Brutus Set May 20 Release for Wandering Blind on Svart
Norwegian classic heavy rockers Brutus will release their third long-player, Wandering Blind, May 20 via Svart Records. The band previously unveiled the single “Drowning” in a lyric video (posted here), and they follow that now with the oh-so-vinyl-ready cover art for the album and the tracklisting, which between the title cut, “Axe Man,” “The Killer” and “Creepin'” offers no shortage of threat from the Oslo-based five-piece, whose last offering, Behind the Mountains, was issued in 2013.
Clearly they were going for something-you’d-see-in-an-old-vinyl-shop-and-be-stoked-to-have-found with the cover, and that’s cool by me. Dig it and the info below, all courtesy of the PR wire:
BRUTUS set release date for new SVART album
Today, Svart Records sets May 20th as the international release date for Brutus’ highly anticipated third album, Wandering Blind. These days, too many so-called bands try their best to convey that “we don’t belong to that decade” feeling, hoping that few bell-bottom jeans, plenty of facial hair, and a few vintage instruments will do. And then there are those who truly ooze of that natural yet unmistakable grit, that loose impression that they indeed fell through some lost wormhole directly from, say, 1971 and just belong here, in the good sense of the term.
Oslo’s Brutus are one of those rare breed, a solid and non-corrupted pure blues/hard-rock powerhouse, started by three Swedes and two Norwegians ten years ago and openly in awe of Leaf Hound, Grand Funk Railroad, and Blue Cheer, right on the fence separating the ’60s from the ’70s when musicians were already letting their hair hang but had yet to compromise their vision to please the money-hungry business man.
Recorded live in four days only at Engfelt & Forsgren Studios in Oslo by Christian Engfelt, who already worked with Cato Salsa Experience and Big Bang, Brutus’ third album, Wandering Blind, is as honest and down-to-earth as it gets: no modern tricks, no pose, no fancy moves, just pure and greasy music right from a time when those things mattered and nothing else. According to guitarist Johan Forsberg, “That recording was done like our first album, but this time, we nailed it even better! We’ve known Christian for many years and knew he shared our taste for ’60s and ’70s music and also was the right guy as far as how to record that sound and feel. He got a new fantastic studio, and we did the whole thing quickly through an old tape machine and old preamps. This is the first time we used someone that we could work with as a producer, but we welcomed his ideas and thoughts in the process, and it worked out perfectly.”
In a nutshell, Wandering Blind is going to rock you like a mutha and Brutus are your man! Tracklisting is as follows:
Tracklisting for Brutus’ Wandering Blind
1. Wandering Blind
2. Drowning
3. Axe Man
4. Whirlwind Of Madness
5. The Killer
6. Blind Village
7. Creepin
8. My Lonely Room
9. Living In A Daze
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