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| Björn Magnusson — Nightclub Music & Ethereal Faith Björn Magnusson's new record "Nightclub Music & Ethereal Faith" is coming out roughly four years after his outstanding last album "Almost Transparent Blue". It will be released on December 16, 2022 via Specter Fix Press. Feeling the jittery concoction of knowing where you're headed and being completely lost, abandoning the dimlit streets for pitch black alleys, only to hear the nervous screech of a saxophone mingling with the demented noise of an electric guitar, as the piano and drums come thumping out some door left ajar. You stop for a second, make out a word here and there, too detached from each other to create a storyline, yet enough to just barely hold it together. So much as introduction to Björn Magnusson's new record Nightclub Music & Ethereal Faith, coming out roughly four years after his last album Almost Transparent Blue. It further emphasizes his music's introspective and fragile nature, being as much a sly take on Rock n Roll as it is wild eyed existentialism and a sober reflection on life. Throughout these hallways, populated by the cries of saxophone and guitar, pianos and stumbling drums, his voice and lyrical vignettes act as a somewhat detached yet lucid guide, with imagery and characters that seem unconnected at first but give way to a bigger picture as things go on... write your comments about the article :: © 2022 Jazz News :: home page |