.Lost:
01/07 - Amp, Münster (GER)
01/08 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
01/09 - Lokal, Berlin (GER)
01/10 - AZ Conni, Dresden (GER)
01/11 - After Music Club, Budapest (HUN)
01/12 - MDK Batory, Chorzow (POL)
01/13 - W Srarym Kinie, Poznan (POL)
01/14 - Elfer Music Club, Frankfurt (GER)
01/15 - Sunny Red, München (GER)
01/16 - Cobra, Solingen (GER)
01/17 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
01/18 - Vortex, Siegen (GER)
Following the departure of frontman Gustaf Spetz who left to pursue a solo career, the remaining members of Eskju Divine have formed a new band with members of Pg.Lost and Khoma vocalist Jan Jämte called Jeudah. Go here for more: http://www.myspace.com/jeudah
Newly confirmed 2009 tourdates for Swedish postrockers Pg.lost:
01/09 - Lokal, Berlin (GER)
01/11 - tba, Budapest (HUN)
01/12 - MDK Batory, Chorzow (POL)
01/13 - W Srarym Kinie, Poznan (POL)
01/14 - Elfer Music Club, Frankfurt (GER)
01/16 - Cobra, Solingen (GER)
01/17 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
Interested in a copy of the new Pg.lost album "It's not me, it's you!"? Simply leave a comment on this thread and I'll pick a random winner on Wednesday morning. And don't forget to check out Lars' review today or my own take from a few weeks back.
Pg.lostPg.lost's newest recording, "It's not me, it's you!", is almost double the length of their previous effort "Yes I am". The opener alone is nearly the duration of the previous record's first two tracks, though this space is well used: a slow, almost discordant swell bursts into a mass of distortion, a wave which breaks and allows for the tinkling of soft piano notes in its recession. The last few moments of "The day shift" are amazing: a lush, thick mingling of instruments in the final throes of a beautifully composed song, finally breaking down to the near inharmonious strains from which it began. Darker than "Yes I am", "It's not me, it's you!" takes a few more steps away from the 'big names' (if there can be such a thing in such a niche movement) of the post-rock genre. "Jonathan", my personal favorite, revels in deconstructing the rock guitar riff and Bloc Party-esque drum line, washing over these elements with beautiful delay-heavy guitar. "Maquina" is gorgeous and schizophrenic -- suddenly, though not jarringly, shifting from a soft, Explosions in the Sky-like vein into a violent accumulation of heavy guitars and drums -- further establishing the originality of Sweden's Pg.lost. While "It's not me, it's you!" is a fantastic record, something doesn't work quite as powerfully as it did on "Yes I am". At times, it feels as though they are trying to attempt to do with thick brush strokes what they were doing with finer detail on their previous outing. However, espite its faults, it is more than deserving of a place in your record collection.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Stream the entire new Pg.Lost album "It's not me, it's you!": http://pglost.com/prelisten/itsnotmeitsyou.html
It was bound to happen eventually, but this seals it: Swedish postrock has hit the wall. It's amazing how a genre founded on breaking the rules can turn into something so contrived and predictable, yet here we are. Listen to that tremolo picking soaked in reverb and delay and ask yourself, is this it? What might have sounded fresh and exciting 10+ years ago fails to impress in 2008. Very disappointing.
Pg.lost - Pascal's law
Swedish postrock act Pg.Lost is heading out on tour later this month:
08/22 - Hugos, Norrköping (SWE)
08/23 - 1200kvadrat, Göteborg (SWE)
08/25 - Festsaal Kreutzberg, Berlin (GER)
08/26 - AZ Conni, Dresden (GER)
08/27 - 7, Prague (CZ)
08/28 - Fledá, Brno (CZ)
08/29 - Alter Schlagthof, Hollabrunn (AUS)
08/30 - AnnandPat, Linz (AUS)
08/31 - MKC, Koper (SLO)
09/01 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
09/02 - d:qliq, Luxembourg (LUX)
09/03 - tba (BEL)
09/04 - W2, Den Bosch (NL)
09/05 - Panam, Leipzig (GER)
09/06 - Astra Stube , Hamburg (GER)
