Some 40 years into one of music’s most impactful partnerships, TEARS FOR FEARS have arrived together at "The Tipping Point" – the group’s ambitious, accomplished & surprising first new studio album in nearly 2 decades.
TEARS FOR FEARS are an English pop rock band formed in Bath, England, in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced GRADUATE, TEARS FOR FEARS were initially associated with the new wave synthesizer bands of the early 1980s. Later, the band branched out into more mainstream pop and attained international chart success. TEARS FOR FEARS were part of the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US.
"The Tipping Point" is an upcoming album by TEARS FOR FEARS, set to be released on 25 February 2022. It is the seventh studio album by the band.
Tracks on the album include "The Tipping Point", which was released with a music video in October 2021, see it below, as well as "My Demons", "Please Be Happy", and "Stay". "Stay" was previously released on the group's 2017 compilation "Rule The World: The Greatest Hits". Track lyrics were inspired by the death of Roland Orzabal’s wife in 2017.
Today's tune "The Tipping Point" is the title tune from the upcoming album, where the new single cycle that vividly recalls the depth & emotional force of the group’s earliest triumphs. The music video for the tune was directed by Matt Mahurin. Enjoy!
Berlin Based REDSCALE's third album "The Old Colossus" will be released October 15th. The album is an impressively tight and powerful contemporary stoner rock/metal milieu that everyone should own in their collection.
REDSCALE are melodically massive and as meticulously well-produced as it is played, “The Old Colossus” gives us a riveting account of fight or flight to a destination unknown, through a crumbling world to a place of new beginnings and shelter from the storm. An emotive maelstrom of whaling riffs and huge cordage chug along with massive hooks and a beastly rhythm section driving compelling vocals which communicate a gripping urgency and chorus that’s chant worthy to the max.
“The Old Colossus” was recorded by Jan Oberg at Hidden Planet Studio and Roland "Role" Wiegner at Die Tonmeisterei.
Mixed and mastered by Roland "Role" Wiegner at Die Tonmeisterei. Artwork by Sepsyz Art.
REDSCALE is:
Christian Reuter (Guitars),
Henning Claussen (Vocals/Guitars),
Martin Stabler (Drums),
Grant Price (Bass).
Today's tune "It's A Death Cult, Baby" is the third singel taken from the new album "The Old Colossus" that will be released through Majestic Mountain Records on digital/CD/vinyl on October 15th. Enjoy!
Monday, new week, time for us to hail a album with "Record Of he Week".
HÄXMÄSTAREN, the Gothenburg’s stoner/doom/sludge behemoths serves us with a release of their explosive sophomore album "Sol I Exil"!
HÄXMÄSTAREN is from Gothenburg, Sweden formed in early 2017. Debut album "Haexprocess" was released in 2018, and the band self released the follow up, "Sol I Exil" in March 12, 2021 and then they signed a deal with the Swedish Majestic Mountain Records for a proper release, the Vinyl got shipped in the end of August, where the wax came in a wicked, transparent gren and yellow haze. Almost looks like an eye of a "HÄXMÄSTARE", lol.
"Sol I Exil" is a flaming sledgehammer of stoner doom and blackened sludge, walking the thin line between blackened sludge and traditional heavy metal. Already from the opening tune "Blood Moon" they serve us with banging hard with breakneck riffage, whiskey soaked vocals that at times gets terribly angry, spits and hisses, the end result is brilliant. "Millennium Phenomenon" is a fablous piece with rumbling bass line and thundering drums along with some ferocious guitar playing, and serves us with a hypnotic guitar riff and searing solos that makes me cringe. "Wavelurker" and "Growing Horns" shows the blackened side of the band, here the musical influence palette gotten some more choices, where the mix of selected ingredients are very wise. The metal is still thick as syrup and wonderfully crunchy on the blackened parts. Where in "Children Of The Mountain" they set fire on the blackened side, the guttural growls haunts out it's own extremities with a surging energy. Some sludgy doom roots in "Dödskult Ritual" and the title tune "Sol I Exil", where the lyrics are sung in their Swedish mother tongue. The later one closes the album with a swinging groove, with some doomy vocals that burst out to the hallowed howls of the damned, cleavery musican ship between the members serves us marvelous drumming, clear and distorted bass and a bautiful guitar handeling. "Sol I Exil" is a marvelous album, highly recomended.
Sum: "Sol I Exil" is a top notch doomy piece that you can't miss!
Today's tune "Sol I Exil", the title tune from the new album, enjoy!
"I Was Dancing In The Lesbian BarI Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar", is a tune taken from the fourth solo album "I, Jonathan" by the American singer, songwriter and guitarist Jonathan Richman, released by the Rounder Records label in 1992.
As the founder of influential protopunk band THE MODERN LOVERS, Richman had strived to convey authentic emotions and storytelling with his music. "I, Jonathan" continued this aesthetic with simple and sparse rock and roll arrangements, and straightforward lyrics about mundane topics.
Songs on the album addressed topics such as backyard parties ("Parties in the U.S.A"), memories of neighborhoods in which Richman had lived ("Rooming House on Venice Beach" and "Twilight in Boston") and his admiration of his primary musical inspiration, the VELVET UNDERGROUND ("Velvet Underground"). The latter song includes a brief interlude of the VELVET UNDERGROUND song, "Sister Ray".
The album helped increase Richman's cultural profile, which would include a 1993 appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien during which Richman performed one of the album's songs, "I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar".
Enjoy today's classic "I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar"
