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BLINDSIDE: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 8, 2011
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“With Shivering Hearts We Wait”, the sixth album from Sweden’s BLINDSIDE, is available for streaming in its entirety at Rock Accessw.

They have been seen on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, have collaborated with music icons, including SMASHING PUMPKINS leader Billy Corgan, and heard around the world on World Wrestling Entertainment. Now, after four years since the release of their last project, BLINDSIDE is partnering with INO Records/RED to unveil “With Shivering Hearts We Wait”.

“When we decided it was time to make another record, everyone’s perspective was really renewed and we’re super pumped right now to be doing the band again,” frontman Christian Lindskog said. “We just needed to break away from music for a bit because it starts to define who you are when you should be finding it in a higher purpose.”

After taking time to be with their families and reenergize after over a decade of touring the world and releasing material, the Swedish natives reconnected with producer Howard Benson (MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, PAPA ROACH, FLYLEAF) to deliver an evolved artistic sound that still harkens back to band’s signature styles. Benson helmed the Elektra Records collections “Silence” (2002) and “About A Burning Fire” (2004) and helped create what is said to be their most compelling collection to date.

“The similarities between ‘With Shivering Hearts We Wait’ and past projects is that we’re always striving to get the right songs for a project and the spirit is still BLINDSIDE,” assures Lindskog. “But this album is very different in the sense that it took us a lot longer to write and record it. We used to get everyone in a room and start jamming, but this time we started with an acoustic framework that was eventually translated into rock n’ roll songs.”

“There are definitely some new elements, such as putting strings or an electronic sound over a really bombastic song,” adds guitarist Simon Grenehed. “We wanted to make the record sound big and didn’t feel like there were any boundaries.”

Introducing strings and electronic elements, BLINDSIDE‘s rock n’ roll styling turns epic and bombastic on many of the songs. One such song, “Our Love Saves Us”, acted as the album’s debut single, impacting radio last month.

“With Shivering Hearts We Wait” track listing:

01. There Must Be Something In The Water
02. My Heart Escapes
03. Monster On The Radio
04. It’s All I Have
05. Bloodstained Hollywood Ending
06. Our Love Saves Us
07. Bring Out Your Dead
08. Withering
09. Cold
10. There Must Be Something In The Wind

Source: Blabbermouth.net

BLINDSIDE: More New Album Details Revealed

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 12, 2011
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They have been seen on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, have collaborated with music icons, including SMASHING PUMPKINS leader Billy Corgan, and heard around the world on World Wrestling Entertainment. Now, after four years since the release of their last project, BLINDSIDE is partnering with INO Records/RED to unveil their sixth album, “With Shivering Hearts We Wait”, on June 7.

“When we decided it was time to make another record, everyone’s perspective was really renewed and we’re super pumped right now to be doing the band again,” frontman Christian Lindskog said. “We just needed to break away from music for a bit because it starts to define who you are when you should be finding it in a higher purpose.”

After taking time to be with their families and reenergize after over a decade of touring the world and releasing material, the Swedish natives reconnected with producer Howard Benson (MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, PAPA ROACH, FLYLEAF) to deliver an evolved artistic sound that still harkens back to band’s signature styles. Benson helmed the Elektra Records collections “Silence” (2002) and “About A Burning Fire” (2004) and helped create what is said to be their most compelling collection to date.

“The similarities between ‘With Shivering Hearts We Wait’ and past projects is that we’re always striving to get the right songs for a project and the spirit is still BLINDSIDE,” assures Lindskog. “But this album is very different in the sense that it took us a lot longer to write and record it. We used to get everyone in a room and start jamming, but this time we started with an acoustic framework that was eventually translated into rock n’ roll songs.”

“There are definitely some new elements, such as putting strings or an electronic sound over a really bombastic song,” adds guitarist Simon Grenehed. “We wanted to make the record sound big and didn’t feel like there were any boundaries.”

Introducing strings and electronic elements, BLINDSIDE‘s rock n’ roll styling turns epic and bombastic on many of the songs. One such song, “Our Love Saves Us”, will act as the albums debut single, impacting radio this month. BLINDSIDE are currently offering an MP3 download of the song at www.withshiveringheartswewait.com.

