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Skraeckoedlan Unveil Teaser for Sophomore LP Gigantos

Posted in Bootleg Theater on July 9th, 2014 by JJ Koczan

Of course, when I was putting together that list of albums I’m looking forward to for the rest of 2014 yesterday, I hadn’t heard anything since the start of the year about the sophomore outing from Swedish rockers Skraeckoedlan, Gigantos, but that’s only all the more reason to highlight their putting out this teaser video for the record, which is set to release digitally in the fall. At very least, it’s one for the “go figure” file.

Anyone who recalls the youngsters’ 2011 Transubstans Records debut, Äppelträdet (review here), will now immediately why I was anticipating the arrival of Gigantos, since the four-piece just about seamlessly pulled Mastodon and Truckfighters influences into a catchy and richly melodic concoction of their own. It’s been a while at this point since Gigantos was announced — it was an anticipated album for 2014 back in January —  and while my concern at that time was how Skraeckoedlan might fare outside the confines of Studio Bombshelter, where they recorded the first full-length, as the 90 seconds of fresh audio in the teaser below seem to indicate, there’s been no drawback either in fuzzy tonal heft or prowess of melody.

I won’t lie, it’s a bit of a relief. Äppelträdet was a sleeper, but it was also one of my favorites in 2011, and this teaser gives me one more to look forward to before the end of the year. Skraeckoedlan also have some shows coming up over the course of July and August — some fest appearances — in their native Sweden, and you’ll find those dates below the video, in case you happen to find yourself in that part of the world.

Enjoy:

Skraeckoedlan, Gigantos album teaser

Skraeckoedlan Swedish live dates:

2014-07-09 Stockholm (SE), KGB
2014-07-11 Umeå (SE), Verket
2014-07-12 Skellefteå (SE), Trästockfestivalen
2014-07-25-26 Sala (SE), Salafestivalen
2014-08-14 Leksand (SE), Krökbacken festival

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Skraeckoedlan Get Cloudy at Studio Underjord

Posted in Bootleg Theater on December 2nd, 2013 by JJ Koczan

Not too many details have surfaced about the recording of Skraeckoedlan‘s second album and the follow-up to 2011’s Äppelträdet (review here). The title Gigantos has surfaced, and presumably the LP will be out through Transubstans like the debut sometime in 2014, but I don’t know exactly when, and though Skraeckoedlan have done some decent roadtime since the first record came out, the live-in-studio footage below is the first new material I’ve seen from them. Of course, that only makes it more worth taking out the fog machine for.

Particularly interesting is the update that the band have recorded in several different studios. Äppelträdet was recorded by Truckfighters bassist/vocalist Oskar Cedermalm and had a very particular sonic stamp on it, so it should be interesting to hear how Skraeckoedlan‘s fuzz comes across from a different point of origin. Studio Underjord, where the live session below was recorded, found them working with Joona Hassinen, whose credits include Mammut, Midlight and The Black Explosion.

What might that mean for Gigantos itself when it arrives? Well, if you’d like a better idea of where the four-piece have gone sonically in the last two years, there’s 17 minutes worth of information relayed in the clip below. Groovy, one song instrumental and two with vocals, but overall dialed back on some of the aggression from Äppelträdet, it nonetheless remains plenty heavy and plenty fuzzed.

One more to look forward to. Here’s the video and an update from the band:

Skraeckoedlan, Live at Studio Underjord, Oct. 2013

Skraeckoedlan has been working on their follow up album to their succesful debut “Äppelträdet” all of 2013. They have worked together with a lot of awesome people, in different studios. One of their collaborators is Joona Hassinen from Studio Underjord, were they put down the guitars and bass for the record. Here is a live-session shot at Studio Underjord October 2013, in wait for the new album.

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