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ÅRABROT
HEART EP (HEART SHAPED VINYL)

Vinyl EP
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Item no. : PEL200
Artist : ÅRABROT
Product type : Vinyl EP
Release Date : 31 March 2023

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The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” — Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV).


"Norwegian grammy award-winning noise rock outfit Årabrot return with a new EP which sees the eclectic duo of Kjetil Nernes and Karin Park leading us right into the band’s heart of hearts. These songs come right off the back of last year’s seminal 'Norwegian Gothic', which was described by main-songwriter Nernes as “an amalgamation of all of our influences,” but also as “a good indication of what to come."


Where the band’s sixteenth studio album effectively marries the past and the future, the 'Heart EP' is most of all about the present. Yes, these are four cover songs of tracks that find their origin in various stages of the band’s career («Children of the Revolution» goes all the way back to the band’s first recording session for their debut EP), but they are also a radiant expression of where the band is now, with Nernes and his wife Karin Park as the dual creative spirits and driving forces behind Årabrot.


The enigmatic «Preludium» opens the with the sensual moaning of a couple engaged in intercourse over the saintly sounds of a church organ. Here Årabrot lead us right into the holiest of holy, but also into the carnal heart of the band. What follows is an eclectic selection of four tracks that span across fifty years and across various genres of music, but for Nernes and Park it is no trouble to fit them right into their signature gothic western desert noire sound. The combination of noise rock and 70s psychedelic rock works undeniably well and the result is a collection of songs that feels timeless yet deeply ingrained in the heart of our collective culture.


In spite of 20 years of experience and over fifteen studio albums, Årabrot remain one of the most criminally underrated bands on the planet, and the Heart EP is the living and throbbing proof of this fact. Kjetil Nernes is right up there with noise rock visionaries like Michael Gira (SWANS) and Jamie Stewart (XIU XIU), and the combination of his underrated musicianship and genius vision, together with the haunting and vicious vocals of Nordic goth queen Karin Park makes for an unquestionably powerful performance. These songs, delivered on an amazing actually heart-shaped vinyl, have a deep history with the band and their execution displays the true power of Årabrot. It’s haunting, it’s magical, and it sounds fantastic!


'Norwegian noise-rockers who follow in the footsteps of uncompromising US acts such as Swan and Big Black’ - The Financial Times


‘Evokes the more artistically ambitious but no less menacing likes of Killing joke and Swans’ - Uncut


‘They’re at their weirdest and best’ - The Wire

1. Preludium
2. Lightning's Girl
3. Green Fire
4. Children of the Revolution
5. Going Up
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