Taken from Arabrot - Arabrot (Fysisk Format 2013)

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Madonna Was A Whore

Norwegian Grammy Award-winning musical experimenters, ÅRABROT, have confirmed the next title in the band’s constantly/rapidly growing discography, with the upcoming release of their You Bunch of Idiots EP. The third in a trio of themed EPs the first two having already seen release via Fysisk Format, who now partners with the Eolian Empire for the band’s first US release.

ÅRABROT lands stateside with You Bunch of Idiots, a ferocious blast of twisted noise rock. For fourteen years Kjetil Nernes and Co. have fearlessly trudged through the European underground, carving out a sonic territory of sludge, punk, metal, and art rock, all collapsed into something uniquely their own.  Wearing perennial outsider status like a badge of honor, ÅRABROT laughs in the faces of the naysayers and proudly towers above them. While drawing from the likes of Dadaism, The Marquis De Sade, and transgressive art might be a recipe for pretentious tripe in the wrong hands, the outfit wraps it up with winks and grins, and — most importantly — rocks the hell out. One of Europe’s premiere touring acts, their devastating power live cannot be underestimated, channeling stadium-level theatrics and volume for the underground club set.

ÅRABROT’s You Bunch of Idiots is the third in the three-EP series, following Murder As Art and I Modi, the record dropping six tracks of hook-laden noise rock with sludge, industrial, and rock ‘n’ roll flourishes, through it all spit-flecked spout-offs, hissing fits, and bellowing which draws you in and keeps you there. The EP was recorded and mixed by Milton von Krogh at Djura Missionshus, Djura, Sweden, and Taakeheimen Lydrike, Oslo, Norway, with vocal overdubs recorded by Karin Park at Djura Missionshus, Djura, Sweden, after which the platter was mastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering. The excellent cover art was provided by Norwegian artist Johannes Høie, who has done the art for all three EPs and other ÅRABROT merch and products.

You Bunch of Idiots will see release in North America via Eolian Empire and in Europe via Fysisk Format as a 12” vinyl EP and all digital outlets on June 16th.



You Bunch of Idiots Track Listing:
1. Cannibal Manifesto
2. Time To Pull The Sticks
3. Celebration
4. Mea Culpa
5. —
6. It’s Hot Drop It

ÅRABROT North American Summer Tour:
6/24/2015 O’brien’s Pub – Boston, MA
6/27/2015 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH
6/29/2015 The Burlington – Chicago, IL
6/30/2015 Fubar – St Louis, MO
7/01/2015 Jackpot Saloon – Lawrence, KS
7/02/2015 Hi Dive – Denver, CO
7/03/2015 Kilby Court – Salt Lake, City, UT
7/04/2015 The Shredder – Boise, ID
7/05/2015 The Highline – Seattle, WA
7/06/2015 The Hindenburg – Vancouver, BC
7/07/2015 Rotture – Portland, OR
7/08/2015 Starlight Lounge – Sacramento, CA w/ Dispirit, Lycus
7/09/2015 SF Eagle – San Francisco, CA
7/12/2015 Lowbrow Palace – El Paso, TX
7/14/2015 Holy Mountain – Austin, TX w/ Pinkish Black
7/15/2015 Siberia – New Orleans, LA w/ Pinkish Black
7/16/2015 The 529 – Atlanta, GA w/ Pinkish Black
7/17/2015 Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC w/ Pinkish Black
7/18/2015 Strange Matter – Richmond, VA w/ Pinkish Black
7/19/2015 The Studio, Webster Hall – New York, NY w/ Pinkish Black

ÅRABROT:
Kjetil Nernes – vocals, EGCs, synths
Milton von Krogh – guitars
Magnus Nymo – drums
Spiritwo – Middle Eastern chants
Lasse Marhaug – noise
Johannes Høie – art
Karin Park – vocals, electric piano, synths


Årabrot - Mea Culpa

Recorded at Electrical Audio, Chicago Summer 2015

Ted Parsons (Swans, Killing Joke, Jesu, Prong)
Andrew Liles (Current 93/Nurse With Wound)
Stephen O'malley
Erlend (Singer, Kvelertak)

Norwegian Grammy Award-winning ÅRABROT:
Kjetil Nernes - vocals, EGCs, synths 
Milton von Krogh - guitars 
Magnus Nymo - drums 
Spiritwo - Middle Eastern chants 
Lasse Marhaug - noise 
Johannes Høie - art 
Karin Park - vocals, electric piano, synths

June
06 The Deep, Oslo NO
US TOUR
24 O'Brien's Pub, Boston, MA *
26 The Depot, York, PA *
27 Now That's Class, Cleveland, OH *
29 The Burlington, Chicago, IL *
30 Fubar, St Louis, MO 
July
01 Jackpot Saloon, Lawrence, KS
02 Hi Dive, Denver, CO
03 Kilby Court, Salt Lake, City, UT
04 The Shredder - Boise, ID
05 The Highline, Seattle, WA
06 The Hindenburg, Vancouver, BC
07 Rotture, Portland, OR
08 Starlight Lounge, Sacramento, CA w/ Dispirit, Lycus
09 SF Eagle, San Francisco, CA
10 Jewels Catch One, Los Angeles, CA
11 Exploded View Gallery, Tucson, AZ
12 Lowbrow Palace, El Paso, TX
14 Holy Mountain, Austin, TX *
15 Siberia, New Orleans, LA *
16 The 529, Atlanta, GA *
17 Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC *
18 Strange Matter, Richmond, VA *
19 The Studio, Webster Hall, New York, NY *
* w/ Pinkish Black & Ghold
August
07 Sasuipf Rocks, Döbriach, AS
09 Supernormal Festival, Oxford UK

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09 Rebekka (tragoedie)

01 The Gospel

A tasting from the coming album "Who Do You Love" by Årabrot

09 Sons And Daughters

01 Maldoror's Love

02 The Dome

03 Warning

04 Pygmalion

05 Serpents

06 Sinnerman

07 Look Daggers

08 A Sacrifice

VAGINA DENTATA
The Wit and Wisdom of Årabrot 

Rock’n’roll was long dead before Johnny Rotten picked up a microphone.
And a long time buried by the time Oasis chose to molest its putrid carcass.
But the spirit of whence it came still lives on in the blood of those who know its true meaning, symbols and references.

Born of the long dark winters of Norway, Årabrot was too black for metal and too avant-garde for punk, so it forged its own path. 
Hewn from empty roads and the cold impenetrable depths of the fiords of its home.
A Norwegian Gothic, tales sung and stories told in screams and whispers.

With its steel guitar, a steely gaze, a sneer and a Stetson, Årabrot is the bastard offspring of Billie Holiday and Elmore James. It is The Velvet Underground if Johnny Cash was a member and Nico was able to sing. 
It is Camus, Sartre, Poe and Burroughs cut-up and regurgitated in an unholy erotic mass. It is all the great bands you haven’t even heard of. It is you.
It is here, it is now and there are other bodies to bury. Årabrot is not fucking around.

Årabrot is Kjetil “Tall Man” Nernes and Karin “Dark Diva” Park. They live in the Swedish countryside with their two children in the old church that they own. Rock’n roll is their religion.
Biography by Lustmord

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