The Mysterons – Meandering (2 February 2017)

The Mysterons is a 5 piece band from Netherlands with a very unique sound.

Singer Josephine van Schaik, guitarist Jordy Sanger, keyboard player Pyke Pasman who along with bassist Peter Peskens and drummer Sonny Groeneveld are with Jungle by Night, a 9-piece collective based in Amsterdam, consisting of brothers, cousins and school friends aged between 15 and 22 years.

The Mysterons were named after the 60s series ‘Captain Scarlett And The Mysterons” and are producing high quality music which is difficult to pigeonhole.

After recent high profile performances at Lowlands, Into The Great Wide Open, Motel Mozaique, Paradiso and French showcase festival Transmusicales they put out their debut full length album ‘Meandering” in 2017.

The album has ten tracks and captures your attention by the first note.

Might be Josephine van Schaik’s high pitched voice.

She is very comfortable with middle eastern melodies on tracks such as “Turkish Delight” or Indian flavored ones, such as “Meandering”.

On the other hand, the rest of the band members are great musicians that can easily pass from groovy garage rock to psychedelia and from middle eastern music phrases to western pop.

Order your copy from HERE

 

Bella Morte – Year of the Ghost (August 2017)

Bella Morte is a Gothic band from Charlottesville, VA that has been around for about 20 years.

The trio of Andy Deane – Vocals, Tony Lechmanski – Guitar & Backing Vocals and Marshall Camden – Bass and/or Keyboards have just released their 9^th studio full length release titled “Year of the Ghost”.

This is a 100% DIY album with the band writing, recording, mastering even doing th design work themselves.

“Year of the Ghost” consists of nine originals and one cover version, (VNV Nation’s “Further”).

Although this is a “Gothic/coldwave band” there is a very pleasant and warm atmosphere in the whole album probably because of the beautiful melodies that the lads came up with.

My favorite tracks are: the powerful post-punk “Black Orchids”, the fast paced “Prayers for the Damned” with its hard rocking guitars (gives a whole new sound to the band) and a track with a Joy Division flavor, ttitled “Dead of Night”.

The dreamy “Burn” can spread sweet melancholy in your room while “Break this Cold” is a song with a pop hook on the guitar and was made to make you move your feet…

I some people are saying “there are no good albums made in our days anymore…”

Next time someone tells this to you, buy him a copy of Bella Morte’s “Year of the Ghost”.

You can order your copy HERE

THE VIDEO THAT FOLLOWS WAS POSTED BEFORE THE ALBUM RELEASE