Casablanca - Closer

The Swedish rockers CASABLANCA have released their second single "Closer" from the upcoming album "Miskatonic Graffiti".

CASABLANCA is a Swedish rock band formed in Stockholm 2007, but for almost two years the band was rehearsing and writing songs in secret. On January 10th 2010 they did their first appearance at P3 Gold Awards. The band consists of Anders Ljung, Josephine Forsman, Mats Rubarth, Erik Almström, Erik Stenemo and Ryan Roxie. The two latter are not involved the upcoming album.

"Closer" is the second single (after "My Shadow Out of Time") from the album "Miskatonic Graffiti". The third full-length from CASABLANCA is a concept album based on the Chuthulu mythology, with a twist. The theme of the album is the individual and the collective, two equally important quantities that should exist in harmony for humanity to have a chance. There, in the balance, lays the key to victory or defeat, and the critical code to success or downfall.

The album was produced and recorded in the summer of 2014 in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden by Anders Ljung, Mats Rubarth, Erik Almström and Josephine Forsman, together with technician Jon Bordon.

Today's tune "Closer" is taken off the upcoming album "Miskatonic Graffiti". Video by Cosmic Joke, Director: Alex Taylor, Producer: Shona Brown, Editor: Matthew Sturdy. Cast: Matt: Harry Fitzwilliam-Pipe, Josie: Sarah Eve, Sgt Doom: Peter Garvey and Cthulhu: Himself

The tune "Closer" is about the couple Mat and Josie who find themselves confronted and chased by something or someone who've slipped through the passage to The Mountains, and seems to wanna kill ‘em. The story takes sudden turn, when Sgt Doom joins in. A classic horror story that ends in favor of the victim while the perpetrator ends up facing a cruel death.

"Closer" is a real classic sounding rock tune, with a up tempo that kicks off your feet's in rhythms, the tune is surrounded with a classic riff and packed with an amazing vocal part that snitch up the tune to a well packed HIT. Well done guys!

Quote from the director Alex Taylor:
'When CASABLANCA said they wanted a video that was part Lovecraft part Twin Peaks we couldn't pass on the opportunity to work with such cool influences - and great music too! We used the opportunity to channel found footage horror films through our love of 70's horror like Evil Dead to make something that's hopefully as much fun to watch as it was to make'



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Angel - Can You Feel It

Sunday, time for a classic.

"Can You Feel It" is a tune taken from the third album "On Earth as It Is in Heaven", by the American rock band ANGEL. It was released 1977 on Casablanca Records. It is the last album with Mickie Jones who had been the band's bass guitar player since its formation. It was produced by Eddie Kramer (KISS/Jimi Hendrix) and recorded in an actual castle in the Hollywood Hills. It marked a shift from progressive and symphonic hard rock to a more mainstream hard rock approach, with the exception of "Cast the First Stone" and "Just A Dream" which are very similar in sound to the songs on the albums "Angel" and "Helluva Band". In fact, "Cast The First Stone" was written during the Helluva Band sessions. The band toured non-stop and it was during this time they made their only tour of Japan.

Lovember Records reissued On Earth... in a digitally remastered limited edition in August 2008. It included a 16-page booklet with liner notes by the journalist Dave Reynolds (Classic Rock magazine and Kerrang), a track-by-track run down by the singer Frank DiMino, all lyrics and previously unreleased photos. The LP originally contained a symmetrical poster of the album cover.

ANGEL is a Glam Rock and heavy metal band from Washington, D.C., formed in the mid-1970s by Punky Meadows and Mickie Jones. They were signed to Casablanca Records, and had the image of dressing in white.

ANGEL was discovered by Kiss bass player Gene Simmons performing at a nightclub and was eventually signed to the same label as KISS, Casablanca.

ANGELs image of dressing in all white was a deliberate contrast to KISS, which wore black. ANGEL sported an androgynous image and elaborate stage sets. They were slammed by rock critics, and Frank Zappa ridiculed the all-male band’s female appearance in the song “Punky’s Whips”. ANGEL never achieved mass commercial success but acquired a following as a cult band.

Their first album was the self-titled ANGEL and consisted of guitarist Punky Meadows, bassist Mickie Jones, vocalist Frank DiMino, keyboardist Gregg Giuffria, and drummer Barry Brandt. This lineup would hold for the following two albums, Helluva Band and On Earth as It Is in Heaven, after which Jones would be replaced by Felix Robinson.

They made an appearance in the film Foxes and Frank DiMino sang “Seduce Me Tonight” on the Flashdance soundtrack.

DiMino and Meadows departed the band in 1981, and the remaining members brought in vocalist Fergie Frederiksen (later of TOTO) and guitarist Ricky Phillips (later of THE BABYS, then BAD ENGLISH, then STYX), but this lineup dissolved shortly thereafter.

Todays tune "Can You Feel It" is taken from the 1977 record "On Earth as it is in Heaven". Was also released as B-Side on the "Winter Song" single.



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Casablanca - Love and Desperation

Casablanca released their debut album "Apocalyptic Youth" on the 16th of March. My thoughts goes to 70-80´s music, quite catchy and easy going tune :D

This can be called a supergroup cos, it consists of Josephine Forsman on drums (from Sahara Hotnights), guitarist Eric Stenemo (Melody Club), Mats Rubarth on bass (ex-football played for AIK), singer Anders Ljungberg (from Space Age Baby Jane) and guitarist Ryan Roxie (lead guitarist to Alice Cooper)



Tour dates are as following:
Date Venue Location
Apr 05 Brasserie Legrande Eskilstuna, Sweden
Apr 06 Rockklubb på Liljan Borlange, Sweden
Apr 07 Sticky Fingers Goteborg, Sweden
Apr 12 Debaser Slussen Stockholm, Sweden
Apr 13 L Òrient Linkoping, Sweden
Apr 14 Kulturhuset Bastionen Uddevalla, Sweden
May 26 Backstage Rockbar Trollhättan, Sweden
Jun 01 KB - Club Hell Yeah Malmo, Sweden
Jun 02 Uppåner Tibro, Sweden
Jul 07 Tobbes Amazon Flen (Se), Sweden
Jul 13 Club Dirty Harry Vaxjo, Sweden



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Photos are taken from their FB site.

Enjoy, Thetania




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