Minnesota Pete Campbell: Me, Myself and I Preorder Available
Vastly pedigreed drummer “Minnesota” Pete Campbell — known for his work in Pentagram, Place of Skulls, In~Graved, The Mighty Nimbus, Vulgaari, etc. — is inching closer to the release of his first-ever solo album, Me, Myself and I. The nine-tracker bears influence from the traditional doom upon which Campbell has cut his teeth over the last 20-plus years, but there’s exploration as well in a piece like the instrumental “Uryah vs. Elmo” and the spacey drift-rock of “You’re My Angel,” which is both structured and atmospheric in surprising and complementary ways.
The real-world-happening-now, no-BS sensibility could be traced either to doom’s upfront nature about liferism — that is, you can doom and have a life — and even “Lockdown Blues” finds Campbell operating in Hendrixian swing with the vocals far back and treated as another instrument, the hard groove at the foundation comes through with a sense of where the song is ultimately coming from. In any case, relatable. So too the acoustics of “Midnight Dreamin’,” which follows in out-for-a-walk meandering fashion. You can dig it.
Preorders for Me, Myself and I have been made available through Kozmik Artifactz, which will have the release out Nov. 18. Given Campbell‘s description below, I guess you can call it a pandemic project if you want, but it seems like it’s going to keep carrying forward either way, and either way, Me, Myself and I begins to establish Campbell‘s craft in its own right, separate from a full band or other collaborations. Oh, and Tony Reed mastered.
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MINNESOTA PETE CAMPBELL – ‘Me, Myself, And I’ preorder: http://shop.bilocationrecords.com/navi.php?suchausdruck=minnesota+pete
Minnesota Pete Campbell has been a warrior of the underground for over 25 years. With a resume of bands like Pentagram, The Mighty Nimbus, Sixty Watt Shaman, Place of Skulls, Gygax, Brathair, Buzzard, In-Graved, and the list goes on and on. “Me, Myself, and I” is the first solo effort of many to come!
“During the start of the pandemic I got the call that all our Pentagram shows were being cancelled then the whole world was shutting down and I was going crazy! So I decided to build a studio in my home just to stay busy and capture ideas. Literally everyday in a three-month period I sat downstairs and put down ideas and they became songs for this record. I’d walk upstairs and see my daughter and boom… new song! I’d hear about all the places closing and people freakin’ out and boom… new song. “Me, Myself, and I” is a time capsule of that moment in human kind and how I chose to make a negative into a positive with Rock n Roll, frustration, and love! This record is very personal to me and I hope you can feel it, put it on, and let the music do the talkin!”, MPC
VINYL FACTZ
– 300x 180g transparent orange
– 200x 180g white/black marbled (KOZMIK MAILORDER EDITION)
– plated & pressed on heavy high performance vinyl by Pallas Group in Germany
– deluxe 300gsm gatefold cover
– special vinyl mastering
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