MANGOO: Finnish Fuzz Rockers Premiere "Beyond The Sky" Video At New Noise Magazine; The Heat Release Day Nears
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Finnish fuzz rockers MANGOO (pronounced "man go")
will drop their forthcoming full-length, The Heat, via Small Stone next week.
The Turku-based outfit's third full-length boasts a wall of thick, fuzz-fueled
guitars and hard-hitting drums with an added sprinkling of analog synth sounds.
Combined they result in a sound truly the band's own - someplace between
grunge, classic heavy rock, and a progressive psychedelic spaciousness that
refuses any and all boundaries of style between rock and metal and beyond.
In advance of its release New Noise Magazine offers up the
official new video for "Beyond The Sky." The captivating new clip was
selected to be screened and compete in the Finnish Oulu Music Video Festival
2017. Offers the band of their latest Atte Heinonen-directed work, "Once
again, director Atte Heinonen did an amazing job with the video. We are
especially thankful for not having to appear in it at all. Atte and Juha
[Koivisto] came up with an interesting and personal interpretation that gives
the song a new dimension. We are also very grateful for Gidon Tannenbaum's
[Mother Kasabian] kick ass guest appearance on the track."
Adds Atte Heinonen, "Tormenter is alluring. Tormenter
is cunning. Tormenter is brutal. Tormenter is with us all. Can you find a key
to your prison? The video to MANGOO's 'Beyond The Sky' is a grindhouse style
story about three young women on a roadtrip that takes a strange turn. The
soundtrack vibe of the song inspired me to make a cinematic video, actually
more like a short film. We developed the idea during the summer of 2016, and
the production started in the fall. All in all, we spent seven days shooting
it. We built our own props and two sets of miniature models. Two of the
locations where in an old clergy house dating from the 18th century. We got the
whole thing done just in time for the Oulu Music Video Festival, where it was
accepted into the domestic competition category. There it went up against 112
other videos selected from 402 entries. For a music video, this was quite a big
chunk of work, but we got it packaged very nicely thanks to an amazing and
dedicated team!"
View "Beyond They Sky," courtesy of New Noise
Magazine, at THIS LOCATION.
And if you missed it, view the video clip for MANGOO's first
single, "Relief," RIGHT HERE.
The Heat will see release via Small Stone on December 8th,
2017. Preorders are currently available at THIS LOCATION.
MANGOO has been busting out the fuzz since 2005 when they
released their untitled debut EP. Countless beers, shows, and drummers later in
2009 the first full-length, Neolithic, was released on 7:45 Records. With a
firm lineup of vocalist/guitarist Richard "Pickles" Dahllund,
guitarist/backing vocalist Mathias "Mattarn" Åkerlund,
bassist/backing vocalist Igor del Toro, drummer/backing vocalist Teemu
Pulkkinen, and keyboardist/backing vocalist/noisemaker/engineer Niklas
Björklund, they engage new expanses as they follow-up their 2012 Small Stone
debut, Neverland, with the eleven songs of The Heat.
Mega-choruses like "Get Away" and "Grey
Belly" provide landmarks while MANGOO brings psychedelic heft to
"Beyond The Sky" and the title-track, which, at seven minutes, seems
to draw together everything the album that shares its name has to offer -
except perhaps in the closing cover of Eddie Murphy's 1985 single "Party
All The Time." Not that they needed to remind listeners to stay on their
toes because you never know what's coming when MANGOO emerges from the studio,
but suffice it to say the track remains an earworm for the ages.
All told, MANGOO's The Heat is fifty-three minutes of
masterful heavy rock and roll of inimitable personality and unmistakable
songcraft. It is a welcome return after half a decade from a band who have
obviously not been wasting their time in terms of growth and forward
progression, and a surefire highlight for any underground heads lucky enough to
take it on.
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