GAZPACHO release video for new album title-track 'Fireworker'
Photo Credit: Nina Krømer / @nina_kroemer
GAZPACHO have released a video for their previous single 'Fireworker', the title-track from their new album which is out today (18th September 2020) via Kscope.
Check out the video for 'Fireworker' here: https://youtu.be/jA1CScrGMsg
Keyboardist/programmer Thomas Anderson explains the video's meaning: "To celebrate the release of Fireworker, here is the film for the track. The album is about our deepest instinctual side and the fireworker who controls us from within. The existence of this entity seems to be something we have always known and celebrated within our older cultures, through rituals where we have projected sides of the fireworker onto Gods. We recognised these sides of our personalities as alien and not a true part of us. The masks that have been used all seem to reveal sides of the creature and they are many and varied. This film shows a small selection of the faces of the 'Fireworker'. May it look upon you with mercy. Enjoy!"
GAZPACHO have reigned as the kings of atmospheric and affective art rock, no small feat, as the sub-genre is full of wonderfully moody, ornate, and emotional artists. Yet none of them manage to achieve the same level of exquisite baroque resonance and hypnotically introspective weight as this Norwegian sextet. GAZPACHO never fail to provide awe-inspiring examinations of the human condition, and their latest observation, Fireworker, the follow up to 2018’s album Soyuz, is no exception. It is undoubtedly among their greatest achievements, as well as one of the most profound pieces of music you’ll hear in 2020.
Conceptually, the album follows the band’s tradition of blending grand philosophical quandaries, stimulating literary leanings, and haunting personal turmoil. In a way, it acts as the culmination of the themes and techniques that has decorated earlier collections. Fireworker comes across like the overarching umbrella under which all of its predecessors occur.
GAZPACHO's new album is a truly life-changing experience, so you would be wise to turn off all of the lights, clear your mind as best you can, and prepare to meet the Fireworker.
Fireworker has been released on CD, a gatefold 2LP on 180g black vinyl (3 sides audio, 1 side art etching) and digitally, available to stream or purchase here: https://gazpacho.lnk.to/Fireworker
GAZPACHO's European and UK tour dates with Pure Reason Revolution, which were scheduled for October 2020, have been postponed to October 2021 due to the ongoing COVD-19 pandemic.
Dates are as follows:
08.10.2021 - Warsaw PL, Progresja
09.10.2021 - Poznan PL, U Bazyla
10.10.2021 - Berlin DE, Columbia Theater
12.10.2021 - Cologne DE, Die Kantine
14.10.2021 - Zwolle NL, Hedon
15.10.2021 - Breda NL, Mezz
16.10.2021 - Paris FR, Petit Bain
17.10.2021 - London UK, Islington Assembly Hall
GAZPACHO are:
Thomas Andersen – keyboards, programming
Jan-Henrik Ohme – vocals
Jon-Arne Vibo – guitars
Mikael Krømer – violin, additional guitars
Kristian “Fido” Torp – bass
Robert R Johansen – drums
For more information:
http://www.gazpachoworld.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Gazpacho.Official.BandPage
https://www.instagram.com/gazpachoband
