SCHONWALD – Between Parallel Lights

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Anywave records, coldwave, darkwave, deathwave, For Fans of 4AD, Gothic Italy, Jesus & Mary Chain, Ladytron, loveliescrushing, Lycia, manic depression records, Mephisto walz, postpunk, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, SCHONWALD - Between Parallel Lights, Swirling guitars, Tamaryn, The banshees, The Cocteau Twins, The House Of Love, the kvb, The Softmoon, This Ascension

After taking the WGT in 2015 by storm and their excellent last album Dream For The Fall in 2014, a lot of people including myself are eagerly awaiting the release of the new album. Inland opens with a strained synth key, before the drum machine kicks in and an explosive guitar crescendo bursts forth like fireworks exploding in the night sky. It has hints of the earlier brilliance of The Soft Moon, and The Cocteau Twins, The Banshees as Ale has her own vocal style. This will have you dancing like a maniac. What a great song and that’s just the first track! Love it! Shatter – the familiar swirling guitar sound of Schonwald which will appeal to fans of Lycia, This Ascension, Loveliescrushing and Mephisto Walz. If Ladytron had more guitars it might be as good as this. Great! Directions features some great minimal electronic synths in a darkwave mix weaving through the guitar and perfect vocal to deliver another coldwave punch to pound the dancefloor. Wow!
Lux has a colder feel with guitars that remind me of early Jesus & Mary Chain and early Tamaryn. Love it! Victory somehow reminds me of The House of Love with the guitars cranked up to 12. Great! Xenos has a strong updated Banshees sound and at the same time is set apart by Ale’s vocals. Yet another song to bounce around the dancefloor to. Epic! Venice another great song with a hint of The KVB which will ignite the dancefloor! Love it! Fury which is captured perfectly in the musical composition -one of the best songs Schonwald have done so far. Destined to become a classic! Silver Veins – Has a very vivid darkwave feel which has been shaped into a unique aural pleasure. Nice! Wall – an epic instrumental track reminds me a bit of 90’s Red Lorry Yellow Lorry brings the album to a close. At this point you will be reaching to press repeat play of the whole album. What a great album! This box of brilliant musical fireworks is released on 5th November via Anywave Records & Manic Depression Records. I look forward very much to see this being performed live in 2016.

Alessandra Gismondi (vocals, bass) and Luca Bandini(guitar, synth and drum machine)

http://www.anywaverecords.com
http://www.manicdepressionrecords.com

SCHONWALD – Dream For The Fall

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Anywave records, Autobahn, coldwave, darkwave, Keluar, Lovliescrushing, Lycia, new wave, postpunk, SCHONWALD - Dream For The Fall, SHE PAST AWAY, Tamaryn, The Cocteau Twins, the kvb, THE SOFT MOON

One of the most eagerly awaited releases of 2014 from Italy’s Schonwald is their new album Dream For The Fall. Blending a perfect mix of Coldwave, New Wave, Darkwave, Swirly guitars, and Postpunk whilst appealing to fans of The Soft Moon, The KVB, Keluar, Autobahn, She Past Away, The Cocteau Twins, Lycia, Loveliescrushing and Tamaryn. After releasing their first album in 2009 Schonwald have been devloping and polishing their own unique sound which has led to some quite majestic musical releases over the last 18 months including covers of The Cure, The Cocteau Twins and Joy Division which have been well received.
Crystallized has a slightly Soft Moon intro whilst being driven by a similiar drum beat, but the guitars a far more lush and ethereal with vocals to match. A great song for any cold/dark/new wave dancefloor. Damn infectious. Love it!
Deep metals – is possibly one of the best songs on the album, love the intensity of the drums, bass and guitars colliding in a sensual splash of ethereal noise! Great vocals again. A dancefloor smash! Wow! Triangle – A sublime song, lovely swirly guitars, with an exceptional tight musical arrangement. Amazing! Achrome – the tempo remains a relentless assault on the dancefloor, this will have you bouncing around the room. Love it! Star Rex– reminds me very much of Tamaryn an exceptional ethereal swirly feel with dreamscope vocals to match. Epic! Next comes their recent single Rays with a very strong Cocteau Twins feel whilst maintaining a suitable dancefloor tempo. Lovely! Lower Lovers which is the b-side is as good as the A-side Rays. The best song the Cocteau Twins never wrote! Love it! Neon-a lushesly swirling guitarscape with a pulsating eletronic drum and the 35 minutes or so on the rollercaster through ethereal heaven and it’s over – which will have you reaching for the repeat play switch again and again! You might even wear out your copy of the album it’s that good! Schonwald are definately in my top five of bands I need to see live and would easily grace a big event like the WGT or excellent Kalabalik festival in Sweden. Buy your copy now !

https://anywave.bandcamp.com/album/dream-for-the-fall