Undergrünnen are finally ready with the follow-up to the critically lauded and Spellemann nominated debut album.
It was winter again and in Haugesund it rained, if possible, even more than before. There was nothing else to do for Undergrünnen but to barricade themselves in the studio and daydream of sweaty clubs and hot beaches. Roof leaks, the IRS, pining for fast money, deaths in the family and the monotonous bore of working for the post office, influenced and inspired the wild recording sessions that resulted in the new record.
With Ein revnande likegyldighet, the band takes their music even further than what the debut could. The production is more cheeky, the songwriting is sharper. The songs vary between the two-and-a-half-minute rocker “Burmavegen Baby” to the 15-minute afro-kraut-banger “Nå e me her”. The album consists of six songs that takes the listener on a rhythmical excursion in hip-shaking, unclassifiable rock – in Norwegian.
The Undergrünnen of 2020 mixes 60’s psychedelia, afrobeat, jazz and minimalistic new wave, with Pål Jackman’s biting lyrics about life’s existential nonsense and the unbearable indifference of being. In other words, it still sounds unmistakably like Undergrünnen. As one writer noted on the former album: "It’s as though Paul Simon had eschewed Ladysmith Black Mambazo for ‘Graceland‘ and asked, say, The Monks or MC5 to be his backing band instead AND they sing in Norwegian".
Ein revnande likegyldighet was recorded in Hauge Sjakklubb, Karmøy, with Vegard Fossum (Beforeigners) as technician, and was mixed and mastered in London’s Eastern Studios by Jason Emberton (Nick Cave, Warren Ellis).
Ein revnande likegyldighet is released on Jansen Records May 29th 2020.
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released May 29, 2020
CREDITS
Undergrünnen:
Pål Jackman: Vocals and guitar
Per Steinar Lie: Bass and backup vocals
Ørjan Haaland: Drums, organ and backup vocals
Morten Jackman: Congas
Svein Olav Herstad: Hammond organ
Hanne Andersen: backup vocals
Selome Emnetu: backup vocals
Ane Ulimoen Øverli: backup vocals
Ida Ursin-Holm: backup vocals
Written and composed by: Jackman, Lie, Haaland
Godmorgen, Søster: Kolbein Falkeid & Øyvind Staveland
Cover by Peter-John de Villiers
Spilt inn i Hauge Sjakklubb 2019. Tekniker og miks: Vegard Fossum
Produsent: Per Steinar Lie
Master: Jason Emberton i Eastern Studios, London 26. og 27. januar 2020.
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I passed this record by when it came out just because there was other stuff out but now I've got it and it's just unbelievable psychedelic metal, the songs are so well written. King Buffalo are so talented, can't quite believe that they recorded the four mammoth tracks in a cave, WOW WEE!!! Darknight
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