New music video from the upcoming album:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iJLMkcPw1s]
Album Kultaisia pisteitä will be released on 23rd of september by Ranka Recordings. More songs from the album on his myspace.
Astrid Swan & The Drunk Lovers album released today
Astrid Swan & The Drunk Lovers album Better Than Wages will be released today 2nd of september by Johanna Kustannus. It’s a really good album. It’s much more instant than before so you should give it a chance even if you had trouble with her previous work. The other news is that Mr. Tapes aka Jukka Salminen has joined Drunk Lovers for the fall tour. Seeing this handsome fellow is another good reason for you to go and see Astrid Swan & The Drunk Lovers play a live concert. Dates are as follows:
4.9. Stupido Shop, Helsinki (IN-STORE)
9.9. YO-talo, Tampere
11.9. Levykauppa Äx, Helsinki (IN-STORE)
12.9. Image-klubi @ Korjaamo, Helsinki
17.9. Frannz Club, Berlin
30.9. Klubi, Tampere
1.10. Klubi, Turku
14.10 Tavastia, Helsinki
30.10. Bar 15, Seinäjoki
19.11. Suisto-Klubi, Hämeenlinna
20.11. Dynamo, Turku
21.11. Blue Pool, Forssa
Astrid Swan at blogspot
Astrid Swan at myspace
The Bishops: For Now
The Bishops: For Now (W2 records, 2009)
The Bishops is a young british group whose self-titled debut was a really great album. Everything looked really promising, but unfortunately the follow-up For Now doesn’t quite live up to the expectations. It just feels a bit indiffirent and it lacks the energy and raw rock’n’roll of the debut. While the debut was an energic blast of 60’s influenced rock’n’roll, this new one takes a giant step towards lame modern indie bands. The biggest problem is definitely the production. Where is all the action, sweat and energy. It just sounds way too clean and almost boring when compared to the debut. The songwriting quality is still pretty good and if this had been recorded at Toe-Rag studios with the same producer as the debut, this could have been almost as good as the debut. Only almost because the debut did have 3 or 4 truly fabulous songs that this one doesn’t have. The rest of the songs on the older album are probably pretty equal when compared to these new songs. The old ones just sound million times better and are therefore really enjoyable. For Now is not a bad album, but it’s still rather difficult to find a reason why I would spend much time listening to it because there are lots of much more imaginative releases out there. Like their awesome debut album. I’m guessing The Bishops is still a kick-ass live band, but hopefully they again start listening to those 60’s garage bands before entering to the recording studio next time.
