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Black vinyl with printed innersleeve. Limited 300 numbered copies

Isobel And November from Gävle, Sweden, began as a solo project in the late 90s, where singer/writer Per-Erik Söderberg played the songs on his hollow, heavily tuned down Gretsch. With the help of joining members, the band soon began experimenting with sound and texture, which made Isobel the droning, pounding, Kraut and Psych-quartet it is today. Reviews of their earlier work have suggested “Post-Rock Johnny Cash”, “Doom-Country” and other examples of creative copy. Then the direction became propelled by having a new drummer (Mr Robert Norrman) and that influenced the band in new directions – starting to build less on melody and more on groove and noise. Staying in the groove and noise is something that we’ve always have done live when the songs had improvisational parts, and we became aware of our love for those parts, says Per-Erik Söderberg, singer and main writer. We’re done with the traditional songs for the time being. The Funeral Party material also features a very dynamic vocal delivery – Per-Erik’s vocals ranges from his patented low-key rumble to a new, more experimental timbre I felt that our new rhythm based songs needed a new approach in terms of both vocals and lyrics, says the frontman. Leaving the comfort zone of controlled vocal harmonies was of great importance and this opened up for a whole new way to deliver the words.

Track list:
1. Mammon
2. Usurper
3. Pneuma
4. Mouth & Toil
5. Funeral Party
6. Siri Von Essen