Patrick Clarke
, May 27th, 2021 23:56
From exuberant pop to all-out brutality, via everything in-between, here are tQ s favourite albums and tracks of May 2021
I received my first dose of Pfizer vaccine yesterday, having heard from a friend of a friend of a relative of my partner that an old function hall in Woodford had some spares for walk-ins. When I got home I checked my emails and saw that I was invited to a gig. Typically, after a year and a half of waiting for such an opportunity, I m busy that day, but nevertheless if I were to stretch for a sign, it s fitting that it was the first day in weeks that the rain clouds that have been clinging over London for the last month finally went away, leaving a balmy blue sky in their place. Not to labour the point too much, but it feels like things might be getting better.
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SARCOFAGUS, The Godfathers of Finnish Heavy Metal, fronted by filmmaker and musician
Kimmo Kuusniemi, at the end of 2020 declared the band has returned to the Valley Of The Kings.
Kimmo Kuusniemi, Ex Sarcofagus:
“Well, I was sure Sarcofagus will not die easily “Absence Of Light” was meant to be the title of the last Sarcofagus album release but before it was recorded I had decided it was time for Sarcofagus to go back to the Valley Of The Kings.
Toni Hietomaa made the fantastic cover for the album and now it is rightly the cover of this Compact Cassette release.
Christian Eede
, February 2nd, 2021 15:55
The group, featuring members of Hills and GOAT, return to Rocket Recordings for their next full-length
DJINN, the Swedish collective which features members of Hills and GOAT in its ranks, will release a new album next month.
Titled
Transmission, the eight-track release sees DJINN return to Rocket Recordings for the first time since their 2019 self-titled debut LP. You can watch a video for lead track Love Divine above.
As with a number of releases over the last year, Rocket Recordings will make the album available for pre-order in line with Bandcamp s latest fee-waive day which is scheduled for this Friday (February 5). You can find Rocket Recordings Bandcamp page here.
Kimmo Kuusniemi, declares the band has returned to the Valley Of The Kings.
Kimmo Kuusniemi:
“Sarcofagus has been great balance of fun and pain. My albums have always had social commentary as many of my films have. I had come to the conclusions on the CORE VALUES re-release video long before the Covid19 pandemic arrived, that I am fed up with writing songs about social problems. Technology is progressing with ever increasing speed but us as humans we seem to be doomed to repeat our mistakes.
Since Covid started I have been working on a new audio visual project. This combines my need to create something new both in music and in film. There is already several songs finished with collaboration with great musicians from Siberia to Los Angeles.