Vestjysk Ørken to Release Full Dark No Stars on May 8
In some ways, Vestjysk Ørken are very much a heavy psych jam band, but within that framework, there’s still a lot of refusal to be defined in their sound. In May, they’ll follow-up 2018’s Cosmic Desert Fuzz (review here) with their second long-player for Interstellar Smoke Records, Full Dark No Stars, and is it instrumental? Not entirely. Is it laced with samples? Not entirely. Is it improv jamming? Not entirely. Is it all of these things? Well, sometimes definitely.
It’s spacious and weighted and exploring psychedelic reaches in its own way, and one gets the sense that the three-piece — who are also the crew behind putting together the Esbjerg Fuzztival, which will be their release party this year — are finding their approach out there in the sonic ether even as they’re having a good time gathering up clips from their favorite movies and, in this case, picking out some of Kurt Russel’s many awesome lines from over the years. No, I don’t think any from Captain Ron made it in, but I could be wrong.
Kind of amazed some studio hasn’t rebooted Captain Ron, frankly. Missed opportunity.
In any case, there’s no music out yet from Full Dark No Stars, but it’s coming next month, as the PR wire informs:
’FULL DARK NO STARS’ sophomore album by Vestjysk Ørken out May 8th 2020
Danish cosmic desert fuzzers Vestjysk Ørken once again sign to Interstellar Smoke Records to release their second album ’Full Dark No Stars’ in May of 2020 on name appropriate black vinyl, limited to 250, just in time for the festival ‘Esbjerg Fuzztival’, which the tree-piece space rockers organize themselves.
Vestjysk Ørken once more take your hand through a grand back catalogue of 60’s and 70’s sci-fi films, dusty desert guitar riffs, smoldering fuzz, funky bass, and earth shattering drums, all mixed with samples, synthesizer drones, and a loose and open relationship with vocals. Once more they take their DIY approach to music and recording to present you with a spacey desert rock opera of epic proportions.
The album follow up on the debut from 2018 (released on vinyl via Interstellar Smoke Records in 2019) with 4 new tracks, clocking in at around 45 minutes total runtime.
First single and pre-order of the album on March 13th 2020!
Full album and vinyl release May 8th 2020.
Vestjysk Ørken live:
14/3 states, aarhus
20/3 races, kbh
21/3 Kansas City, odense
Vestjysk Ørken are:
Søren Middelkoop Nielsen, bass guitar.
Thomas Bonde Sørensen, drums/percussions.
Bo Sejer, guitars & vocals.
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