OFF: Dark Sun ( was Re: OFF: Amorphis)

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On mån 10 maj 1999 09.08 +0300 "Santeri Laakso" <sla at RNI.HELSINKI.FI> wrote:

> I would love to see those pictures! We hope to have our new album ready
> this year. New two-track promo will be ready soon, to be sent to record
> companies, so that we could get a decent deal. Let's see...

     I will send the pictures soon--I have some to send to Captain
Juba also (and some to send to Scott Heller, currently occupied by
his recently-arrived daughter).  I owe many things to many people,
actually, but have been distracted by trying to finish my PhD!

     Good to hear that the new album is on the way.  Will the new
material which you played at Jönköping be on it?  The tune of
"Iskariot" (I think that was the name) has been stuck in my head
since then!

     By the way, I very much recommend Dark Sun to HW fans.  My
sense is of a sound somewhere in between Calvert-era and _HotMG_,
plus various other progressive/psych influences.  Very clean
production, very melodic.  My usual personal inclination is
towards a more Lemmified "in yer face" spacerock (as darXtar and
Pseudo Sun and Bedouin have done in various ways at various times)
but Dark Sun add polish without losing energy.  I was quite
impressed seeing them live last year, never having heard them
before their soundcheck!
     Their first album _Feed Your Mind_ is a killer to get ahold
of, and I think the 7" has sold out as well, but definitely look
into the new album when it arrives.

Cheers,
Carl

--
Carl Edlund Anderson
Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic
St. John's College, University of Cambridge
mailto:cea20 at cus.cam.ac.uk
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~carl/