The enchanting multicultural retro-rock 4 piece BLUES PILLS are set to unleash their new self-titled album on the 28th of July and in anticipation of the release, vocalist Elin Larsson has recorded a track by track clip for the album, featuring snippets of each track. Listen to the new album and how the songs came about, here:
‘Blues Pills’ was produced by Don Alsterberg (GRAVEYARD, HORISONT) and the cover art was created by artist Marijke Koger-Dunham. The piece was originally painted in the 60s and never used – so with a slight adaptation to contain the BLUES PILLS logo, this kept with the bands authentic but youthful take on the richness of sixties soul and psychedelia. The band commented on the artwork:
“The artwork is by the incredible artist Marijke Koger-Dunham. She painted it sometime in the late sixties and because we were looking for some sixties inspired artwork, we thought ‘what could be better?’. For us, it is a representation of the balance of life, as shown in all the symbolism of natural dualities such as darkness and light, sun and moon, life and death, etc. It shows how opposite forces are interconnected and compliment each other to form a whole. Besides that, it just looks absolutely amazing!”
CD TRACKLIST:
1. High Class Woman
2. Ain’t No Change
3. Jupiter
4. Black Smoke
5. River
6. No Hope Left For Me
7. Devil Man
8. Astralplane
9. Gypsy
10. Little Sun
Bonus DVD (Live @ Hammer Of Doom 2013):
1. Bliss
2. Dig In
3. Devil Man
4. Little Sun
5. Mind Exit
6. Astralplane
7. Black Smoke
+ Band Interview
VINYL TRACKLIST:
Side A
1. High Class Woman
2. Ain’t No Change
3. Jupiter
Side B
1. Black Smoke
2. River
Side C
1. No Hope Left For Me
2. Devil Man
3. Astralplane
Side D
1. Gypsy
2. Little Sun
UK fans can pre-order the album from Recordstore.co.uk to received a hand-signed copy of the album on either CD or vinyl picture disc:
http://youtu.be/q7Jpg1–5nM
The album is also available on a strictly limited edition tri-colour vinyl and a limited mail order edition (which includes a canvas of the album artwork!) from the new Nuclear Blast UK webstore:
http://youtu.be/zRyfW60ULBI
Pre-order ‘Blues Pills’:
Recordstore.co.uk – http://bit.ly/BluesPillsRS
Nuclear Blast UK tri-colour vinyl – http://bit.ly/BluesPillsTriColour
Nuclear Blast UK mail order edition – http://bit.ly/BluesPillsOrder
The young American-Swedish-French quartet create a completely unique, intense and extraordinary rock atmosphere whilst still carrying major mainstream appeal, taking you you right back to the time of BLUES PILLS’ ancestors: Aretha Franklin, The Original Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Cream.
Watch a video featuring guitarist Dorian Sorriaux performing a guitar play-through of new track, ‘High Class Woman’:
Find BLUES PILLS online:
http://www.facebook.com/BluesPills
http://www.twitter.com/BluesPills