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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
- Limited edition 12" vinyl, transparent with yellow splatter (edition of 500 units worldwide)
***All orders are sent with standard shipping with no tracking. For tracking please email store@pnkslm.com before placing your order
***PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PRE-ORDER ITEM. OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE IS MAY 31 2024. PRE-ORDERS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIP OUT MID MAY.
***PLEASE NOTE THE IMAGE IS AN APPROXIMATION OF THE FINAL RECORD AND THE ACTUAL COLORING MAY VARY
Includes digital pre-order of Animated Music [EP].
You get 2 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
digital album releases May 31, 2024
item ships out within 7 days
edition of 500
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Pre-order of Animated Music [EP]. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
The Gothenburg, Sweden based psychedelic rock combo Hollow Ship returns with Animated Music, a new four track EP and the follow-up to their acclaimed 2020 debut LP Future Remains. Starting off as an improvisational collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and producer Thomas E. Frank and guitarist Vincent Vensal, the core of Hollow Ship’s music has always been based around the interplay between its various parts, with a looseness and playfulness to its sound coupled with expert musicianship.
Formed in Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast the band took their first steps during 2019, releasing the debut 7” We Were Kings as well as touring both at home and around Europe. With the release of Future Remains, which was praised by the likes of Prog Magazine, Shindig! and Raven Sings the Blues, the band quickly gained a cult following despite having to cancel all touring plans due to the album being released mid first wave of covid, with word of about the band spreading around the world.
With the band’s unique rhythm-driven psychedelia, with influences from jazz, avant-garde, hard rock and bands such as Los Jaivos, Vangelis and Motörhead, at the forefront Animated Music pushes the band further into the instrumental realm than before, anchored by the rhythm section of long-time drummer Mårten Magnefors alongside incoming bass player Donovan von Martens. A cinematic journey over the space of 20 minutes, the music was originally written for the band’s Space Motion show, a live collaboration between Hollow Ship and visual artist Freddy Wallin, before being finalised into the shape of the Animated Music EP.
“The basic tracks were recorded live in just one session last year, using an eight track tape machine. We wanted to keep it raw and simple with everyone playing together in the same room. Our aim was to find pure energy, the feeling of a band going to the studio for the first time. Not overthinking it.” says Frank.
Animated Music showcases the band’s instrumental storytelling at great effect, further establishing the band at the forefront of the Swedish psychedelic scene alongside luminaries such as Dungen and Goat, while also bringing to mind international contemporaries such as Boogarins, Khruangbin, Kikagaku Moyo and Tame Impala.
Animated Music is due out on May 31 via Swedish indie label PNKSLM Recordings (7ebra, Chemtrails, ShitKid etc) on limited edition splatter vinyl and digitally.
Over the past year the band has also been putting the final touches to their upcoming second full-length, due out in the winter, so expect more from Hollow Ship soon.
credits
releases May 31, 2024
Recorded by Axel Jonsson & Thomas E. Frank at Studio Ljudvalvet.
Mixed by Lauri Nyberg (A), Thomas Frank (B).
Mastered by Mattias Glavå.
Produced by Thomas E. Frank.
Cover art by Freddy Wallin.
Layout by Donovan von Martens.
All songs written by Thomas E. Frank except Leaving, written by Thomas E. Frank, Mårten Magnefors, Donovan Van Martens, Vincent Vensal.
Hollow Ship is:
Thomas E. Frank - guitar, synthesizers, piano, percussion, flute
Mårten Magnefors - drums, percussion
Donovan von Martens - bass
Vincent Vensal - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Hollow Ship is a four-piece psychedelic rock band from
Gothenburg.
Their groovy music mixes sounds of early British psych with mindexpanding funky afro-rock.
Sweet analogue sonics of the 60s are fused with modern technique creating their own distinctive sound.
supported by 7 fans who also own “Animated Music [EP]”
Medicine is one of the most hauntingly beautiful albums I've ever had to privilege to hear. It helped me get more in touch with my own self, spirituality and nature. It certainly lives up to its name. The flutes, drumming and percussion are just wonderful. This is a great album to let play all the way through. pimblycharles
supported by 6 fans who also own “Animated Music [EP]”
I was in heaven all day listing to this band. I haven't falling for a band this hard, since I found Led Zep in the early 70s. ASSUME! I NEED MORE! Rory MacKenzie
