BIO & PRESS: POST PEOPLE (2021)
From Tromsø to Øyafestivalen, to Roskilde Festival, moving to Oslo and now with new label Fysisk Format onboard, Heave Blood & Die is ready to follow up their 2018 effort “Vol. II”, with “Post People”.
A mournful panoramic rock piece that brings to mind the inward explosions of The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins and Killing Joke. Given life through the mix by Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck, METZ, Viet Cong) and master by
Paul Gold (Angel Olsen, Preoccupations, Beach House).
Post People started as a concept we talked about together as a group, the more we discussed the topic, the more it turned out to it could possibly be so many different things: A fictional universe deprived of an established society, a post-apocalyptic universe of sorts, which the concept Post People very much is.It would be humankind as a whole transcending modern society, leaving capitalism behind, laying waste to non justified authority, achieving the climate neutral goal, equality for all and ending the war on drugs. Post People is very much an activist piece of art, a critical view on how things are, and always has been, put into rhythm and sounds sequenced in an order that makes melodies that some find pleasant.HEAVE BLOOD & DIE ARE
VOX & GUITAR: Karl Løftingsmo PedersenSYNTHS & VOX: Marie Sofie MikkelsenBASS GUITAR: Eivind André ImingenGUITAR: Jonas Helgesen KuivalainenDRUMS: Kenneth MortensenPHOTO- & VIDEOGRAPHER: Brage PedersenVISUALS & ARTWORK: Annika Linn Verdal HommeRECENT PRESS & REVIEWS
"Heave Blood & Die’s Post People is a genre-hopping headf**k, in the best possible way"
- Metal Hammer UK (3,5/5)
"Post People is a mesmerising album from start to finish. Over the course of its eight tracks, they bring to mind some of the very best names from across a frankly staggering spectrum of alternative music."
- Distorded Sound Magazine (9/10)
"(They) have developed their sound from Doom to Postrock. Less impact, more structure. But still very hypnotic and dark."
- OX Magazine (8/10 and # 3 in "Sound check")
"The album is more like a bouquet of colorful melodies ..."
- Eclipsed mag
"Post People is not only a beautiful album, it also keeps the promise of its predecessor, which was not entirely stylish."
- Vision (9/12)
"It’s this unique blend and immediate sense of identity that make Heave Blood & Die a very exciting prospect for the future."
- Invicta Magazine (8/10)
"Each track has its own character that needs to be explored and understood"
- Burn Your Ears (7/10) (In German)
"The music is pleasantly unpretentious. “Post People” is not overloaded and does not make the mistake of exhausting the ideas used. With this, They have not only created a very entertaining half an hour of music, but have also taken an important step forward."
- Metal.de (7/10) (In German)
"This is a grave listen, reckoning with Earth’s existence after humanity, but there’s always hope for a better tomorrow here. That sense of better possibilities permeates the album and only adds another dose of humanity to Post People. This is a special record for a band ready to break out."
- New Noise Magazine (3,5/5)
"Creatively and technically flawlessly, the band could blossom into a permanent fixture of the new progressive wave. In any case, I hope that this album will finally bring Heave Blood & Die out of the underground."
- Soundmagnet.eu (7,5/10)
"The new apocalypse sounds more colorful and broken in a completely different way." Post People "is based on the dark punk grandees of the 80s, increases the noise factor and never completely detaches itself from the past."
- Demomic Nights
"80s Joy Division wave sound. Not that cold and of course very contemporary with a wide variety of influences. It's best to listen to it yourself, I like it a lot"
- Pandies Corner
"Now much more versatile and stylistically more open."
- Darkstar
"The mix fits, and Heave Blood & Die has succeeded in creating a fascinating piece of music that circumnavigates genre boundaries and yet skillfully finds its destination."
- Whiskey Soda
"Post People lives from its atmosphere and the idiosyncratic interpretation of it."
- Time for metal
"... full of energy and variety."
- Terrorverlag