2015

'Sound & Color' är uppföljaren till det hyllade debutalbumet 'Boys & Girls', av trefaldigt Grammy-nominerade Alabama Shakes. Bandet har också nominerats till Brit- och Q- Awards<br/>och bidragit med musik till de Oscar-vinnande filmerna 'Twelve Years Slave', 'Dallas Buyers Club' och 'Du Gör Mig Galen!'. 'Sound & Color' visar de enorma framsteg som gjorts av gruppen som bara hade spelat tillsammans i några månader när de spelade in sitt första album.<br/><br/>Gruppen bygger vidare på den själfulla blues-rocken men med nya innovativa överraskningar. Albumet är producerat i Sound Emporium Studio, Nashville, med hjälp av sessionsmusikern Blake Mills (Conor Oberst, Lana Del Rey m.fl).<br/><br/>180 gram vinyl där den fjärde sidan är graverad.

180 gram vinyl

180 gram vinyl.

"Black Messiah" tar vid där "Voodoo" slutade och bygger på samma sound: det är mörkt, rått,<br/>jammigt och svängigt. I den mån D'Angelo har utvecklats musikaliskt har han rört sig från den mjuka soulen och närmat sig funkig rock: detta är inte så mycket neosoul som det är neo-blues.<br/>Å andra sidan låter D'Angelo fortfarande som ingen annan. Ännu mer så i dagens musikklimat, när neosoul sedan länge dött och soulen är syntbaserad med svulstiga ljudbilder. Det råa och jordnära i "Black Messiah" blir en frisk fläkt, och D'Angelo sjunger som bara han kan, med säregna melodier och spöklik falsett. Denna äldre och mer erfarna D'Angelo skildrar med ett nytt djup fysisk attraktion, existentiella frågor, politisk pessimism, religiöst tvivel, ilsken självbevarelsedrift, bitterljuv självrannsakan och bergfast kärlek. /DN<br/><br/>"Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be easily misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah. It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and everyplace where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen. It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them. Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are) but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape where these songs can live to the fullest. Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader."<br/>- D'ANGELO

180 gram vinyl.

180 gram vinyl.

180 gram vinyl.<br/><br/>Legendary British heavy metal quintet's 21st studio album boasts a clinically 'heavy' echo of their glorious NWOBHM sound, who never dealt in half-truths or incomplete missions. With previous album Sacrifice they filled your heads with heavy metal thunder, and now Saxon want nothing more than to crush them with their very own, hand-crafted, not-safe-for-children brand new album, Battering Ram. Not. A. Problem. <br/><br/>With Biff Byford singing as well as he ever has, Paul Quinn and Doug Scarratt making full use of the term 'shredding' with their guitars and the lock-steady rhythm of Nibbs Carter's bass and Nigel Glockler's drums, the future and the past crash together in an ear-scintillatingly engaging, raucous, melodic-yet-classically heavy ten songs collection which will instantly be hailed as a Saxon classic. The title track, with its delectable twin guitar assault heralding the album's commencement, gives the listener an instant crack around the chops, whilst traditionalists will be delighted to hear such a perfect marriage of old, classic Saxon with the newer, fresher invective in such riff-fronted fare as "Destroyer" and "Stand Your Ground", but there are still moments of space and exploration which fans will love. <br/><br/>"This one's a natural progression from Sacrifice," says Byford, "There's a bit less rock'n'roll and a bit more 'heavy' on it. We wanted to keep focused on a style rather than moving around too much."<br/><br/>Produced by Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Testament, Exodus Accept) at his Backstage Recording Studios in rural Derbyshire, Saxon were able to hone in and whittle down any excess, finding the sonic space and balance to let Battering Ram's riffs and melodies get the necessary space to scream front and centre.