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Horisont Post “Electrical” Video; US Tour Starts Oct. 31

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We’re still a ways off from Swedish classic heavy rockers Horisont making their debut on Century Media with their fifth album, About Time, in Feb. 2017, but the band are coming to the States next week to start their first US tour ever, so yeah, the timing on their video for the new song “Electrical” works pretty well. On the tour they’ll be joined by Ohio’s Electric Citizen, for whom jaunts across the country should be old hat at this point, and as they lay the groundwork for the follow-up to last year’s Odyssey (review here), “Electrical” shows them continuing to build on their blend of ’70s-stylized prog and melody-rich rock, intricate but immediately accessible just the same, and unafraid to tap into a grand hook when it suits their purposes, which clearly it does here.

And the video, put together by bassist Magnus Delborg, plays to the band’s analog worship. In black and white, in addition to the band with circuitry attached to their faces, we see grainy found footage, as well as still shots of bygone technology, be it audio equipment or corded telephones, and though it’s clearly making a statement there about the fleeting nature of technological advancement through the years — all of that was “the latest” at one point or another; you might say it’s About Time — there’s a sense of humor to it as well, as the monkey playing a fiddle during the guitar solo emphasizes. A well-balanced, smooth execution? That has basically become Horisont‘s calling card as a band, so once again, it fits. It would have to. They don’t work any other way.

One can only hope Century Media takes Cheap Trick‘s lead and does a limited pressing of About Time on 8-track. If “Electrical” is anything to go by, Horisont earn nothing less, and as others in the European retro sphere — GraveyardBlues PillsKadavarWitchcraft, etc. — fall by the wayside or modernize their style, Horisont‘s vintage loyalism may earn them a place at the forefront of a movement still very much in development, both in Europe and beyond its borders.

Tour dates follow the clip below. Enjoy:

Horisont, “Electrical” official video

Swedish hardrockers HORISONT have just posted the official video for their new single “Eletrical”, taken off their upcoming album About Time, which will be released on February 3rd, 2017!

The band comments: “We are very happy and excited to present to you all, our brand new single; Electrical! In many ways a classic Horisont track but with some twists and turns. The video is, as per usual, made by our very own bass player, Magnus Delborg! His best one yet!”

Catch Horisont live across the U.S. this Fall on tour dates with Electric Citizen. Dates below.

HORISONT live 2016
10/31/2016 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
11/1/2016 New York, NY @ Studio at Webster Hall
11/2/2016 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
11/3/2016 FT Wayne, IN @ Brass Rail
11/5/2016 Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s
11/6/2016 Rock Island, IL @ Rock Island Brewing Company
11/7/2016 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
11/10/2016 Oakland, CA @ Starline
11/11/2016 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
11/13/2016 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
11/14/2016 Mesa, AZ @ Club Red
11/16/2016 Dallas, TX @ Curtain Club
11/17/2016 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
11/18/2016 Austin, TX @ Beerland
11/20/2016 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
11/22/2016 Philadelphia, PA @ Voltage

Horisont is:
Axel – Vocals
Charles – Guitar
Magnus – Bass
Pontus – Drums

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