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Monday, March 24, 2014

Stian Westerhus & Pale Horses "Maelstrom"


Country: Norway
Sub GenreProgressive Rock
LabelRune Grammofon
Release date: March 28, 2014
Tracklist
1 Don´t Say That You Care
2 Nights And Sleepless Days
3 Bed On Fire
4 On And On
5 Times Like These
6 Chasing Hills
7 Steepest Wall
8 Maelstrom

Line-up
Stian Westerhus - guitar, vocals
Øystein Moen (Jaga Jazzist) - keyboards
Erland Dahlen - drums, percussion

Description/Reviews
Stian Westerhus is best known as one of Northern Europe’s most fascinating abstract guitar stylists. In Pale Horses, an electronic rock trio formed with keyboardist Øystein Moen (Jaga Jazzist) and drummer/percussionist Erland Dahlen, songs are given the freedom to ebb, flow, elongate and contract, much like a more improvised set. Breaking out of a verse-chorus mould, debut album Maelstrom is a deluge of fluid and highly emotive tracks that rely on the superb musicianship and unforgettable vocals of the leader, who proves himself capable of expressing pain and joy in equal measure. Perhaps the most obvious similarities – surprisingly – are with the experimental side of Radiohead and Coldplay, but you’ll also hear traces of Scottish bedroom romantics The Blue Nile and the psychedelic solemnity of late Talk Talk. A track like ‘Bed On Fire’, which rises from subtle digital textures to a full-on guitar solo, fully reveals these players’ exploratory backgrounds; while ‘Chasing Hills’ might have sat comfortably on Radiohead’s leftfield-swerving Kid A.

Media/Samples 
Chasing Hills

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