1MM: Dungen @ Le Poisson Rouge, 7.15.08

Posted on July 15, 2008
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Photos by Andrew Parks

Two photo sets in one night? Indeed; and expect even more in the coming month as self-titled steps up our summer music coverage. (Speaking of, contact us if you’d like to contribute live shots from anywhere in the country … or world for that matter.)

Anyhow, the following harshly-lit  photos are from an invite-only “in the round” performance by Dungen, featuring frontman Gustav Ejstes on piano/vocals/guitar and Johan Holmegard on drums. While the duo had limited means for such a deep catalog of widescreen songs, they actually fared better than Ejstes did the last time we saw him in an acoustic setting: a spare and mildly spooky solo gig at the Living Room.  In fact, we’re now officially excited for the band’s next LP, 4. Be sure to watch this space for a very special announcement about a self-titled promo tied to its release.


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2 Responses to “1MM: Dungen @ Le Poisson Rouge, 7.15.08”

  1. joydivided on July 16th, 2008 11:11 am

    From what I’ve heard of the album, it’s really mellow. Which is a nice change after the last record’s sort of overwhelmingness. I like how the first one was like scanning a radio station in a foreign country and this one sorta feels like that.

  2. TRACK RECORD: An Exclusive Listening Party (With Commentary!) For Dungen's "4" LP | self-titled magazine :: s/t daily on September 24th, 2008 12:10 pm

    [...] “Dreamy” is one way of describing Dungen’s new disc, 4, which comes out next Tuesday through Kemado Records. That and, well, “jazzy,” as if Gustav Ejstes’ band was performing at a bar rich with the scent of spilled whiskey and stale cigarette smoke. (Sure enough, Dungen performed a lot of new material as a piano and drums-led duo earlier this summer.) [...]

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