Greenleaf Sign to Magnetic Eye Records
I can think of several body parts I’d give up to see Greenleaf on stage again. The Swedish four-piece founded by Dozer guitarist Tommi Holappa were arguably the quintessential heavy rock band on Napalm Records up to now — I’ll be interested to see where Monster Magnet end up, as the label’s interest in the style seems to have waned — and right up to last year’s Echoes From a Mass (review here), their eighth album, they’ve only ever grown stronger as an outfit. Yes, by the way, I absolutely mean that.
Record nine from Greenleaf will be issued through Magnetic Eye Records, which of course reunites Holappa and label head Jadd Shickler, who in the long-long-ago was a co-founder of MeteorCity. What on earth is there to do but look forward to more Greenleaf? See them if you can, that’s what. I’m glad they’ll be at Truckfighters’ Fuzz Festival in December. I might be too, presumably with all my body parts intact.
From the PR wire:
GREENLEAF sign with Magnetic Eye Records
GREENLEAF have inked a deal with Magnetic Eye Records. The veteran desert rockers will finally be returning to detonate stages around Europe this year, and have already started to gather hot ideas for their next full-length to be released via the label.
GREENLEAF comment: “Signing a new record deal with Magnetic Eye was a pretty easy decision for us”, writes vocalist Arvid Hällagård, who can be seen while signing the contract together with his band mates below. “We already knew them to be good people who do this for the love of heavy music, which is exactly the only kind of people that we want to work with. With them by our side, we feel that we can continue to do what we do in harmony with our label. This is something you won’t find every day.”
Jadd Shickler welcomes GREENLEAF: “I almost don’t know where to begin in expressing my incredible pleasure at this signing”, tells the Magnetic Eye director. “I’ve known guitarist and founder Tommi for more than 20 years, and I’ve been a fan of every band and project he’s been part of. Yes, I liked GREENLEAF when they were his low-pressure side project, but when they transformed into a proper band with the ‘Trails and Passes’ album, it was a ‘holy crap’ moment, because they instantly became one of my absolute favorite heavy rock outfits on earth, and have remained so ever since. Saying how pleased we are to welcome GREENLEAF to the Magnetic Eye roster is a supreme understatement!”
GREENLEAF have already announced a set of live dates in Europe including Hellfest. Please see below for a list of currently confirmed shows.
GREENLEAF LIVE 2022
17 JUN 2022 Clisson (FR) Hellfest
02 JUL 2022 Gera (DE) Graveyard Summer Fest
08 JUL 2022 Borlänge (SE) Alive Festival
11 AUG 2022 Bagnes (CH) Palp Festival
01 OCT 2022 Göteborg (SE) Musikenshus
8-9 DEC 2022 Stockholm (SE) Fuzz Festival
Line-up
Hans Fröhlich – bass
Arvid Hällagård – vocals
Tommi Holappa – guitars
Sebastian Olsson – drums
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