
Discreet Music / Sweden / 2023
*Gustaf Dicksson regresa cun novo album de Blod cando aínda seguimos tentando asimilar todo o imaxinario do mito do antigo ser sueco que configura as reedicións coas que Aguirre Records alegraba a nosa existencia hai poucos meses.
Där Ska Barnet Vara, cun son-baixo-orzamento moito máis cru, escuro e difícil de dixerir que o seu predecesor Pilgrimssånger, continúa profundando na estética da comuna e o folclore cristián sueco.
Música espiritual inquietante na que a frauta doce, pianos, guitarras e sintetizadores baratos, deixan paso á liturxia, os coros e as voces nun traballo que a ninguén deixará indiferente.
New album from Blod recorded during the second half of 2022 by Gustaf Dicksson. Där Ska Barnet Vara is a continuation of the themes explored on Pilgrimssånger and contains nine more songs dealing with faith in different forms, with a strong presence of death. Compared to Pilgrimssånger, the sound is slightly more lo-fi and fucked up and the approach is somewhat looser and more desperate, but here are some of the strongest and most fragile and heartfelt Blod songs to date. Additional players on the record are Astrid Øster Mortensen (vocals, flute, saxophone & piano), Anna Johannesson (vocals) and Magnus Jäverling (organ and flute). Mastered by Joakim Karlsson and pressed in an edition of 1000 copies. Note: All covers are screenprinted and assembled using old record sleeves so there can be tiny defects like worn out corners, marks and occasional seam splits.