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Superfjord Release For the Moment Vol. 1 Live Album

Posted in Whathaveyou on June 16th, 2020 by JJ Koczan

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Am I the only one who looks at live albums with a kind of wistfulness now? Like, “Oh yeah, I remember when concerts were a thing.” It’s not like it’s been years or anything. Certainly in my life I’ve got a few months without going to a show before, but I guess there’s something about the shows not even happening that makes the difference. Finland’s Superfjord, who released the stellar All Will Be Golden (review here) through Svart in 2018, are beginning a new live series they’re calling For the Moment, focusing as they apparently do when onstage on improv and exploration. For the Moment Vol. 1 is streaming at the bottom of this post and is on Bandcamp, Spotify and I assume all the rest.

It makes for quite a moment:

superfjord for the moment vol 1

New live release series from Superfjord

Improvisation in live performance has always been at the heart of Finnish cosmic psych-rockers Superfjord. Following the release of the band’s well-received second album (All Will Be Golden / Svart Records 2018), in concert the band found themselves gradually tipping the balance between composed and freeform music, evermore in favour of the latter.

For The Moment, vol. 1 is the first release in a digital series of live recordings that aims to capture Superfjord at their purest, in a way no studio recordings are able to. Volume 1 features excerpts – or captured Moments – from the band’s January 2020 concert at Helsinki’s G Livelab. The venue’s state-of-the-art audio fidelity and cozy atmosphere allowed the band an ideal opportunity to chase after that chakra-opening critical mass, where band and audience travel together through no one knows what exactly.

As its name implies, the new release series is all about what happens in the Moment. Enjoy.

For The Moment, vol. 1 is available on all major streaming platforms and as a digital download on Bandcamp.

1. Moment 1 10:09
2. Moment 2 11:00
3. Rainbow 08:03
4. Moment 3 11:22

Superfjord – For The Moment, vol. 1:
Sampo Fagerlund: drums, percussion
Mikko Kapanen: vocals, guitars
Juho Ojala: vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
Jussi Ristikaarto: vocals, guitars, electronics, percussion
Teemu Soininen: bass
Olavi Töyli: tenor saxophone, percussion
Jukka Hyvärinen: recording, mixing, mastering
Rami Mursula: cover art

https://open.spotify.com/album/6gcpzxaxaUfZxKfwEULTIp
http://superfjord.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/superfjord
www.svartrecords.com
www.facebook.com/svartrecords
www.youtube.com/svartrecords

Superfjord, For the Moment, Vol. 1 (2020)

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