ii (2021)
https://octopusride.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/OctopusRideTheBand/
www.octopusride.se/music
Though formed in 1999, Octopus Ride did not release their debut album until 2013. Now, finally, the follow-up has arrived. Two albums in twenty-two years may indicate that these Swedes don’t like to rush things. On the other hand, their music is bristling with restless energy and unpredictability. Often, a nervous, minimal riff and a speeding drum will serve as a foundation, which allows mysterious sounds to enter and exit the audio landscape much like the images and scenes of a dream. Occasionally, an actual “song” will appear, in one case even a slow waltz, but arranged in such an unsettling, disorientating fashion that it will put listeners out at sea, clutching at the railings. Not quite shoegaze, nor post-punk, nor krautrock, Octopus Ride are once again transporting you into a world of sounds that is theirs and theirs alone.
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Sound Effect Records
https://www.facebook.com/SoundEffectRecords
https://www.soundeffect-records.gr
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1.
If You’re Happy 00:00
2.
Money Trouble 05:04
3.
I Saw You (We All Did) 07:37
4.
A Place You Wouldn’t Know 10:43
5.
One Summer’s Break 13:50
6.
Things’ll Never Be The Same 21:14
7.
I Wait 27:50
8.
The Sun In My Hands 35:01
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released October 22, 2021
Octopus Ride:
Karl Alm – Guitar and keyboards
Christian Ekvall – Guitar, vocals and keyboards
Henrik Kyhlberg – Drums
Johannes Måbrink – Bass
Unni Zimmerdahl – Cornet and keyboards
Guest appearances:
Björn Eriksson – Viola on “One Summer’s Break”
Robert Karlsson – Bass on “I Saw You (We All Did)”
Jenny Wilson – Backing vocals on “A Place …” and “I Wait”
Children’s choir on “If You’re Happy”:
Leo Bergström, Sture Ekvall, Siri Nin Sjöstrand, Vida Pinheiro Ågren
“Things’ll Never Be the Same” was written by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce. All other tracks by Octopus Ride.
I Saw You (We All Did): recorded in Helsingborg, 2002, engineered and mixed by Magnus Hansson. All other tracks: recorded at Press Rec Studios and in Ekvall’s home, Malmö, 2016-2020, engineered and mixed by Alm.
Produced by Alm/Ekvall.
Mastered by Joakim Lindberg.
Cover art by Danilo Stankovic.
Sleeve design by Martin Daun.