Brant Bjork, by Brant Bjork

Brant Bjork

by Brant Bjork

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Eartastic#1 Dripping with bad ass coolness Favorite track: Mary (You're Such A Lady).

Frankie Föx Awesome album 👍👍 Favorite tracks are , Mary and Cleaning out the ashtray !!

Andrew fisher Sweet Fuck, this record gives me the chills. Good as he ever was. Favorite track: Jesus Was A Bluesman.

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1.	Jungle In The Sound 04:05	buy track
2.	Mary (You're Such A Lady) 04:10	buy track
3.	Jesus Was A Bluesman 04:58	buy track
4.	Cleaning Out The Ashtray 06:34	buy track
5.	Duke Od Dynamite 05:36	buy track
6.	Shitkickin' Now 03:16	buy track
7.	Stardust & Diamond Eyes 06:30	buy track
8.	Been So Long 02:35	buy track

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Even before you know it’s self-titled, and even before you read the LP liner notes, you know it’s all Brant Bjork.

The man who has become the ambassador of Californian desert rock indeed plays every instrument across his 13th studio full-length, Brant Bjork. This in itself is something of a departure from recent offerings, as on 2018’s Mankind Woman, Bjork worked closely with guitarist Bubba DuPree (Void), and both 2016’s Tao of the Devil and 2014’s Black Power Flower were constructed around the Bjork-led Low Desert Punk Band.

Maybe revisiting his 1999 debut, Jalamanta, for a Heavy Psych Sounds 20th anniversary reissue last year had some effect on Bjork’s mindset in terms of working solo, but he’s come too far in the ensuing decades to repeat himself, and the songs on Brant Bjork – recorded and mixed by Yosef Sanborn in Joshua Tree and mixed by John McBain (ex-Monster Magnet) – show that, whether it’s the mellow roll of “Duke of Dynamite” or the signature take on classic heavy rock in “Jesus Was a Bluesman” and percussion-backed funk of opener “Jungle in the Sound.” There’s no mistaking Brant Bjork, and on Brant Bjork, he strips his songwriting style to its core and brings out the organic vibe that’s made him desert rock’s most crucial practitioner.

His legacy and pedigree are unmatched, with tenures in Kyuss/Vista Chino and Fu Manchu as well as the sadly-shortlived Ché, Ten East and others, but it is Brant Bjork’s solo work that has had his greatest impact and shown him to be of inimitable character in craft and style. His unrelenting creativity and one-of-a-kind voice are writ large over the Brant Bjork LP, which is precisely how it should be, and after more than two decades of exploring out in the sands, Bjork continues to find new ways to manifest not just the landscape of the desert, but the spirit of his relationship to it.

In short, he is a master, and this is the record that bears his name. You miss it at your own peril.

- JJ Koczan

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released May 29, 2021

TRACKLIST:

JUNGLE IN THE SOUND
MARY (YOU’RE SUCH A LADY)
JESUS WAS A BLUESMAN
CLEANING OUT THE ASHTRAY
DUKE OF DYNAMITE
SHITKICKIN' NOW
STARDUST & DIAMOND EYES
BEEN SO LONG

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Brant Bjork Los Angeles, California

Brant Bjork didn't invent it, but he epitomizes Desert Rock and his work has become so synonymous with it. Whether one is considering his pioneering work in Kyuss and Fu Manchu, the stylistic exploration undertaken with Ché or his 17-year solo career, which has undoubtedly become his greatest contribution at this point, in songwriting, style and persona, Bjork is a singular icon. ... more

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May 10

Rockefeller

Oslo, Norway
May 10

Doornroosje

Nijmegen, Netherlands
May 12

Club Volta

Cologne, Germany
May 14

Bahnhof Pauli (Klubhaus St. Pauli)

Hamburg, Germany
May 15

Forum Bielefeld

Bielefeld, Germany
May 16

De Casino

Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
May 19

Le Ferrailleur

Nantes, France
May 20

O'Sullivan's Backstage by the Mill

Paris, France
May 22

Colos-Saal

Aschaffenburg, Germany
May 24

Feierwerk / Hansa 39

Munich, Germany
May 27

LUX

Hannover, Germany

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