UNGDOMSKULEN’S GRAND NEW RELEASE
Møster musician guests on the Norwegian trio’s energetic fourth album.
Ungdomskulen’s new album Gold rush is out through apollon records on March 2. It follows a gap of six years since secrecy.
“we’ve all been very busy,” explains guitarist and vocalist Kristian stockhaus, “but the fact we decided to put out this album after such a lengthy period shows our commitment to the band.”
stockhaus believes that the eight-track Gold rush has a very cinematic feel.
“each song comes over as if it’s a scene from a movie, but there’s no overlaying concept. It’s just that when I listen back now to the album I can personally visualise images that seem to tell a story.”
the band wrote the material during a number of sessions over that six-year period, before recording Gold rush in their own purpose-built studio.
“the way things work is we get the instrumental sections written first, and then I do lyrics to fit. that can be a challenge because the music is always so complex,” he says.
norwegian jazz saxophonist Kjetil Møster appears on the last track cassandra, and there’s an unexpected guest musician on Lovers on the run too.
“there was a mariachi band playing in the street one day, so I asked the trumpet player if he would appear on this song. It was a spur of the moment idea, but that’s how we tend to work. apart of that, you will also hear people talking and street noises. It all adds to the ambience.”
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