Finland based gothic, death, doom duo THE BLEAK PICTURE, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated debut EP release "SONGS OF LONGING", unleashed 12/2/2022 via ALONE RECORDS and THE STONE CIRCLE.
FROM THE BLEAK PICTURE:
A place where Finish Death/Doom meets with England Gothic Rock born
after `no wave´ scene are the point of departure of the jaw dropping
debut Ep of The Bleak Picture “Songs of Longing”, such a perfect mix of
early Katatonia constructed by the lightning feeling of superb melodies
of the keyboards and guitars as sharp that could cut permafrost. Jussi
Hänninen of missed cult act Fall of the Leafe join parts with Tero
Ruohonen (Autumnfall) in this absolutely must have for fans of the genre
that looks for something different without loosing the essence.
But do not fool yourself. Even this is old school rooted it´s not a
simply recovering of the past but a new beginning. Looking for future
without forgetting the past, The Bleak Picture are the tears that
becomes the oceans that rains in your decrepit faces. A coin with two
equal sides that point your destiny underground.
Mid paced tempos with groovy keyboards in the same vein of Joy Division,
Bauhaus or Fields of the Nephilim. Grunts as stones (think of Officium
Triste) and clear vocals surrounded by the feeling of misery, all in a
thick wall of sound mastered by mighty Dan Swanö at Unisound AB and
exquisite and old school artwork. Truly recommended.
THE BLEAK PICTURE: NEW RELEASE "SONGS OF LONGING" ( EP, VIA BANDCAMP, COURTESY OF THE BLEAK PICTURE):
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-