Oberg Anna - Vafan Har Jag Gjort! - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The album opens with InchHypnagogia,Inch an ode to the space between sleep and wakefulness where we are open to other realms of consciousness. The song slowly builds along a steady pulse provided by bassist Pickle (Nicole Smith) and drummer Rikki Styxx. Tripped out saxophone bleats from guest player Gabe Flores swirl on top of the organ drones laid out by guest keyboardist Gregg Foreman. The band's choral objectives for Under the Spell of Joy are established right off the bat, with Bonnie Bloomgarden's melodic invocations bolstered by a choir, giving the album a rich and vibrant wall-of-sound aesthetic. The song ominously builds on it's hypnotic foundation until it opens up into a raucous revelry at the four-minute mark. The portentous simmer of the opening track yields to the ecstatic rocker InchHold My Hand,Inch where verses reminiscent of Velvet Underground's InchI'm Waiting For The ManInch explode into big triumphant choruses. From there the band launches into the title track, which marries the griminess of The Stooges with an innocence provided by a children's choir chanting the album's primary mantra Inchunder the spell of joy / under the spell of love.Inch Death Valley Girls have always vacillated between lightness and darkness, and on InchBliss OutInch they demonstrate their current exuberant focus with a patina-hued pop song driven by an irrepressibly buoyant organ line laid down by keyboardist The Kid (Laura Kelsey). A similar cosmic euphoria is obtained on InchThe Universe,Inch where alternating chords on the organ help elevate soaring saxophone and keyboard lines out beyond the stratosphere. If you're looking for transcendental rock music, look no further.

Gob Iron - Death Songs For The Living [COMPACT DISCS] date 03/29/2019

Überdosis Leben' is definitely Kärbholz's hardest album Unmistakably Kärbholz - but with new musical and lyrical aspects, which demonstrates the band's consistent development. With their album InchKarmaInch the band celebrated their first Top 10 success with a #7 entry in the German album charts. The following tour was sold out and the band played the biggest German festivals. That experience was the inspiration for InchOverdose LifeInch, an album that's made for the stage. An intense mixture of the familiar Kärbholz sound in a previously unheard directness and roughness that will blur the boundaries between band and audience at each concert, a passionate gathering and an evening full of honest and grounded rock music.