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Artist : Greenleaf
Album : Trails and Passes
Genre : Rock
Year : 2014
Label : Small Stone Recordings
Cat# : n/a
Source : WEB/FLAC
Bitrate : 263Kbps
Size : 79,16 MB
Runtime : 42:25 min
URL : http://smallstone.bandcamp.com/album/trails-and-passes
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01. Our Mother Ash 03:15
02. Ocean Deep 05:33
03. Equators 03:31
04. Depth of the Sun 04:38
05. Humans 04:30
06. With Eyes Wide Open 08:07
07. The Drum 02:55
08. Bound to be Machines 04:15
09. Trails and Passes 05:41
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Almost by definition, musical side projects aren't meant to
last very long, but rather serve as brief, often one-time
departures for musicians otherwise engaged with far more
pressing or successful bands -- and that's why Greenleaf has
proved itself to be anything but your typical "side project."
Yes, this Scandinavian music collective has gone through quite
the revolving cast since their arrival on the scene, much like
an auditory Y2K virus in that fateful millennium flip; but the
one constant bond that has repeatedly drawn them together,
every few years, like an irresistible gravitational force, is
a shared musical vision, straddling the realms of stoner and
alternative rock.
Such was the case when Greenleaf first assembled behind
Lowrider vocalist Peter Bergstrand for that eponymous, year
2000 debut EP; welcomed Dozer frontman Fredrik Nordin for is
2001 follow-up, Revolution Rock; added Demon Cleaner guitarist
Daniel Jansson for 2003's Secret Alphabets; integrated
Truckfighters singer Oskar Cedermalm in time for 2007's Agents
of Ahriman; and powered ahead behind reliable mainstay,
guitarist Tommi Holappa, for 2012's Nest of Vipers.
Now, Greenleaf is on the move again, bidding Cedermalm "adieu"
and saying a hearty "hola" to a tandem of new recruits in
frontman Arvid Jonsson and drummer Sebastian Olsson, who
joined Holappa and long-serving bassist Bengt BΣcke in time to
record (incidentally, with no outside help, guest musicians,
or other additives) what would become Greenleaf's next and
fifth long-player, Trails and Passes, which is now ready for
global release in January 2014, via Small Stone Recordings.
And, as has always been the case with this ever-evolving sonic
beast, the music magically draws out the best talents of
whoever happens to be involved, resulting in a modern rock
amalgam as impossible to simplify as it is futile to want to;
after all simultaneously familiar and surprising new sounds
seem to be the ultimate thread connecting Greenleaf's long
career.
A career that now sees the group categorically divesting
itself of any lingering "side project" associations (ask
Holappa and he'll bluntly tell you it is Dozer that's become
his "side project" these days) and graduating to well-deserved
headline status ù the better to take the Greenleaf name to the
next level on the abundant strengths of Trails and Passes.
Recommended if you like: Dozer, Brain Police, Sasquatch,
Graveyard, Monster Magnet, Clutch, The Brought Low,
Truckfighters, Lowrider, The Socks, Skanska Mord, Dwellers,
Roadsaw, 7Zuma7, Kiss, Deep Purple, Grand Funk, and any thing
else that rocked in 1974.
Greenleaf is:
Bengt BΣcke : Bass
Sebastian Olsson : Drums
Tommi Holappa : Guitar
Arvid Jonsson : Vocals
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