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Slomosa Announce New Single “In My Mind’s Desert” out Next Friday

Posted in Whathaveyou on June 12th, 2020 by JJ Koczan

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This one upcoming is the third single Slomosa are posting ahead of the release of their debut album. I don’t know when that album is coming out, but so far, I dig three songs on it. The Norwegian four-piece are three-for-three in my book between “In My Mind’s Desert,” “There is Nothing New Under the Sun” and “Horses.” I don’t know how long the whole record is, but if you figure the eight-track/38-minute standard average, they’re off to a killer start. There’s a very distinct earliest-Queens of the Stone Age feel to the new track, and that suits the melody of the vocals well — a bit of crunch in the riff is far more playful than aggressive — and they’re not shy with the hook either. It’s not necessarily groundbreaking stuff, but neither is it trying to be, and when I try to think of desert-style rock bands — they call it “tundra rock,” because Norway — coming out of Bergen, I’m drawing a blank.

You’ll note Iver Sandøy mastered. If you don’t know the name, he’s the new drummer in Enslaved and a noted engineer/producer as well.

Also, I’m guessing “In My Mind’s Desert” is the fourth track on the upcoming full-length. I know this because the promo wav file I downloaded had a “04” in front of the title. Context clues!

From the PR wire:

slomosa in my minds desert

Slomosa – In My Mind’s Desert

“An ode to the things I’ve forgot. And not at least, the skills that I’ve lost.”

“In My Mind’s Desert” is Slomosa’s third and last single from their upcoming debut album, out the 28th of August on Apollon Records. With their self-branded genre of “Tundra Rock”, Slomosa has made a name for themselves with their heavy and catchy sound. From Bergen, off the west coast of Norway, the band has garnered a lot of praise and attention for their first two singles, both abroad and back home. Their new single showcases Slomosa’s versatility and opens the listener to a different side of their songwriting: Less epic, more pop – this is definitely the upcoming album’s softest song.

Being the first song they ever wrote, it has become a live favourite among fans with it’s mellow intro, big choruses and addictive main riff. Singer Benjamin Berdous’ personal lyrics evolve around having a stoner lifestyle as life takes a bad turn, and offer an ironic take on the naive thoughts justifying not taking action to better things. Recorded in 2019 at “Lokalet Studio” in Bergen, by co-producer Eirik Sandvik, the single complements the band’s first two releases – making it clear that there is no stopping Slomosa on their way to the big stage.

Music: Slomosa
Lyrics: Benjamin Berdous

Guitar, Lead vocals: Benjamin Berdous
Guitar: Anders Rørlien
Bass: Kristian Tvedt
Drums, percussion: Severin Sandvik

Producer: Eirik Marinius Sandvik & Slomosa
Master: Iver Sandøy
Artwork & photo: Elsa Enestig

From Left to right on the picture: The “new” Slomosa band
Tor Erik “Totto” Bye ,g, Marie Moe, b, Severin Sandvik, dr, Benjamin Berdous, voc, g

www.facebook.com/slomosaband
https://www.instagram.com/slomosa
https://soundcloud.com/slomosa
https://sptfy.com/4Qaf
www.apollonrecords.no
www.facebook.com/bergenapollonrecords

Slomosa, “There is Nothing New Under the Sun”

Slomosa, “Horses”

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