Two years on from the release of their last offering Black & Gold, the Swedish rock quartet Thundermother‘s sixth studio album, Dirty & Divine, is out on AFM Records – As is the band’s latest single and music video, taken for the new album, ‘Can’t Put Out The Fire’.
Singer Linnea Vikström Egg said about the song: “‘Can’t Put Out The Fire’ is Thundermother‘s love letter to rock n’ roll and more specifically – Kiss! It’s a trip down nostalgia lane to the time where our childhood rock n’ roll dreams were made. You wanted the best, and you got it – Thundermother!”
Listen now on all digital streaming services here and check out the video here at RAMzine.
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But a short while back, the band kicked off the new year in heavy style, premiering a new lyric video for their then single ‘Bright Eyes‘ Regarding the new single, the band commented: “This song is the Thundermother sound and vibe that people relate to us, and we’re super proud of the recording and the outcome of the song that we really worked on hard in the studio!”
You can stream the song now on all digital services here and check out the video below – It followed a series of previously-released tracks, heavy rockers ‘Speaking Of The Devil’, ‘I Left My License in the Future’ as well as the catchy album opening track ‘So Close’, and what was described as “a spine-chilling music video” for their anthemic rock juggernaut ‘Dead or Alive’.
The band commented on the release of that last track thus: “With ‘Dead Or Alive’ we’re exploring the feeling of emptiness that sometimes come after a warm summer and into the fall. We’re asking the question of “what do I do with my life, now that the darkness is upon me for eight months?”. We’re don’t have any answers, but we hope that our fans can connect with that feeling and that Dead or Alive can be a song for those who is asking that same question.”
Committed to the electrifying euphoria of real, organic rock ‘n’ roll. Over the course of 15 years and five widely acclaimed studio albums, Thundermother have firmly established themselves as one of the most vivacious and vital hard rock bands around. A blistering onslaught of loud, proud and groovy hard rock, their upcoming studio offering Dirty & Divine marks the start of a new era for Thundermother and the recorded debut of two new members: frontwoman Linnea Vikström Egg and drummer Joan Massing. Dirty & Divine also welcomes back bassist Majsan Lindberg to the fold. The Swedes return remotivated, the sixth Thundermother album is said to crackles and fizzle with “gritty authenticity and unstoppable passion”.
A decision to record the new material live in the studio has reaped its own rewards. Dirty & Divine is said to be the sound of a kickass rock ‘n’ roll band doing it for real, and loving every raucous second.
“You’ve still got the same Thundermother feeling, with my guitar playing and all of that,” Filippa Nässil recently said. “It’s still got a ‘70s vibe, but the melodies are catchier and the vocals are obviously different. We never stand still. I think this is the best album we’ve made so far, and I’m very picky!” she laughed. “We recorded it in Copenhagen, with Soren Andersen producing again, and we recorded eight songs in four days. So, this was the quickest recording we’ve ever done, and the best outcome!“
“Oh my god. The new girls bring everything!” said Nässil. “Linnea is someone I’ve always wanted to work with. I first asked her to join before I asked Guernica (Mancini, former Thundermother singer) to join, eight years ago. So she has always been my first pick. I’m thrilled that she said yes this time. Then we searched Europe for a drummer, and we found her in France. Joan is a fucking beast on the drums! It just makes our music so much tighter and groovier. We were immediately better and more powerful live, so we decided to record this album live in the studio.”
She is also thrilled to have Lindberg back, holding down the bottom end: “Majsan brings a real rock ‘n’ roll vibe to the band,” she enthused. “She’s one-take tight in the studio, and she brings that fat, thick sound that we need. She brings the thunder to Thundermother!”
“We’ve been working on this a long time, maybe a year and a half,” said the guitarist, who was pregnant during the Dirty & Divine recording process and is now a Thundermother for real.
“As soon as Linnea came into the band we started sending demos to each other, and we did loads of writing, which was great, because she’s a fantastic songwriter! I was sending her the music and she was sending me these amazing lyrics and melodies. It’s been fun to work with someone that good! On the last album we had outside songwriters because we didn’t have any energy in the band, but now I can just send Linnea music and then just kick back when she sends lyrics and melodies that just crush the song.”
Tracks featured on the new album are ‘So Close’, ‘Can’t Put Out The Fire’, ‘Speaking Of The Devil’, ‘Feeling Alright’, ‘Take The Power’, ‘I Left My License In The Future’, ’Dead Or Alive’, ‘Can You Feel It’, ‘ Bright Eyes’ and ‘American Adrenaline’.
Dirty & Divine can be ordered here.
The ‘Dead Or Alive’ single is still available on all digital streaming services here.
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