Norwegian stoner punks Bokassa recently released new full-length album »All Out Of Dreams«; out now via Indie Recordings!
Oslo, Norway based stoner punks Bokassa have released their new full-length album »All Out Of Dreams« on February 16th, 2024 via Indie Recordings.
Stream »All Out Of Dreams« on all major digital platforms!
Tracklist:
01. The Ending Starts Today
02. Garden Of Heathen (feat. Lou Koller)
03. Straight Edgelord
04. All Out Of Dreams
05. Bradford Death Squadron (feat. Aaron Beam)
06. Let’s Storm The Capitol
07. Everyone Fails In The End
08. Gung Ho
09. No More Good Days
10. Crush (All Heretics)
Courtesy of Indie Recordings:
Over ten songs and 30 minutes, Bokassa is as diverse as ever on their new full-length »All Out Of Dreams«. The power trio offers everything from riffy stoner metal in »Bradford Death Squadron«, almost progressive skatepunk in »No More Good Days«, 45 seconds of metallic hardcore in »Everyone Fails In The End« to laid-back Izzy Stradlin bottle neck-riffing on the desert rocker »Gung Ho«. Not to mention the hooky and anthemic the title track. In other words, the band has not become less fond of mixing genres over the years!
The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen (Meshuggah, The Haunted, Madball, Sick Of It All, Halford) in Antfarm Studio in Denmark in June 2022. The band also has guest artists for the first time, in the form of Lou Koller from the NYHC legends Sick Of It All, and Aaron Beam from the stoner rockers Red Fang. It doesn’t get much better when it comes to famous guests on an album, if you ask us!
Photo by Troll Toftenes
Order »All Out Of Dreams« on CD or Vinyl here:
shop.indierecordings.no
bokassaband.bandcamp.com
All songs are written by Jørn Kaarstad. Except »Garden Of Heathen« and »Gung Ho« by Jørn Kaarstad and Olav Dowkes. »All Out Of Dreams« by Jørn Kaarstad and Eirik Losnegård.
Recorded at Antfarm Studios in Denmark between 4th and 10th July, 2022 except »Straight Edgelord«, »Crush« and »Gung Ho« recorded by Ruben Willem at Caliban Studios in Oslo may 2020 with additional tracking at Antfarm Studios July 2022. Mixed, mastered and engineered by Tue Madsen at Antfarm Studios.
About Bokassa:
Bokassa have made a name for themselves with their brand of hard-hitting, melodic, catchy punk and stoner rock, right from their attention-getting, first full-length, »Divide & Conquer« (2017). During the Worldwired tour with Metallica (for which they were handpicked by Lars Ulrich), the band released the critically acclaimed »Crimson Riders« (2019). In 2020, they followed up by releasing a digital EP, »Live At The BBC«, from their BBC Radio 1 live session at London’s legendary Maida Vale studio, and were nominated for a Norwegian Grammy as “Breakthrough Of The Year”. In 2021, Bokassa won the Norwegian “Bendiksprisen” award and released their explosive third album »Molotov Rocktail«. The record shot immediately to #18 on the Norwegian chart, their highest spot to date. The album was met with critical acclaim from Kerrang, Rock Hard, Adresseavisen, and Metal Hammer among others, with the latter boldly declaring, “With such eminent replayability, »Molotov Rocktail« threatens to burst the bubble separating ‘classic – sounding’ records and straight – up classics, easily delivering the most fun stoner record since Monster Magnet’s »Powertrip« in the process.”
With extensive further touring under their belt with the likes of Mastodon, Baroness, and Judas Priest and Therapy?, not to mention performing at some of the world’s biggest festivals (Wacken, Hellfest, Download, Rockfest, Øya, Stavern, Tons of Rock and more), Bokassa have continued to capture the hearts and minds of thousands across the world.
With the new album in the bag and a big Norwegian headliner tour alongside festival dates across Europe coming up in 2024, Bokassa are taking no prisoners and show no signs of slowing down!
Bokassa is:
Jørn Kaarstad – Guitar and Lead Vocals
Olav Dowkes – Drums and Vocals
Bård Linga – Bass and Vocals
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well