Spidergawd Post Video for “El Corazon del Sol”

spidergawd (Photo by Uta Freia Beer)

Norwegian outfit Spidergawd released their third album, Spidergawd III, at the end of last month on Stickman Records and Crispin Glover Records. I’m planning on reviewing it next week, so I won’t say too much about it at this point other than that “El Corazon del Sol” boasts one of its biggest choruses. The four-piece filmed the video for the track at the Pstereo festival (I’m going to assume the ‘p’ is silent) in their hometown of Trondheim last summer, and it looks like they pulled a good crowd. Reasonably so. For my money, Spidergawd are one of the finest acts to emerge in the last couple years, playing a brand of catchy and hard-hitting heavy rock and roll that’s traditional and unpretentious but refuses to be indebted to anything other than itself in the songwriting.

Let me stop myself there. It’s the studio version of “El Corazon del Sol” — the title is delivered in English translation in the hook — in the video, so if you’re not acquainted yet with the band’s methods, it’s a good way to become so. If you’re in Europe, you’re probably already hip to these guys, and for those in the catching-on phase in the US, they seem to have eyes toward making inroads in North America as well. They recently announced they’ll be showcasing this year at SXSW, coming over following tours this month throughout Europe and next month in Norway specifically. I wouldn’t be surprised if a US tour followed at some point before the end of the year. You can find all the currently-confirmed dates — except for the specifics on SXSW, which have yet to be announced — under the video below.

Enjoy:

Spidergawd, “El Corazon del Sol” official video

HEY! New video!

This video was captured during the gig at Pstereo festival last summer in Trondheim with several GoPro cameras mounted on stage.

Thank you Brage Smith and Kent Willy Nilsen at Response Distribution AS for working your asses off for us! You really are the best!

Spidergawd on Tour:

FEBRUARY (Europaturné)
10/02 Posten, Odense DK
12/02 Blåfrostfestivalen, Rognan NO
13/02 Bitterzoet, Amsterdam NL
14/02 Het Bos, Antwerpen BE
15/02 Tower, Bremen DE
16/02 Vera, Groningen NL
17/02 Gebäude 9, Köln DE
18/02 Schlachthof, Wiesbaden DE
19/02 Kofmehl, Soloturn CH
20/02 Lo-Fi, Milano IT
21/02 TBA, Zürich CH
23/02 Zwölf Zehn, Stuttgart DE
24/02 Shakespear, Salzburg AT
25/02 Strom, München DE
26/02 Beatpol, Dresden DE
27/02 Glocksee, Hannover DE
28/02 Hafenklang, Hamburg DE

MARCH (Norgesturné)
02/03 Rockefeller, Oslo NO
03/03 Lundetangen, Skien NO
04/03 Folken, Stavanger NO
05/03 Hulen, Bergen NO
09/03 Felix, Lillehammer NO
10/03 Energimølla, Kongsberg NO
11/03 Gregers, Hamar NO
12/03 Byscenen, Trondheim NO

Spidergawd website

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Stickman Records

Crispin Glover Records

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One Response to “Spidergawd Post Video for “El Corazon del Sol””

  1. Jose Humberto says:

    El corazon del sol, ah que bonito!!!!

    Buena banda me gusta :)

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