German Riffonauts BLACK SPACE RIDERS will release
new LP Amoretum Vol. 1 on January 26, 2018. The LP can be
pre-ordered on all digital platforms, including Bandcamp, as well as at www.blackspaceriders.com/shop
The internationally acclaimed predecessor Refugeeum brought BLACK
SPACE RIDERS renown with its mixture of thoughtful, sensitive themes and
hard, atmospheric rock. Two years have passed since then, two years in which
the world has not necessarily become a better place in the eyes of most people.
War, terror, displacement, destruction, rejection and
nationalism dominate the headlines. Or, as a wise little green fellow once
said: "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads
to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
"All you need is love", countered the BEATLES in
1967. The response of BLACK SPACE RIDERS in 2018 is Amoretum, a
made-up word comprising "amor" and "arboretum" to symbolize
a protective garden and a germ seed of love. And so the new song cycle of BLACK
SPACE RIDERS is all about the conflict between fear-hate-rejection-darkness
on the one hand, and love-empathy-care-light on the other. For, how else
should we overcome hate, if not with love?
Musically, this conflict is consistently put into practice
by a band that beats its own path and is constantly developing. The electronic
experiments of the Beyond Regugeeum EP of 2016 have been reduced
sonically and cleverly integrated into the powerfully sounding songs. Between
fat, dirty riffs and trippy delays,
everything that sounds good is allowed; the
album is interspersed with a flowing groove throughout and an ever-present
atmosphere that embraces the listener. Heavy, sometimes proggy, often
psychedelic, always engaging and almost catchy and danceable, Amoretum
Vol. 1 takes us by the hand, shows us the dark side, and then wants to
give us the hope back that we so often painfully miss.
The album flows from song to song as if from a single cast.
The listener wonders after 45 minutes whether everything is really already
over, and wants to go back to the beginning again immediately.
But of course everything is not over after 45 minutes in the
world of BLACK SPACE RIDERS. The band also announces a second chapter for
2018 ... Amoretum Vol. 2 is waiting for us, while we are looking
forward to Amoretum Vol 1.
Track List:
1. Lovely Lovelie
2. Another Sort of Homecoming
3. Soul Shelter (Inside of Me)
4. Movements
5. Come and Follow
6. Friends Are Falling
7. Fire! Fire! (Death of a Giant)
8. Fellow Peacemakers
BLACK SPACE RIDERS are:
JE: Lead Vocals, Guitars, Organ, Piano, Electronics
SEB: Lead vocals, Keyboards, Electronics
C.RIP: Drums, Percussion, Didgeridoo
SLI: Guitars
SAQ: Bass Guitar
MEI: Bass Guitar
Distribution partners:
Germany/Austria/Switzerland: Cargo Records
USA/ Canada: MVD Entertainment
UK: PHD (plastichead distribution)
BeNeLux: Suburban records
Scandinavia: Border Music
Italy: Goodfellas