Out now is Laura Carbone’s newest single “Nightride” which was recorded live at the Rockpalast in 2019. This live single version of “Nightride” celebrates the official North American physical release of Laura Carbone’s latest album, “Laura Carbone – Live at Rockpalast”, recorded in October of 2019 on the heels of her September “Empty Sea” tour of the US and Canada, and only a couple of months before the unforeseen dystopian boredom and paralysis of lockdown.

The live video footage is from the same concert, simulcast nationwide and across Europe on TV and online worldwide on Germany’s prestigious Rockpalast live music television show, that in the past has documented monumental performances by The Police, Sonic Youth, Einstürzende Neubauten, and so on. The bootleg fans out there will surely know this.

The additional footage was realised in June 2021 in a forest outside Berlin by Laura and her longtime partner in graphics and video crime, The Underground Youth drummer and graphic artist Olya Dyer. You will also recognize Olya’s husband Craig Dyer, singer and frontman of The Underground Youth.

After the the limited first edition, which sold out immediately on release, “Live at Rockpalast” will be available again later in the year, in a limited second pressing.

Here’s Laura Carbone’s “Nightride (Live at Rockpalast)” video.

About Laura Carbone

Laura Carbone is a 34-year old German / Italian composer, singer , songwriter and photographer who began her musical career as a singer of the NDW – punk band Your Youth.

In 2014 her first solo EP and single “Stigmatized” was released followed in 2015 by her first solo album, “Sirens”. In 2017 she toured Germany with The Jesus and The Mary Chain. The album “Empty Sea” was released in June 2018 with Aporia Records (Toronto) and Duchess Box Records.

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Genre/Influences: Dreamy dark-wave, shoegaze.

Content: The Underground Youth is a British band, which has been already into music for a couple of years, releasing several albums. The band seems to like releasing vinyls and I have to admit this good-old ‘retro’ style is totally appropriated for their music.

“Haunted” evokes some good-old souvenirs and I here especially refer to the kind of shoegaze input. But there’s much more to find and explore. The sound rather appears to be a fusion between different influences, which move from shoegaze to dream-pop and even a touch of neo-folk music. The main strength is the dark and sometimes disturbing mood emerging from the work. There’s a kind of visual appeal, which reminds me of the particular atmosphere themes felt in the successful movie of Sofia Coppola’s “The Virgin Suicides”.

“Haunted” is an invitation to join a dreamy world of sadness, which is characterized by an impressive, moody guitar playing. A few cuts are a little bit harder, which is mainly due to the kind of resonating drones. Just pay attention to “Slave” and you’ll quickly get into the essence of this opus. I also recommend “The Girl Behind” for the once more outstanding guitar parts, but also for the mix of male and female vocals. The album finally comes to an end with the beautiful “Returning To Shadow”. My only regret is that this album only features 9 songs, but they’re definitely worthy of examination.

Conclusion: “Haunted” is a dark and moody album leading the listener into a kind of delicious malaise. It clearly is not the kind of music you should listen to during depressive moments.

Best songs: “The Girl Behind”, “Dreaming With Maya Deren”, “Slave”, “Returning To Shadow”.

Rate: (Elise Din:8)Elise Din.

Band: www.facebook.com/TheUndergroundYouth

Label: http://fuzzclub.com / www.facebook.com/FuzzClubRecords

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