Långfinger Update on New Album Recording
Probably okay now to admit that I wasn’t sure there was going to be another album from Swedish classic heavy rockers Långfinger, but as of a week ago, the band have finished basic tracks for the follow-up to 2016’s Crossyears (review here). Guitarist Kalle Lilja has been plenty busy as one of the operators of Welfare Sounds in Gothenburg, and drumming in Wolves in Haze, who have a new record out, so without hearing that Långfinger were actively… active… I kind of assumed they weren’t. Happy to have been mistaken.
I don’t know their recording schedule — the below was posted on Nov. 14 through social channels — so it’s possible the recording for the next Långfinger is done by now and the band have moved on to mixing and eventual mastering. While we’re talking about things I don’t know, I also have no clue what their release plan for their next outing might be. Crossyears came out on Small Stone, so that’s a possibility, certainly, but I can name three other labels off the top of my head that would likely welcome the trio with open arms — make it four — so I’m not even going to guess who or when.
But the “what” is a new Långfinger record and that possibility suits me just fine. Earlier this year, they filmed two songs live at Spinroad Studios outside Gothenburg and that clip can be viewed at the bottom of this post, along with the stream of Crossyears from Bandcamp, in case you’d like a refresher:
Hello earth!
As you all have noticed, we are in full swing of recording our first album in five years!
After six intense days at Welfare Sounds, pretty much all of the backing tracks are done. Next up is vocals and overdubs!
And as with our previous album ’Crossyears’, we once again chose to work with Olle Björk and Johan Reivén as the producing team, because we wanted the best!
The return of Långfinger is approaching fast!
Welfare Sounds
Bombastik Drum Recordings
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