The Sonic Dawn Announce April 21 Release for Into the Long Night
Danish heavy psych composers The Sonic Dawn have set an April 21 release date for their second full-length, Into the Long Night and revealed the cover art for the album. You can see below it’s tripped-out in classic form, and not that I’ve heard it yet or anything, but the album works in like-minded fashion, though one thing striking is the depth of arrangement The Sonic Dawn bring to their fluid jams, whether it’s keyboard or flourish of sitar sounds, percussion or whatever else. There’s little that seems to be out of their reach, but they maintain a core natural dynamic underneath, giving the whole affair a blended feel of organic performance and conceptual intent to go with a subtly clean production. Or so I might think, if I’d heard it.
Anyone who heard the 2015 Nasoni-issued debut, Perception (review here), already knows to look forward to this one, and rightly so.
Heavy Psych Sounds, which picked the band up at the end of last month, sent this down the PR wire:
The Sonic Dawn – Into the Long Night
Heavy Psych Sounds Records is proud to present: ***THE SONIC DAWN*** the new album: “Into The Long Night”
Into the Long Night is the second album by The Sonic Dawn, one of the most remarkable bands to come out of the new psychedelic wave in Denmark. Just a few seconds into this album, you will realize that you are in for a mind altering experience.
“It’s a trip! By taking the listeners to places they didn’t expect to go, we hope to make them aware – that they’ll stop up and think about life for a minute. Awareness is the first step to change in the world,” says Emil Bureau (guitar/vocals).
To achieve the dramatic changes of mood and feeling that The Sonic Dawn excel at, they mix a wide range of styles, from jazzy sitar pop to heavy acid rock. A pleasant-sounding analog production makes the album easy to approach, not to water it down, but rather to pull the unsuspecting listener into the deep.
The songs were written by day and recorded at night, during a month of complete isolation in a remote house by The North Sea. The tracklist can be interpreted as a trip through the night, into a new dawn. Close your eyes and see it:
Go through the hill country with its long yellow grass, to the beach where the setting sun dances on the cold waves. Slide into the darkest hours, alone with your thoughts and doubts. Suddenly come the first blue rays, separating past from present, before a golden dawn is born and everything takes its right shape, perhaps for the very first time.
Into the Long Night was made in collaboration with some of Scandinavia’s most regarded personnel. It features Swedish Hammond legend Erik ‘Errka’ Petersson on keys and Morten Grønvad on vibraphone/perc., which adds to its soundtrack-like qualities. Mixed in The Village Recording with jazz producer Thomas Vang (Oscar Peterson, Randy Brecker etc.). Mastered in Svenska Grammofonstudion with Hans Olsson Brookes (Graveyard, Blues Pills, José González etc.).
Fans of psychedelic rock, neo-psych, freak beat and classic rock will surely enjoy this record.
Nine tracks, 36 minutes and 22 seconds. Released by Heavy Psych Sounds (Italy) on April 21st, 2017.
The Sonic Dawn European concert dates:
15/04/2017 DK Christiania, Operaen (release party).
21/04/2017 DK Svendborg, Maskinen.
18/05/2017 DE Hamburg, MS Stubnitz.
19/05/2017 DE Berlin, Bassy Club.
23/05/2017 DE Dresden, Ostpol.
24/05/2017 DE Nierstein, E-Werk.
25/05/2017 DE Karlsruhe, PsyKa Underground Experience.
26/05/2017 DE Essen, Soulhell Café.
27/05/2017 DE Hofheim/Taunus, Jazzkeller.
31/05/2017 DE Miltenberg, Beavers.
01/06/2017 DE Mannheim, Kurzbar.
03/06/2017 BE Mechelen, Kafee Zapoi.
04/06/2017 BE Assenede, Flanders Chopper Bash.
06/06/2017 DE Mainz, Schon Schön.
19/08/2017 DE Waffenrod, Woodstock Forever Festival.
15-17/09/2017 UK Bedford, The Trip Out.
22-24/09/2017 UK Liverpool, Liverpool Psych Fest.
The Sonic Dawn is:
Emil Bureau (guitar, lead vocals)
Jonas Waaben (drums)
Neil Bird (bass guitar)
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