Lorenzo Woodrose to Release Solo Album Galmandsværk Nov. 10; New Single Streaming
Oh shit I want to hear this. Today if possible. Like, the sooner the better. A solo album sung in Danish by Uffe Lorenzen, AKA Lorenzo Woodrose? So you mean to tell me that the arguable spearhead of modern Danish heavy psych and garage rock, founder of Baby Woodrose, Dragontears and Spids Nøgenhat has found an avenue of expression so personal that not only is he unwilling to translate it into English, but he’s also refusing to release it under any but his actual, real name? Written on some island off the coast of Morocco? Fuck yes. Sign me up. Sign me up faster. Sign me up today. I want to hear this. Presently.
Lorenzen has always been a key songwriter in the above-listed outfits, and going back to a project called Pandemonica in 2002 he’s shown an interest in solo releases, but this would seem to be a different level entirely. He’s got the single “Flippertøs” streaming now ahead of the Nov. 10 release of the album, titled Galmandsværk, and I’m sorry, but if you listen to this track and aren’t immediately as stoked on the prospect of hearing the rest of the record as I am, you’re living wrong.
So live right:
Uffe Lorenzen – Galmandsværk
Uffe Lorenzen (alias Lorenzo Woodrose) is the frontman of Baby Woodrose and Spids Nøgenhat but from now on he will be recording and performing under his own name and be singing in Danish. The first result is the new solo album Galmandsværk (loosely translates to “act of madness”) that was conceived during a vacation on the island Gomera near the coast of Marocco where Uffe Lorenzen stayed in a small room doing nothing but writing new songs.
“Flippertøs” (Hippie Chick) is the first single from Galmandsværk. While the rest of the album sounds as if Baby Woodrose, Spids Nøgenhat and Dragontears merged and turned into something new, “Flippertøs” stands out as the most traditional pop song on the record.
Uffe Lorenzen: “Flippertøs was an attempt to write about all the things I missed about being home in Copenhagen, meanwhile sitting all alone, staring at the ocean and playing my guitar on a small volcanic island for 10 weeks. The lyric ended up namedropping a lot of my favourite places in Copenhagen, like Loppen, Floss, Kronborggade, Lygtens Kro, etc.. I guess it is a song about longing on many levels, but there is also a bit of social criticism in it. MAYBE the hippie chick in the song IS Copenhagen?”
“Flippertøs” will be available digitally September 8th. Galmandsværk will be released November 10th on LP/CD and digital.
Video for “Flippertøs” made by Palle Demant.
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