“With Shivering Hearts We Wait” track listing:

01. There Must Be Something In The Water
02. My Heart Escapes
03. Monster On The Radio
04. It’s All I Have
05. Bloodstained Hollywood Ending
06. Our Love Saves Us
07. Bring Out Your Dead
08. Withering
09. Cold
10. There Must Be Something In The Wind

Source: Blabbermouth.net

BLINDSIDE: New Album Track Listing Revealed

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 28, 2011
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“With Shivering Hearts We Wait”, the long-awaited new album from Stockholm, Sweden’s BLINDSIDE, will receive an “underground release” on May 6, with a “worldwide release” to follow on June 7 via INO Records. The CD was produced by Howard Benson, Mike Plotnikoff and BLINDSIDE and was recorded at Bay 7 studios in Valley Village, California and Stockholm, Sweden.

“With Shivering Hearts We Wait” track listing:

01. There Must Be Something In The Water
02. My Heart Escapes
03. Monster On The Radio
04. It’s All I Have
05. Bloodstained Hollywood Ending
06. Our Love Saves Us
07. Bring Out Your Dead
08. Withering
09. Cold
10. There Must Be Something In The Wind

In a recent webisode, the BLINDSIDE members addressed the reasons for the six-year gap between “With Shivering Hearts We Wait” and the band’s previous full-length CD, 2005’s “The Great Depression”.

“There comes a time, I think, in everyone’s life… If you’re in a band, after a certain time, you can almost get caught in it — like, this is the only thing we know,” said vocalist Christian Lindskog. “And you kind of almost forget why you’re doing it. So then we didn’t wanna be addicted to the band. Everything about me, as a person, my identity, is BLINDSIDE, and I think we wanted to step away from that a little bit, to sort of find another identity, in a way. And then maybe come back to the band with more of something to give. Because otherwise you kind of run empty and you just keep going.”

Added guitarist Simon Grenehed: “What happened was that when we started writing after ‘The Great Depression’, we came to a halt because of the record company. Because you kind of lose momentum — you’re ready to go into the studio, and to be honest, we didn’t have the songs. But still, we were ready to go, and when that came to a halt, we knew that we had to start over, and I think we didn’t want to start over fast, like, ‘OK, let’s get on to the next thing.’ As far as the band goes, we wanted to really try to reinvent ourselves and also just take the time… Because the momentum ran out; it was already two years since the last album. So after 2007, we just started writing songs, and we just had the feeling that, ‘No rush. Let’s really figure out what we wanna do.’ That’s why when we came to L.A., recording the first time, we decided to write more songs instead of going into the studio straight away, which pushed, basically, the record forward a year or a year and a half, but it was worth it. It was intentional to work until it was done, and that came with everything that we did. The mixing of the album… It took six or seven months, because we had a picture in our head at that time that this is what we want.”

Source: Blabbermouth.net

Blindside: New Song Available For Streaming

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 9, 2011
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“My Heart Escapes”, a brand new song from Stockholm, Sweden’s BLINDSIDE, can be streamed at this location. The track comes off the band’s long-awaited new album, “With Shivering Hearts We Wait”, which will receive an “underground release” on May 6, with a “worldwide release” to follow on June 7. The CD was produced by Howard Benson, Mike Plotnikoff and BLINDSIDE and was recorded at Bay 7 studios in Valley Village, California and Stockholm, Sweden.

Source: Blabbermouth.net

Blindside: Second ‘With Shivering Hearts We Wait’ Webisode Released

Posted by tarjavirmakari on March 25, 2011
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The second in a series of webisodes in which the members of Stockholm, Sweden’s BLINDSIDE talk about the making of their long-awaited new album, “With Shivering Hearts We Wait”, can be viewed below. In this film, they discuss the sound and experimentation that led to the creation of the new CD. Source: Blabbermouth.net

Blindside Explains Delay In Getting New Album Released

Posted by tarjavirmakari on March 17, 2011
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The first in a series of webisodes in which the members of Stockholm, Sweden’s BLINDSIDE talk about the making of their long-awaited new album, “With Shivering Hearts We Wait”, can be viewed below. According to a posting on the band’s Facebook page, the CD will receive an “underground release” on May 6, with a “worldwide release” to follow on June 7. Source: Blabbermouth.net