M E S M E R: September 2012

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Record release shows

There's going to be two record release shows to celebrate the "Peace In Progress" 7". Our pals from Stockholm, The Scrags, will be joining us.

The dates are:

Thursday 20.9. - HELATORSTAI/Henry's Pub in HELSINKI
Friday 21.9. - FUZZ AND FIGHT/Bar Kuka in TURKU

SAID ABOUT MESMER

"Finnish act Mesmer
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tends to take a kitchen sink/anything goes approach to their music, but they are definitely at their best when they settle into a motoric Krautrock groove. (...) They still hit that groove though, just at high BPMs and with more of a Suicide
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-level intensity. Why can't more modern Kraut bands attain this sort of energy level more often? Too much Kraftwerk? That is why they fail and Mesmer does not." - It's a Trap!

"This is another of those acts I’ve never heard before, but definitely will be digging further into after being kicked in the sack by ‘The Ghost Of A Tennis Court’. With impeccable skills they storm you as a ferocious avalanche of post-punk, electro-rock, at times even touching pop ever so slightly, and seemingly sudden psychedelic urges they can’t but follow. Like children on a sugar rush in a candy store. Which makes the album a somewhat challenging experience, but once you’re in… Oh, yeah!" - All Scandinavian

"Mesmer manages to surprise with an incredibly diverse rock album, which reaches a level that is rarely attained in Finland." - Aamulehti

"One could imagine that Mesmer would feel at home in some messy rehearsal space somewhere in Williamsburg. Mesmer is all about ricocheting and fiery riffage, freak-outs flirting with punk rock, swirls of krautrock and even unapologetically introverted drone." - Soundi

"Mesmer succeeds in combining electronic and acoustic elements into a whole, that is at the same time experimental and easy to like." - Noise.fi

"Total insanity!! I couldn't believe my ears when some black metal vocals roared in, justa after I’d got comfortable with the mellower sections.... Brilliant!!!" - Bad Acid Magazine