Kalandra - Onto The Fire/Rest Your Soul
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| Kalandra - Onto The Fire/Rest Your Soul |
Release Date: 28th April 2014
Folk Rock used to be a genre that
struck fear in to my heart and derision in to my...funny bones. As I mature in
my musical tastes, however, I can appreciate a broader blend of styles and
that's got to be a good thing if it means I get to enjoy artists like Kalandra.
The Liverpudlian six piece create eccentric and eclectic rock music that is as
big in sound as it is adventurous in spirit. Booming guitars and pounding drums
are there as you might expect but the Joanna Newsom vocals delivered in a
Brother & Bones fashion are something entirely expected. The voice belongs
to Katrine Stenbekk and it draws a Celtic and Viking influence to the fore in a
thoroughly refreshing way on 'Onto The Fire'. 'Rest Your Soul' is the other
half of this AA-side and begins as a much calmer, less bombastic tune with
gentle acoustic guitar and Stenbekk's captivating vocals beckoning you in to
some sort of elf house underneath a giant mushroom. This second track shows off
the band's folkier tendencies but that is by no means a bad thing. I think if
you were to listen to this song as though it were the person you loved more
than anyone else offering you a shoulder to cry on, then you'd be
inclined to
agree. If that last sentence doesn't make sense then you're a luckier person
than I.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/Kalandramusic?fref=ts
Live Dates:
25th July - East Village Arts Club, Liverpool w/Natalie
McCool + Rachael Wright & the Good
Sons + Inge Bremnes