Despotz Records has announced another spring signing, Swedish retro rock act, Casablanca, who will release its Despotz debut, “Miskatonic Graffiti”, later this summer. Today the band has teamed up with PopMatters.com to stream the upcoming album's first single, “My Shadow out of Time”, here.
The band commented: “First single from the Casablanca concept album "Miskatonic Graffiti", "My Shadow out of Time" is about memories of loss on a cosmic scale - of those left on the other side, gone forever? It's about things left in the run, like shadows lost in time. Don't we all lose a few shadows, while making our way through life?”
“We are incredibly excited to present this new signing to the Despotz Family”, said Carl-Marcus Gidlöf of Despotz Records. “We welcome Casablanca and look forward to a very fruitful cooperation. In the current climate in the industry, this concept album feels just right. This album offers a combination of sharp singles embedded with long intro and outro songs, and a story and sound that captivates the listener like a favorite TV series that you just don't want to end. Combining this with a huge passion and a great team, we see no limits on where we can take this”.
The upcoming “Miskatonic Graffiti” is a concept album, broken into three sections, and based on the stories and events that take place in the small fictional town called “The Mountains”. The band describes the concept as if “Ziggy Stardust met H. P. Lovecraft in Twin Peaks”.
The album was produced and recorded during the summer of 2014 in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden by Anders Ljung, Mats Rubarth, Erik Almström and Josephine Forsman, together with sound engineer Jon Bordon.
Since its inception, Casablanca has released two albums, the debut “Apocalyptic Youth” and the sequel “Riding a Black Swan”, while touring across its native Sweden. The band has also opened for KISS at Sweden's Malmo Stadium.
Stay tuned for more information on Casablanca and “Miskatonic Graffiti”, out this summer on Despotz Records.
Line-up:
Anders Ljung - vocals
Josephine Forsman - drums
Mats Rubarth - bass
Erik Almström - guitar
Erik Stenemo - guitar
Ryan Roxie - guitar
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/casablanca
www.despotz.se
The band commented: “First single from the Casablanca concept album "Miskatonic Graffiti", "My Shadow out of Time" is about memories of loss on a cosmic scale - of those left on the other side, gone forever? It's about things left in the run, like shadows lost in time. Don't we all lose a few shadows, while making our way through life?”
“We are incredibly excited to present this new signing to the Despotz Family”, said Carl-Marcus Gidlöf of Despotz Records. “We welcome Casablanca and look forward to a very fruitful cooperation. In the current climate in the industry, this concept album feels just right. This album offers a combination of sharp singles embedded with long intro and outro songs, and a story and sound that captivates the listener like a favorite TV series that you just don't want to end. Combining this with a huge passion and a great team, we see no limits on where we can take this”.
The upcoming “Miskatonic Graffiti” is a concept album, broken into three sections, and based on the stories and events that take place in the small fictional town called “The Mountains”. The band describes the concept as if “Ziggy Stardust met H. P. Lovecraft in Twin Peaks”.
The album was produced and recorded during the summer of 2014 in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden by Anders Ljung, Mats Rubarth, Erik Almström and Josephine Forsman, together with sound engineer Jon Bordon.
Since its inception, Casablanca has released two albums, the debut “Apocalyptic Youth” and the sequel “Riding a Black Swan”, while touring across its native Sweden. The band has also opened for KISS at Sweden's Malmo Stadium.
Stay tuned for more information on Casablanca and “Miskatonic Graffiti”, out this summer on Despotz Records.
Line-up:
Anders Ljung - vocals
Josephine Forsman - drums
Mats Rubarth - bass
Erik Almström - guitar
Erik Stenemo - guitar
Ryan Roxie - guitar
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/casablanca
www.despotz.se