Red Lama Post Video for “The World is Yours”
My understanding is that Red Lama‘s debut full-length is in the mixing stages now and, when it’s done, it’ll be out early in 2016 on All Good Clean Records. The Copenhagen-based outfit are bordering on psych-orchestra status with a full seven-piece lineup — I’ll just assume somebody couldn’t make it the day they took the picture above — and while it’s a miracle they can get that many people to be on the same page regarding anything, let alone actually function together as a heavy band, they’ve managed to put together an initial single in the form of “The World is Yours,” for which they also have a video newly unveiled.
The album doesn’t have a name yet — can you imagine getting seven people to agree on an album title? — but “The World is Yours” effectively demonstrates Red Lama‘s psychedelic side. As to how it might or might not speak for the whole record, I don’t know, but presumably they didn’t make it the first single because it just happened to be the first song finished. Or if it was, then that wasn’t a coincidence either. If it’s indicative of what they’re doing overall, then it finds them setting a deep mix to work in and then filling that space with an array of effected guitar, warm low end, spacey vocals and fluid groove. Some of it feels like post-Colour Haze heavy psych, but the band are right when they namecheck the Danish neo-krautrock stylizations of Papir as well, as there’s a definite progressive undercurrent to “The World is Yours” to coincide with its catchy chorus and dreamy central guitar line.
I’m not sure whether songs like “J.W. Burning” or “Twisted Smile” from the band’s self-titled 2012 EP will make the cut on the new record, but the septet’s Soundcloud page gives a chance to dig into these and other tracks like “Drowning Sun,” which coincides time-wise with “The World is Yours” and so likely came from the same sessions. It has a correspondingly open feel, laid back and jammy and post-rocking at times, but with a definite, grounding presence in standalone vocalist Johannes Havemann Kissov Linnet. In any case, if you’re looking to dig in, “The World is Yours” encourages further investigation, and the impressionism of the video enhances the otherworldliness of the sound.
Video follows, with background on the band and the clip after. Enjoy:
Red Lama, “The World is Yours” official video
Video directed by Iris Deppe
Footage shot by Sarina Bosio
Music composed by Red Lama
Recorded live at TAPF studio
Produced and mixed by Peter Sloth (TAPF Studio)
Mastered by Rune Rask (Tabu Studio)
Copenhagen’s musical underground continues to shoot new rock bands up through the asphalt. Now the next longhaired seed, in form of the seven-piece band Red Lama, is sprouting and is on its way to break through. The band is ready with a music video for their track The World is Yours. The track is at the same time the first single of the upcoming record by Red Lama, which is to be released primo 2016.
Red Lama settles in the slipstream of other current Danish bands with a taste for psychedelic expression and sound, such as De Underjordiske, Spids Nøgenhat, Papir and Fribytterdrømme. Red Lama find themselves between different parts of the rock genre with inspiration drawn from musical traditions from Iran and Mali.
The debut album, which is still untitled, is a bold move, where all the tracks are recorded as live sessions in TAPF studio in order to maintain an authentic and vivid sound. At the same time it makes apparent that Red Lama is a band that plays together, has experience and does not compromise the team effort that a seven-piece band requires live.
“We try to challenge the composition without making it too abstract and emphasize that we do not relate to a specific kind of genre of rock music. The intention is to create a powerful expression. We call it Moodrock where the rationale is that dreams are free, “says the lead singer Johannes Havemann Kissov Linnet.
The video for the first single, The World is Yours is directed by the Dutch artist Iris Deppe that previously has made music videos for the musical relatives in Fribytterdrømme.
“When making a music video I try not to focus too much on the lyrics and more on the atmosphere of the song. In this case the song The World is Yours by Red Lama has a very apocalyptic feel to it, whilst being mysterious at the same time. In a way it feels like a love song written for the earth that ends violently. Because there’s so much happening in the song I decided to go for a moving collage style where different kinds of filmed fragments are being shown, kind of like pattern puzzles, leaving it up to the viewer to piece everything together. Towards the end of the video everything starts to fall apart, melting into multi-coloured shapes. I got that idea while strolling around the Nørrebro lakes one evening and watching the reflections of all the lights casting long, melting shapes into the water., “says Iris Deppe.
Red Lama’s debut album is released on the brand new record label All Good Clean Records, and is just now entering the mixing phase.
Johannes Havemann Kissov Linnet: Vocal
Morten Kaas: Organ, harmonica and other effects
Marius Havemann Kissov Linnet: Drums
Frederik Randrup Hansen: Bass
Jonas Harboesgård Rahbek: Guitar
Oliver Asbjørn Fick: Guitar
Niklas Sjøbeck Jørgensen: Percussion
