Snowy Dunes Announce New Lineup; New Material in Progress
Who doesn’t dig a comeback? Actually, I’m not sure this counts as one — though they do say “we are back” — but it’s a revamp just the same for Swedish heavy blues/classic rockers Snowy Dunes. As the five-piece detail below, they have been through some lineup changes in the four years since their second album, Sastrugi (review here), and they emerge as you see configured them below. Doesn’t everybody look thrilled.
If you managed to finish reading the headline or follow the band on socials (not a bad idea), you already know they’re working on the follow-up to Sastrugi now. Curious what that will bring in light of the fact that Stefan Jakobsson was on the first LP and EP and they’ll have two guitars, I think for the first time. Spacier? More effects? More solos? I don’t know.
There’s room for a lot in Snowy Dunes‘ sound, though, as their heavy blues foundation can coincide with anything from psychedelic shimmer to proto-doom crunch. Sastrugi certainly offered both, and had the 11-minute roll of “Helios” tucked away at the end for good measure. It’s at the bottom of this post, if you’d like a revisit.
And if you don’t come out of that also curious what’s in store for Snowy Dunes as 2025 rolls on and 2026 gradually comes to loom, well, I don’t know what to tell you. Maybe go eat a sandwich and try again later.
From social media:
Snowy Dunes 2025
We are back.
Furthermore, our original drummer (S/T and Atlantis), band co-founder and force of nature Stefan Jakobsson is also back behind the kit which we think is fantastic!
Jonathan Wårdsäter is switching to guitar duties alongside Christoffer Kingstedt which already has expanded our vision – we look forward to sharing more with you guys.
Carl Oredson is still Carl Oredson
New record in the works.
First show announcement in the coming days.
See you soon!
Photo: Mary Atim
https://www.facebook.com/Snowydunes/
https://www.instagram.com/snowydunesofficial/
https://snowydunesofficial.bandcamp.com/
http://www.snowydunes.com/
By my understanding, Sastrugi was their third. There was the S/T, then Atlantis, then Sastrugi.
In any case, a timely reminder that I never spent much time with that last one, and that I owe it to myself to fix that because these guys are primo.