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Artist | Les Big Byrd
Title | They Worshipped Cats
Genre | Psychedelic Rock Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 41:36
Label | A Records Store | 2014
Catalog | AUK11OCD Rip | 2015
Bitrate | 229 kbps Size | 71.64 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Indus Waves 4:54
02. Tinitus Aeternum 4:51
03. They Worshipped Cats (Feat. Anton Newcombe) 4:49
04. Vi Borde Prata, Men Det Ar For Sent (Feat. Anton Newcombe) 4:47
05. Just One Time (Feat. Maria Linden) 4:01
06. White Week 4:55
07. War In The Streets 4:26
08. 1, 2, 3, 4 Morte 4:19
09. Back To Bagarmossen 4:34
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Psych-leaning indie act Les Big Byrd was formed in Stockholm, Sweden around
2011 by Joakim Ahlund and Frans Johansson. Two stalwarts of the Swedish
underground music scene, Ahlund was formerly of garage-flavored act the
Caesars and also worked with the more electronic project Teddybears.
Johansson had been part of Fireside, a rock band signed for a time to Def
American. After the dissolution of both of their bands, the two came
together over a love of experimental rock sounds, forming Les Big Byrd with
former Fireside drummer Nino Keller and keyboardist Konie. The band, made
up of music heads and studio engineers, began jamming and cultivating
ideas, eventually releasing single Zig-Smile to moderate buzz. A chance
encounter at a record store between the Les Big Byrd folks and a visiting
Anton Newcombe (on tour with Brian Jonestown Massacre) resulted in a
lengthy conversation about music, which eventually led to Newcombe inviting
the band to his Berlin studios for a few days of jamming. The recordings
resulted in the band's 2014 debut album "They Worshipped Cats". A
vinyl-only companion piece, the "Back To Bagarmossen" 10-inch vinyl, was
released around the same time.
Swedish psych rockers Les Big Byrd deliver a unique blend of minimal
Krautrock-inspired one-chord riff glory and sinister rock from the darkest
corners of the night on their masterfully produced debut full-length "They
Worshipped Cats". The band had already been in existence for a few years
when a chance counter at a Stockholm record store with a visiting Anton
Newcombe of Brian Jonestown Massacre led to an invitation for them to
record and jam for a few days in his Berlin studio. Members of Les Big Byrd
had previously put in time with internationally touring acts like Fireside
and the Caesars, and some had gone from working with those bands to acting
as recording engineers at some of Sweden's better studios. The familiarity
with recording techniques can be heard in the bright sheen and perfectly
vintage sounds of "They Worshipped Cats", which finds flawless performances
meeting production lifted from the top tier of Krautrock records.
Muted, echo-heavy vocals and caffeinated rhythms make the jumpy "Tinnitus
Aternum" sound like a brilliantly colorful outtake from Faust IV, while
cold drum machines and vaporous synths call to mind Harmonium or Cluster
just moments later on the airy title track. Newcombe's involvement in the
project as a guest and mentor-like figure can be felt as well, if more so
on the less Kraut-centric and more rocking tunes. The guttural wall of
guitars and reverb-soaked vocals that make up "Back To Bagarmossen" have
all the sinister swagger and palpable sense of danger as Brian Jonestown
Massacre at their best. The combination of Motorik meditations and depraved
madman rock culminates in an incredibly strong debut heavy on trippy
textures, wandering synths, and remarkably tight production.
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