Stew to Release Taste LP Nov. 12
Swedish heavy rock traditionalists Stew will release their second album, Taste, through Uprising! Records on Nov. 12. It’s a little hilarious, to be honest, to read press releases where bands talk about writing in 2020 and being able to dig deeper into making their material than ever before. Well yeah. What the hell else was going on? It was a good time to be in your house with a guitar since, at least in most of the world, there was nowhere else you could go.
I wouldn’t say it was revolutionary, but I dug Stew‘s 2019 self-titled debut (review here) well enough, and if they’ve gotten into the details this time around, I’ll be interested to find out what that means, since so much of retro-heavy is about capturing an organic sound. You know the influences and where they’re coming from generally — heavy ’70s meets heavy ’10s in these chaotic ’20s — but there’s something to offer here in terms of the songs and the live clip below for “Heavy Wings” sounds right on, so yeah. Who the hell needs a revolution? Well, plenty of people, but not necessarily retro rock. You get the point.
Onward to the PR wire:
STEW release new album “Taste” in November
STEW is set to release their second full-length album, entitled “Taste”, on UPRISING! Records, on November 12th. The band has spent most part of 2020 recording and writing the songs. According to the members themselves they have put more time in to get every detail in the songwriting as well as the producing and studio recording just right. With this album, Stew is ready to take on the world with their retro hard rock.
“Taste” will be released in LP (three different colours) and digital formats by UPRISING! Records on November 12th, 2021. Pre-orders available here: https://targetshop.dk/stew
Hailing from Örebro, Sweden, Stew began jamming together in late 2017. The band is taking their inspiration from the bluesy, hard-rocking bands of the 70s where it was all about making unpretentious music. The tight power rocking trio just loves to express their emotions through the amps, drums, and microphones.
On vocals and bass, there’s Markus Åsland, with his big soulful voice and strong melodies. On vibrant and expressive guitar is Nicklas Jansson, and on groovy tasteful drums Nicklas Dahlgren.
Shortly after self-releasing their first EP “Hot”. The EP got a lot of good attention from all around the world. In October 2019 Stew released their full-length debut album on Ripple Music (US). In early 2020 the band did a well-received German tour and had a second one planned for summer 2020. But it was canceled because of the coronavirus. Now, as the world re-opens, Stew releases the album at the right timing to go outside and show their glorious take on classic riffing rock ‘n’ roll.
Webshop:
https://targetshop.dk/stew
“Taste” tracklist:
1. Keep On Praying
2. Still Got The Time
3. You Don’t Need Me
4. Earthless Woman
5. All That I Need
6. Heavy Wings
7. Stranger In The City
8. New Moon
9. When Lights Go Out
Line-up:
Markus Åsland – vocals, bass
Nicklas Jansson – guitar
Nicklas Dahlgren – drums
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