The Hands, by Fire!

The Hands

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	1.	The Hands 04:39
	2.	When Her Lips Collapsed 04:52
	3.	Touches Me with the Tips of Wonder 03:31
	4.	Washing Your Heart in Filth 04:54
	5.	Up. And Down. 04:44
	6.	To Shave the Leaves. In Red. In Black 09:10
	7.	I Guard Her to Rest. Declaring Silence. 04:50

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For 20 years Rune Grammofon have made a habit of releasing music that is beyond easy classification, in later years typified by Swedish trio Fire!, consisting of Mats Gustafsson, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin. All three are highly accomplished musicians, but Fire! music is not "difficult" in the sense that jazz and especially free jazz is often perceived. Very much a tight knit unit with three equal players, Fire! has been likened to powerful guitar led trios such as Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, but with Berthling´s heavy, doom laden basslines being such a typical identifier, we can´t help but thinking of Black Sabbath´s debut album when it comes to hypnotic impact.
The Hands is the trio´s sixth album and once again displays a totally uncompromising and intriguing mix of (mostly) heavy, dark and intensely burning music whether one decide on calling it jazz or rock. The album closes on a quiet and reflective note with the appropriately titled "I Guard Her To Rest. Declaring Silence".
And we say it´s easily their best so far.

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released January 26, 2018

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Fire! Sweden

Fire! is the core trio of Mats Gustafsson (sax, electronics), Johan Berthling (bass) and Andreas Werlin (drums). Formed in 2009 to develop a fresh approach to improvised music, they draw on influences from free jazz, hypnotic slowcore, psychedelic rock and electronics. Their nine albums, all on Rune Grammofon, include collaborations with Jim O`Rourke, Oren Ambarchi and Stephen O'Malley. ... more

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