An explosive night of post rock and heavy guitar music lands in London
on August 20 at The Grace, Islington. Gothenburg/Malmö-based post
rock power trio Barrens return with Corpse Lights, the band’s second
full-length release following their 2020 debut Penumbra. Five years in
the making, Corpse Lights sees Barrens strike a balance between light
and dark; beauty and brutality; the calm and the chaos. Recorded
and produced by Kristofer Jönson and mixed and mastered by Cult of
Luna’s Magnus Lindberg, shimmering synthesizers and sprawling
guitars lead the charge propelled by drums and percussion, with space,
silence and atmosphere as another instrument. The result is Corpse
Lights, a collection of nine pieces that guide us through five years
of highs and lows without ever needing to say a word. Gothenburg
4-piece Blessings merges disparate ends of heavy guitar music into a
cohesive sound, drowned in elements of hardcore, punk, crust and noise
rock, with a sound that reminds of At The Drive In and Converge. The
band members come from a DIY punk/hardcore background, having paid
their dues in hard touring bands like Anchor, Scraps of Tape,
Obstruktion, Amalthea and Gamla Pengar.
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