 Patchouli Blue album cover |
Jan. 24, 2020, Mülheim and der Ruhr, Köln – Bohren & der Club of Gore have released Patchouli Blue (Ipecac Recordings), the band’s eighth studio album and one that continues the band’s unique musical vision of “dark ambient paired with Angelo Badalamenti-style cinematic jazz” (Treble Zine). A video for the track “Tief Gesunken” is available now: https://youtu.be/CLWATH36bYA with the album available as a 2LP set as well as the standard formats and on streaming services: https://smarturl.it/ Bohren & der Club of Gore is Christoph Clöser (saxophone/Fender Rhodes, piano, vibraphone, drums), Morten Gass (organ, piano, vocoder, baritone guitar, mellotron, Fender Rhodes, drums) and Robin Rodenberg (double bass, drums). The band has released seven studio albums: Gore Motel (1994), Midnight Radio (1995), Sunset Mission (2000), Black Earth (2002), Geisterfaust (2005), Dolores (2008), Beileid (2011) and Piano Nights (2014). Pitchfork described the Köln-based band’s music as “a unique blend of metal, jazz and ambient” music, further dubbing it “anti-social cocktail music.” The Quietus said there’s “something terrifyingly beautiful” about the Clöser-helmed band. # # # | ||