Bland Bladen were an
all instrumental psychedelic space rock band from Malmö that existed from about
2002 until 2010. The four piece band were an integral part of the Øresund Space
Collective and all of the members except the drummer still perform on and off
with ØSC. This limited LP features fantastic artwork and a nice insert with a
long history about the band and other info related to this LP. Anyway, the side
A is the last two songs the band recorded in the studio not too long before
they officially split up. It was recorded mostly live plus a few overdubs here
and there. The opening track, Daggväta, starts off quite fast with a great
guitar solo by Sebastian as the band kicks into full blast psychedelic space
rock mode with a nice groovy bass line. Ola later comes in with the Fender
Rhodes that was so characteristic of their sound on the first record. Fantastic
solos by both Sebastian and Ola on this track. Haskaren is next and brings the
intensity down a little bit but the groovy is really cool with Luz, a Brazilian
friend joining in on some congas and additional percussion. Lovely guitar and
keyboard melodies on this track. The side B is actually tracks taken from the
Malmö local jam project that was headed by the amazing visual artist called
Insezt, who also did the album artwork. This was a project he organized that
often included some of the guys from BB plus other local guests. These tracks
are shorter and more chilled but also very cool. It starts off with Visa för
Allmännyttan. The drumming is more laid back and Ola really takes the lead with
some nice Fender Rhodes playing and not that much synths on this track until
the end which is really cool and nice layers of stuff are going on as the track
really gains intensity and the synth sound really goes into your head as it is
mixed really loud. Sine-us is a short track and the bass line and piano make me
feel like Jim Morrison will jump out and sing soon until the guitar kicks in…
The last track is called Beyond the Deepest Deep. I really like this slow
spacey track with some cool wah guitar and lots of spacey synths. Great way to
end the record. This is most likely the last stuff ever by this cool band, so
for sure get this one! 500 copies on three different colours of vinyl and no
digital version…
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