Her Royal Harness - 'a romanticist and cathartic take on synthesized pop'

Album release: The Hunting Room by Her Royal Harness
Release date: 15 July 2013
Listen: on official website 

Her Royal Harness, described as a romanticist and cathartic take on synthesized pop, is the conception of Norwegian songwriter Helene Jaeger.

The project came into being soon after Jaeger encountered London producer/instrumentalist Dylan Long in an internet music forum, a meeting which at the time quickly turned into an argument. However, the two gradually sensed that their contrasting approaches would make something distinctive and emotionally potent.

Pushing a variety of influences through their own filter - southern gothic writing, Metroplex techno, Holland-Dozier-Holland, early rock'n'roll, Solid Gold-era Gang of Four, Echo and the Bunnymen, Baroque classical music, an obsession with the late 1980s Eventide H3000 effects unit... the two approach making pop music with no boundaries.

According to Jaeger, The Hunting Room is a record about “someone not quite at home”, chronicling a series of attempts at breaking through restrictions, searching for meaning, trying to get a reaction from an unresponsive environment.

Musically, the album sees a range of expression: pitched down ¾ time techno laments, plucked film score strings played through 90s boom boxes, Mellotron choirs and hip hop bass lines, pummeling rock beats and post punk rhythms all firmly anchored in clear melodic structure and Jaeger’s Quixotic, impassioned delivery.

Part of the rationale behind Her Royal Harness is to channel the deep-reaching expressive potential of pop, says Jaeger. “We see it as perhaps the greatest thing about pop music, its ability to move people, and that’s something we aim for – to make something that emotionally, even physically makes you react.” 

The Hunting Room was produced and recorded by Her Royal Harness in their basement project studio in Bergen, Norway and mixed by Justin Gerrish (Vampire Weekend, The Strokes, Weezer, Muse) at DNA Studios NYC. 

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Honningbarna announce UK and Ireland live dates

Tour info: Honningbarna - UK and Ireland tour
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Honningbarna are a group of teenage punks from Norway; their name translates to "The Honeychildren", and they have been kicking up a big fuss in their own country, having already won the Norwegian equivalent of a Grammy this year and being nominated for Best Newcomer. They’re an energetic, uncompromising and driven live presence, with a lead singer who also plays, unconventionally, a cello. 

Following legendary shows at Iceland Airwaves, by:Larm and Roskilde, and a quote from Clash calling them the "most exciting band in Norway", they're heading over to the UK and Ireland for just a handful of shows in April.

Musically a potent mix of political lyrics against apathy and melodic aggression, they have already overcome tragedy in the last year, losing their original drummer in a car crash and only continuing as a band with the support of their families and a wish from his own. They're currently distributing new demos direct to fans, who are then encouraged to share with everyone they can.

Musically, they make hardcore punk with shards of lo-fi, post-punk and melody. In places it's like you're listening to a much skinnier, much younger F*cked Up. There's a few similarirties to Ice Age and Kverlertak in there too, inevitably with the latter also choosing to sing in their native language, and there is no shortage of riffs.

2012 live dates in UK / Ireland

• 10th April at Whelan's in Dublin
• 11th April at The Shackwell Arms, London
• 12th April at Wide Days, Edinburgh

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Second album from Spirits of the Dead

Album release: The Great God Pan
Release date: August 1 2011
Label: Big Dipper / White Elephant 
Listen: www.myspace.com/spiritsofthedeadmusic

“Sounds like King Crimson jamming to tracks from Physical Grafitti” - Classic Rock Magazine

“A three-note riff heavy enough to raze skyscrapers, to level cities, nay, to crack the earth” - The Line of Best Fit
“The album sounds heavenly. A dream debut.” - Revolver Magazine 
“Great stuff and definitely one to watch.” - Classic Rock Society
“Recommended!” - Stonerrock.com

Spirits of the Dead are a psychedelic-stoner-folk-rock band with one foot in the eclectic magic of the sixties and seventies and the other in the modern electric rock sound of 2012. The Norweigen act released their self titled album in 2010 to critical acclaim and were subsequently honoured through inclusion in Classic Rock Magazine's top 50 albums-of-the-year list and featured on their cover mount CD - "The Best Of 2010".

Spirits of The Dead’s debut was a well-executed and well-crafted debut from a band with one eye set on the past and the other fixed firmly forward. The record received great reviews all over the world, giving them a growing attention as definitely a band to watch – they were subsequently able to tour across Europe for the first time earlier this year, including their first UK date at London’s Garage.

The band's second album, The Great God Pan, is a much more experimental record; it's a more conceptual album than the debut, yet still retains the great diversity of songs that is SOTD's brand. From the slow build of Mighty Mountain, to the anthemic and overdriven fuzz of Pure As The Lotus, The Wickerman-esque freak folk of the title track or the genuinely unsettling Casting The Runes, this bizarre and wonderful record shows nothing but respect for its influences whilst pushing the boundaries of the band’s previous work. 

As with the first album it was recorded in Grand Sport Studios by Christian Engfeldt and mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound NY.

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