Post a Comment. You might want to bookmark that blog while you're at it, it's one of the best. Named after Karl Jungbluth, a German communist who was executed by the nazis, the band strongly disagrees with any pro-views on fascism, racism, homophobia, sexism and any other form of discrimination. Nearly immediately after announcing that Alpinist were effectively no more, up popped Jungbluth to attempt to fill the void.
And they've done so quite nicely, very quickly releasing a demo tape in November with beautiful packaging that immediately sold out of 2 pressings. Reminiscent of their former selves, yet at the same, feeling much more epic, this tape quickly took the sting out of the Alpinist news.
Now it's the middle of Summer. July And Jungbluth have given us a fantastic gift. Pre-order of their new LP, Part Ache, along with free digital downloads right fucking now. Part Ache is a 9-song saga that will leave you on the floor.
Picking right up where the demo tape left off, the first track, Crevasse, shoots you into the atmosphere on a spacey, poetic trip before hammering it home with the next track, Wakefield. It's a throughly enjoyable rollercoaster ride for the rest of the album.
Pummeling, million-mile-an-hour drums between more heartfelt breakdowns that remain as heavy as ever, ending with the fittingly titled Crevasse II. There's not a bad song on this album. Like I said, the downloads are free, and encouraged by the band. If you want to donate any funds, do so at their Bandcamp page. All donated money will go to Anarchist Black Cross: Belarus. Also, Junbluth is going on tour starting tomorrow in Europe.
