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EGO DEATH

by Lydia Laska

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Teslicity, Baby! 03:09
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Brainmelt 01:56
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You 04:58
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Taste of Blood 03:12
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I can play myself 04:58
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Gout Lord 04:10
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Did you do it again? 03:44
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We'll make-up your mind 02:50
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Funeral Fist 03:42
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Levitation 04:14
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"EDGED CIRCLE PRODUCTIONS is proud to present LYDIA LASKA's highly anticipated second album, Ego Death. The album is set for European release on October 5th, while the North American date is set for October 26th.

LYDIA LASKA hail from Stavanger and Oslo, Norway. Forming in 2002, its members come from a diverse musical background, including (but certainly not limited to) the early black metal scene as well as prog/krautrock, punk, and good ol' rock 'n' roll. The band's recorded debut came in 2006 with the White Trash Attack EP, and was followed by two more EPs - We're Nothing Compared to Ourselves (2007) and Could I Have a Go On Your Girl, Please? (2009) - but it wasn't until their debut album in 2010, Krankenhaus, where the LYDIA LASKA aesthetic truly took flight. A devilishly dark, boldly bewildering, but above all perversely catchy sound emerged, drawing in such disparate influences as the Velvet Underground, Faust, David Bowie, Royal Trux, The Stooges, and old-school black metal. Not long after its release, Krankenhaus went on to be critically acclaimed and served as an admitted prime influence for fellow hybrid-benders Kvelertak. Continuing that momentum, LYDIA LASKA soon became notorious for their chaotic live shows - to the point where they actually had to stop playing gigs since they were generally banned from most venues.

With the stage thus set, anticipation is high for LYDIA LASKA's long-awaited second album. Fittingly titled Ego Death, this is the sound of LYDIA LASKA becoming both brasher and smoother, rougher and more come-hither, swaggering and silky: a truly unique sound that can take over both radio and squats alike. Indeed, life has been that much rougher since the release of Krankenhaus, and the band's sonic influences are even more varied and violent this time. Knowing beforehand that the stakes were high, LYDIA LASKA chose to record Ego Death with esteemed producer Emil Nikolaisen (Årabrot, Todd Rundgren, Serena-Maneesh).

What results is an even-more-kaleidoscopic stroll through the gutter, even for those already well versed in LYDIA LASKA's mischievous ways. Each of the ten tracks across Ego Death could be a radio hit in the own right...if the radio station was entrenched in the darkest, dingiest sewer and was playing warring factions simultaneously. And yet, for however schizophrenic Ego Death might sound on the surface, beneath that surface is an entirely earnest and completely composed method to the mayhem. Each hook shimmers and stabs, but always with the target being both one's ears and heart; it's ridiculously difficult to get these songs outta your head. Nikolaisen's production no doubt aids in LYDIA LASKA's earworming nature here, with the soundfield finding a strange - and strangely alluring - balance between shambling and stately, regal and righteously ripped. It is, ultimately, the epitome of an Ego Death.

So, are you prepared for LYDIA LASKA and that very Ego Death? Will you step forward into the gutter, only to be splashed with sonic slime that will never wash off? Questions, questions..."

First single & music video "Teslicity, Baby!" will be available on all digital platforms on the 24th of August.

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released October 5, 2018

Recorded and produced by Emil Nikolaisen at Malabar.

Kandi - vox
Maen - bass
Jacques Matt - guitars
Echmühl - guitar, perc, backing vox, piano
Voldswagen - drums, perc, piano, guitar

Guests:

Gildas le Pape (Satyricon) - acoustic guitar
Ådne Meisfjord (120 Days) - polivoks
Emilie Lium Vordal (Closing Eyes) - backing vox
Elvira Nikolaisen - backing vox
Kjetil Møster (Datarock) - sax
Solan (ex- Lydia Laska) - guitar
Eivind Schou (Serena-Maneesh) - noise violin
Ingrid Frivoll (Beglomeg) - trumpet

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Lydia Laska Oslo, Norway

"Lydia Laska are inspired by bands like Velvet Underground, David Bowie, Sonic Youth and Iggy Pop / The Stooges. Where the acts mentioned above are praised for their innovation, it is clear that Lydia Laska are innovators in 2010, absolutely no question about it."

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