The resilient recessive Seventies krautrock gene surfaces in Scandinavia, with Gothenburg’s Hills joining Goat and Circle in a growing Norse pantheon of glögg-fuelled trance-rockers.
A belated British push for this, the band’s second album, anticipating further bombardment, softens the ground with sphincter-dilating bass grooves, vapor trails of hiss, pounding production line rhythms, Lutheran organ drones, and sparse vocal mantras, that reach their apogee in the epic title track.
The ambient soundscape of Claras Vaggvisa and Death Shall Come’s monastic chanting vary the mood.
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Stuart, Chortle
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Idrie, Youtube
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Bosco239, youtube
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Guest1001, Youtube
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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John Robins, Comedian
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk