Amsterdam based art-rock band Labasheeda are down to a trio, but that hasnt's kept them for a creating a fresh stack of gnarly songs for a new album, Blueprints. Firmly grounded in the post-punk meets noise tradition, they are not in it for the entertainment of their audience, but offering them a challenge instead with rhythmic shifts, choice feedback, and using string instruments as equal partners for the electric guitar as a lead instrument.
By writing about themes that are either close to home such as relationship issues (Closure, Procedure, Vanity), make them angry (Homeless) or a bit giddy (Sparkle) Labasheeda explores to sides of the coin: adventurous music for pretty straightforward matter. Blueprints is an apt name for an album that is a map to what is happening in the Dutch rock underground. It comes without a manual, but no one reads them anyway these days.
Labasheeda:
Saskia van der Giessen: vocals, acoustic guitar, violin, viola
Arne Wolfswinkel: guitar, bass, piano
Bas Snabilie: drums, marimba, synthesizer, percussion
Guest musicians:
Laura Wolfswinkel: violin (#9)
Karen Opstelten: cello (#9, 11)
Renato Cannavacciuolo: double bass (#6, 11)
Christoph Walter: tinkling piano (#2)
Blueprints is a self-released album. Buy it (clear vinyl, CD, digital) from their website. Release date: September 4.
Tracks:- Fossils
- Closure
- Sparkle
- Homeless
- Curiosity
- Vanity
- Minus Minus
- Volatile
- Procedure
- Tigre Royal
- What Remains Is Love
- 01/30 Giessen, Germany @ Pits Pinte
- 01/31 Darmstadt, Germany @ Frischzelle
- 02/01 Potsdam, Germany @ Kuze (w/ Halbtal)
- 02/02 Berlin, Germany @ K19 (w/ Halbtal,The Somnambulist)
- 02/02 Selb, Germany @ Jungbrunnen
- 02/04 Dresden, Germany @ Zentralwerk
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