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Polymoon Premiere “Malamalama” Video; Announce Debut LP Caterpillars of Creation

This record doesn’t come out until September, so I’m going to stop myself from heaping ecstatic praise upon its gloriously honed wash of fuzz- and noise-drenched progressive heavy psychedelia, but keep in mind, the impulse is definitely there. Caterpillars of Creation, out Sept. 4 through Svart Records, is the debut offering from Tampere, Finland’s Polymoon, and by “debut offering,” I mean it’s the first thing they’ve ever done. As of this post, I don’t think they’ve even played a live show. They had something booked for March, but I’m pretty sure it got canceled because of the ensuing lockdown. There are some dates booked for around the release, so I guess they’ll get there sooner or later.

Finland has long served as a salon of weirdo visionaries, and it’s not really much of a surprise to find that Polymoon have some connection to the Waste of Space collective, whose Jun-His — vocalist for Oranssi Pazuzu and indeed a member of the Waste of Space Orchestra — helmed the production. There are flashes of extremity in some of the later guitar work and noise on Caterpillars of Creation, but ultimately, Polymoon show little interest in adhering to the tenets of one genre or another and instead bring their own perspective to such established ideals. The record is preceded by the single “Malamalama,” for which you’ll find a visualizer premiering at the bottom of this post (I’m delighted to host it given how much I’m enjoying the album from whence it comes), and which will be released this Friday on all the usual-suspect sources.

More to come? I certainly hope so. Easily one of the most impressive debuts I’ve heard this year.

Here’s info, and live dates, which it feels exceptionally good to post:

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Svart Records to release POLYMOON’s first single Malamalama this week, music video out now

Somewhere between cosmic space rock and progressive psychedelia are POLYMOON, a new band from Tampere, Finland. The basic elements of POLYMOON are endless sonic reflections in the night sky, crushing fuzz guitars and undulating synthesizers. The backbone of the entity is a symbiosis of complex drum sequences and pulsating bass guitar.

Malamalama is the first single off the POLYMOON debut album Caterpillars of Creation, out this Friday via all digital outlets. Caterpillars of Creation will be released by Svart Records on the 4th of September, 2020.

Malamalama (lit. the light of knowledge) is the crimson heart pounding in the chest of POLYMOON. Malamalama is the lifeblood of POLYMOON: it combines an ethereal, otherworldly atmosphere with heavy-prog soundscapes. Together these elements form the progressive-psychedelic nectar flowing in the orchestra’s heart. Malamalama is like a deep feverish dream from which one does not want to wake up. In its essence, Malamalama is nostalgy for the times past: a longing for something long gone.

“Polymoon are the new open-minded young mages of the explosive psychedelia rock scene that Finland and Tampere area has been producing over the recent years. The rich and colorful sound of the band delivers really fresh and beautiful ideas to the table. And they are being served with such a passion that it makes you think of the days when music was standing out for a revolution. And not in that nostalgic manner, but in a way that makes you experience something important is happening right here and now”, comments the album’s co-producer Jun-His, also known as the voice of Oranssi Pazuzu.

In the music of POLYMOON, euphoria and melancholia converge to guide the listener to another level of being to embrace the monolith of psychedelia. POLYMOON is an ensemble of the end times, a formless entity behind the clandestine curtain.

Upcoming POLYMOON gigs:
Sep 4th. Bar 15, Seinäjoki
Sep 5th. Ääniwalli, Helsinki (w/ Hidria Spacefolk + Superfjord)
Sep 11th. Manse Psych Fest pre-party: Telakka, Tampere (w/ Kaleidobolt + Radio Supernova)
Sep 18th. Freetime, Jyväskylä (w/ Ghost World)
Dec 4th. Korjaamo, Helsinki (w/ Kairon; IRSE!)
Dec 5th. Olympia, Tampere (w/ Kairon; IRSE! + Radio Supernova)

POLYMOON is:
Tuomas Heikura / Drums
Jesse Jaksola / Guitar
Otto Kontio / Guitar
Kalle-Erik Kosonen / Vocals, Synthesizer
Juuso Valli / Bass

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Polymoon, “Malamalama” official video premiere

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