Supersonic Blues Announce Lineup Changes
The upshot here is that Supersonic Blues — who just released their debut album, It’s Heavy (review here), in January — have restructured the band. In doing so, they move former bassist Gianni Tjon-Tam-Pau to guitar and backing vocals, and bring Bob Zurcher in as a replacement on low end. With this lineup — completed by drummer Lennart Jansen and guitarist/vocalist Timothy Aarbodem — the now-four-piece will take stages this Spring at various festivals including Roadburn, Freak Valley and Sonic Whip. One imagines there’s more to come there as well as the rest of 2022 plays out.
It was a number of years waiting for It’s Heavy since it was recorded in 2019, so the question was just how much the album represented where Supersonic Blues were at to start with, despite one way or the other being a righteous execution of retroism on its own merits. This news means the answer is perhaps less, since invariably a band so focused on presenting themselves in on-stage fashion in their studio work will find that dynamic changed with new personnel involved. Ultimately though, Supersonic Blues went into that record with a strong idea of what they were going for, and I suspect they’ll continue to work along those lines, however long a follow-up might take and whoever will be involved in its making. This is a band with a mission, and I’m posting this news as much to point you to the album stream at the bottom of this post as I am to keep up with their doings more generally.
So yes, if you see this and you haven’t listened to the album, go ahead and do that.
From social media:
SUPERSONIC BLUES- ANNOUNCEMENT!
As some of you may know, we founded Supersonic Blues back in 2014 already. It took us some line-ups, but as of early 2016 it was steady to the point where we are now. In October last year, our now former bassist Gianni expressed that he wasn’t happy anymore playing the bass, being a guitar player originally. It took us some days to process this news, but realising we can’t change his feelings and we don’t want to put ambition before our friendship and brotherhood, the idea of continuing as a four-piece felt like a natural progression.
Luckily we found our old friend and ex-roomie to fit the role perfectly. We have been rehearsing for a couple of months now and we have to say it is working out nicely! So please give a very warm welcome to our new bass player: Bob Zurcher (Twin Shades, The Womb)! And of course, we’re introducing Gianni on 2nd guitar as well. On to new adventures… Looking forward seeing you all this season at Roadburn Festival, Sonic Whip, FREAK VALLEY FESTIVAL, a.o. Until then, take care.
Photo by Lina Selg
Supersonic Blues is:
Timothy Aarbodem – Guitars, vocals
Gianni Tjon-Tam-Pau- Guitars, backing vocals
Lennart Jansen – Drums
Bob Zurcher – Bass
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