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After almost 4 years break since their latest album the Danish-Swedish indierock band Black Light White Light returns with the single Epilepsy taken from the band’s forthcoming 4th album, The Admirer. 

Delayed and challenged by a worldwide pandemic and closed borders between Denmark and Sweden, that forced the band to find new, creative solutions to complete the recordings, the band is now ready with their most personal and probably most versatile album to date. 

This is very much reflected in Epilepsy, an adventurous spherical and cinematic dreamy outing, which also reflects bandleader and songwriter Martin Ejlertsen’s most personal lyrics presented yet, here evolving around the helplessness, the fear of loss and death and the enormous love he experiences every time his daughter, who suffers from epilepsy, gets an epileptic seizure.

Epilepsi (Single)

Epilepsy

"California Love" is third single taken from Black Light White Light's album Horizons out 23. March 2018 on Forward Backwards Recordings. 

The band’s new single “California Love” – released Friday 20th April – follows previous singles “Teenage Dream” and “King Kong”, which achieved UK national radio play from BBC 6 Music, Amazing Radio, and Radio X, along with heavy rotation on Danish National Radio DR KarriereKanonen.

On an album that introduces undulating keyboards as a new and fundamental element of their sound, with harmonies and chiming delay guitars under attack with fuzz, all enveloped in dark and pervasive melancholic melodies, “California Love” takes a slightly different direction and see the band in a quieter, more introspective, mood.

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California Love

Black Light White Light is the musical project of Danish/ Swedish songwriter Martin Ejlertsen based in Malmo.

The band revolves around a penchant for alternative dream pop indie rock with a psychedelic flavor enveloped with pervasive melancholy and a Scandinavian noir vibe.

After almost 4 years break since the latest album, Horizons, the Danish/Swedish indie rock band Black Light White Light returns with the single Epilepsy taken from the band’s forthcoming 4th album, The Admirer. 

Delayed and challenged by a worldwide pandemic and closed borders between Denmark and Sweden, that forced the band to find new, creative solutions to complete the recordings, they are now ready with their most personal and probably most versatile and creative album to date. This is very much reflected in Epilepsy, an adventurous spherical and cinematic dreamy outing, which also reflects bandleader and songwriter Martin Ejlertsen’s most personal lyrics presented yet, here evolving around the helplessness, the fear of loss and death and the enormous love that is portrayed every time he as a father experiences his daughter suffers an epileptic seizure.

The Admirer follows the band's latest album, critically acclaimed Horizons (2018). Second album Gold into Dreams (2014) was recorded with American producer Chris Frenchie Smith (And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Jet) while the debut album Infrared Daylight (2011) came to light in Los Angeles, CA with producer Rick Parker (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Dandy Warhols).

In the past years, Black Light White Light have toured USA, UK, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and played around Scandinavia consistently, sharing the bill with internationally acclaimed bands like Crocodiles (US), The Telescopes (UK), Crystal Antlers (US), Damo Suzuki (ex-Casn) and The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (S).

"Imperious shoegaze set against swirling psychedelia, the project fuses the adventurous spirit of the 60s with the fiercely independent endeavours of the 80s" - Clash Magazine

"This is a solid psychic record, mountainous drums, cavernous vocals through speakers, backward moog moodles, all styled on one beautiful package" - We Are Cult

"It's both raw and dirty, but also poppy and catchy. The perfect combination" - 'Ugens Kanon' (Canon of the Week) at DR KarriereKanonen - Denmarks National Broadcasting Radio

"The song catapults you to that mind stretching space where you experience a burning rush through your blood veins" - Aupium about King Kong

Richly textured pieces of music full of fuzzy melodies and vacant harmonies, tinged with the shadow of underlying darkness" - Girl Underground Music

"Spacious, echoing sound destined for arena-sized stages to near-perfection. Excellent songs that stick to your head with their dreamy sound; candidate for the best rock album in 2014 by a Danish band." - 8/10  Rockfreaks  

"Black Light White Light have managed to stay fresh and innovative while maintaining their characteristic sound. This latest single is no exception, with strong vocals accompanied by throbbing guitar riffs overlaying the natural rhythms of a pulsing backbeat" - The Agenda

"A credible music force that brings together many different aspects of rock with their own twist of originality" - Sound Eruption 

"A refreshing burst of originality for anyones ears. Original enough to stand out amongst any crowd of bands, yet not too obscure, making them listenable to a complete range of listeners" - Sound Lather

"Packed with big, driving drum beats, cool and steady electric guitar riffs and satisfying melodies, all dirtied up in the wash of reverb and tremolo" - Music News Nashville 

"An act to keep an ear out for" - NXNE Music Festival

"Psych pop trip to the stars. Black Light White Light have that huge sounding, multi part harmony, Scandinavian pop thing down pat" - The POP! Stereo

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