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Re-release of second studio album "Narcotica" via Berlins independent label 8MM Musik and Anton Newcombe's 'A' Recordings.Visit product page →
While staying true to their Nico and Velvet Underground inspired colors, broader timeless inspiration of New Wave, Post Punk, and Shoegaze are accentuated through out the their second full length.
The band present a strong balance between relatively uptempo songs such as "Caught Crow" or "Delete My Ideals" and the atmospheric and psychedelic in tracks "I Will Never" and "Son Of The Ocean".
Narcotica was self produced with the assistance of Anton Newcombe at Studio East in the former Communist East German sound recording complex in Berlin, Germany.
Tracklisting:
1. Narcotica
2. Caught Crow
3. Bewitch My Senses
4. Son Of The Ocean
5. Corona
6. Delete My Ideals
7. Secure Existence
8. Street And Exile
9. Darklands
10. New Ghandi
11. I Will Never
Release Date: 02/11/2018 -
10th anniversary remastered edition of self-titled debut album.Visit product page →
The story of The Blue Angel Lounge began in the post-industrial town of Hagen in Western Germany in 2006 when Nils Ottensmeyer and Dennis 'Mel' Melster, both with abundant talent and little to do, began sculpting soundscapes. The band recorded and self-released their debut self-titled album in 2008, and shortly thereafter caught the attention of 8MM Musik in Berlin.
The band took their name from the club in New York City that in the 1960's offered Nico (Velvet Underground) her first live performances in America. Nico would remain an underlying influence on the band.
Initially a 6 piece darkly psychedelic outfit, with their second LP 'Narcotica' (8MM Musik 2010), they began subtly introducing post-punk elements to their melodic songwriting, and the intensity of Nils O's vocal began to come to the forefront.
Strangers to the mainstream, but revered by a steadily expanding fanbase around the world, the band have earned the respect of other groups such as Interpol, The Dandy Warhols, and A Place To Bury Strangers and been invited to support them on tour.
Anton Newcombe (founder of The Brian Jonestown Massacre), a fan of the band, assisted with production of 'Narcotica', and in 2012 The Blue Angel Lounge supported The Brian Jonestown Massacre on a tour of the United States, earning rave reviews.
The band played Roskilde Festival in 2013 and been twice invited to the Austin Psych Festival (now called Levitation) in Austin, Texas (2011 and 2012). In November 2012 they supported The Dandy Warhols across England, France, Holland, and Belgium.
Tracklisting:
1. Looming Solid Massive Steamer
2. Ashes Round The Skull
3. Desert Shore
4. Orange In Green
5. Into Cold Water
6. Hundred Years In Love
7. Die Away As One In Time
8. The God
9. Lsd And The Search For God
10. Rising End
Release Date: 02/11/2018 -
The last we heard of The Blue Angel Lounge, the group abruptly split up in July 2014.Visit product page →
Since then, its been mostly quiet on the western front, as far as the reclusive band from Hagen were concerned. And then suddenly, out of nowhere a cryptic Youtube'message: 'The Blue Angle Lounge. Double LP. In Times. March 2016.' And as quickly as it appeared, it disappeared again.
But this much can now be confirmed, in March by containing both carefully selected demos of their three previous studio albums - žThe Blue Angel Lounge' (2008), - žNarcotica' (2010) and - žA Sea Of Trees' (2014) as well as previously unreleased recordings, In Times reflects the coherent work & progress of the band between 2006 und 2012 and offers an unfettered image of the band at its oeuvre-peak.
Thus belies the purpose of the album within the very nature of its title: The name derives from the eponymous piece - žIn Times', which appeared exclusively on the 8MM Musik compilation that was released in 2013 on occasion of the label's ten year anniversary and was originally composed during the - žNarcotica' sessions in 2010.
In Times is out on March 25, 2016 via A Recordings in collaboration with 8MM Musik whose name is inextricably linked with The Blue Angel Lounge: The Berlin-hailing label has been in charge since 2009 and with In Times, presents the fourth LP of this exceptional band.
Whether In Times marks the rebirth of one of Germany best bands of the last decade remains unclear. So far this much is certain however, the founding members Nils Ottensmeyer and Dennis Melster will embark on a string of european acoustic shows the end of March.
Tracklisting:
1. Supernova Ending
2. Cryin'Shames
3. Jesus Walks
4. Son Of the Ocean
5. Caroline
6. All These Days
7. The Man From Nowhere
8. Nothing At All
9. What You Got
10. Leg Dich Zur Ruh
11. Stella Star
12. Yeah Track
13. Street And Exile
14. Smoke The Roses
15. In Times
16. Narcotica
17. Bewitch My Senses
18. Torn (Secure Existence)
19. Walls
20. Caught Crow
