"Katzenjammer is like a train," says the band's Marianne Sveen. "It’s up to you whether you get on or not, but there’s no way it’ll pass by without you noticing…" All aboard, as Gigwise present the exclusive premiere of their huge new album, Rockland. Check it out below.
Now on their third album, Norway's Katzenjammer return to their legions of cult followers with yet another dizzying blend of rock, folk, blues and pop - masterfully crafted with the excess of 30 instruments they can play between them. They’re all drummers, they can all play the banjo, or the trashcans, the kazoo, the celeste or the washboard, but that's just the start.
That's not to say there's anything self-indulgent about Katzenjammer. Once described by radio legend Steve Lamacq as "the best gig of my time at Glastonbury", these four talented woman destroy the boundaries of genre to create an all-encompassing and all-consuming celebration of song.
"We have our own world in Katzenjammer," says Solveig Heilo. "We never follow the rules, or try to be commercial when we write music. We’ve always done what we feel like and went with our hearts. It’s not a parallel to getting imprisoned but we’re together in this bubble where the rules are quite different to the rest of the world. That’s what Rockland is a symbol is for."
Listen to Gigwise's exclusive premiere of Rockland below
Rockland will be released on 2 March 2015, before embarking on a massive UK and European tour. For tickets and more information, visit here.
8 May - Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
9 May - Glasgow, Oran Mor
10 May - Manchester, The Ruby Lounge
11 May - London, Scala
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