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PG.LOST Shares “Shelter” Live Video Off ‘Oscillate’ Album

November 23, 2020April 24, 2021
Article: Leanne Ridgeway

Trapped in a cavern, it’s pitch black and the air is getting harder and harder to breathe. Disoriented, hands follow the walls to find what could be the ceiling, fingers digging into the rock to find something – anything – loose to help point toward a direction out. Suddenly, a rock frees itself and after clearing away some dirt, a pin of blinding light shines through the enveloping darkness. Clearing away soil and rock with more and more vigor, hope and salvation is just a short way from here.

This is PG.LOST’s ‘Oscillate‘– the band’s latest full-length packed to the gills with pure drama and catharsis. Their fifth overall and first effort since 2016’s much-lauded ‘Versus‘, ‘Oscillate‘ leans on an instrumental approach, and while their keen understanding of tension/release may warrant comparison to the likes of MONO, Explosions in the Sky, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, PG.LOST is unafraid to move into exciting new directions. With influences that range from the emotional heft of Big Thief to the inventive spirit of krautrock, to the brutality of Neurosis to the dark experimentalism of COIL, these heavier elements intertwine and open up into the wide-eyed expansiveness of Fennesz or Tim Hecker, revealing a beauty shimmering underneath and a range of depth rarely found in today’s over-compressed and spit-shined version of “modern music.”

Founded in 2004 in Norrköping, Sweden, PG.LOST is Mattias Bhatt, Martin Hjertstedt (ex- Ghost), Gustav Almberg (The Great Discord), and Kristian Karlsson (Cult of Luna). Formed in pursuit of a singular love of post-rock, ambient, and shoegaze with a bent towards post-metal, the band released their self-titled and the ‘Yes, I Am‘ EPs in 2006 and 2007. From there PG.LOST dropped their 2008 LP ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You!‘ quickly followed by 2009’s ‘In Never Out‘, ‘Key‘, the Wang Wen split LP and ‘Versus‘ followed in 2012, 2013, and 2016, respectively.

The band recently shared a live performance video for the ‘Oscillate‘ album track “Shelter,” which was shot on multiple cameras with professional sound at the band’s own rehearsal studio. The video is streaming below, along with the earlier official video for the single “Suffering,” directed by Mats Ek (Myrkur), as well as a full album stream via Bandcamp. In making the new LP, PG.LOST opted to keep it simple and follow their gut.

“On the previous records we have always tried to make it very basic and clean when it comes to production, not too many overdubs or add-ons,” reveals bassist Kristian Karlsson. “This time was more about not thinking about that at all. We don’t try to over analyse our records– it always starts with one or two songs and they often set the mood of the rest of the writing process. I think this album has more layers to it– you hear new things every time you listen. We’re really looking forward to hearing what the listeners think.“

Artwork by Valentin Mellström

Tracklist:

01. Oscillate
02. E22
03. Mindtrip
04. Shelter
05. Suffering
06. Waves
07. Eraser
08. The Headless Man

Kicking off with a blossoming dark ambient passage on the title track, an ascendant guitar/synth part builds tension until final release is achieved with a massive chorus, waves of eye-opening guitars, and elephantine tribal drums. It’s emblematic of the album as a whole – massive in scope and even larger in sound, ‘Oscillate‘ is the true definition of its title with incredibly tense swells to the point of collapse leading to a slow but pensive disintegration. ‘Oscillate‘ is not just instrumental music, it’s cinematic– high drama, executed in IMAX with a pristine soundtrack blasting at 120db.

Released this past Friday, November 20th, via Pelagic Records, the ‘Oscillate‘ album was recorded by the band in their own studio and mixed/mastered by Magnus Lindberg from Cult of Luna. The minimalist artwork is by the talented Valentin Mellström. In creating the LP, the only hurdle seemingly was an internal one and making efficient use of individual scheduling.

“When we formed the band we spent almost every night in the rehearsal space,” recalls Karlsson. “Nowadays we only rehearse for tours or when we plan to have writing sessions for example upcoming records. It is not as spontaneous as it used to be, but I think it forces us to really make the best out of it when we do see each other.“

PG.LOST:

Mattias Bhatt
Martin Hjertstedt
Gustav Almberg
Kristian Karlsson

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