Swedish MOLOSSER paint an electrically vibrant soundscape with downtuned acoustic guitars, vocals and drums.
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Swedish MOLOSSER paint an electrically vibrant soundscape with downtuned acoustic guitars, vocals and drums.
Artist:
MOLOSSER
Place:
Brussels
Molosser is a Swedish duo that consists of Tess (acoustic guitar, vocals, drums) and Jahn (acoustic guitar). The pair met in Gothenburg (home of many Swedish music acts, from The Soundtrack of Our Lives to Ace of Base, as well as metal giants like In Flames, The Haunted and Hammerfall). In the city, Tess and Jahn played in different bands and constellations, from riff-heavy rock to freeform jazz, mostly of the loud, noisy kind. After moving to a small farm in the province of Småland, Tess and Jahn channel their musical energies into MOLOSSER. The duo's music is built around the interplay between their two downtuned acoustic guitars which share the duties of rhythm, bass and melody (but rarely use traditional acoustic guitar techniques like strumming or fingerpicking), interwoven with Tess's strong, intimate vocals and drums (on the studio recordings). The music ranges from dark, jazzy Unsolid and doom-bluesy Dive In to Americana-smelling tracks like Ray of Moonlight and Black Oak, all with MOLOSSER's idiosyncratic, trademark sound. The album's only cover, 4th of July, is a telling choice – a nod to Soundgarden's virtuosity in composing, arranging and performing meaningful music in a heavy format – transformed into a version that is totally unexpected and still makes total sense when you hear it.
Molosser's debut album Appear was released in May this year.
Ellesmere Island is the final track on Molosser's debut album Appear
Official release day for the video and single is September 3rd
But we can put 'Black Oak' online...
