Steamdome II: The Hypogean

On "Steamdome II: The Hypogean" Ola Kvernberg presents an even more souped-up crew than last time, still shamelessly mixing genres and with a newly-won desire to jolt you out of your home office and give you an hour of music therapy, free of pandemics and global disasters in general. With his new album Kvernberg avoids travel restrictions by drilling down into the earth's surface. Sometimes like a runaway gravity train, other times like a strong silent machine through echoing caverns. Destination? Earth's glowing iron heart, for the last two years also the scene of Kvernberg's private escape room, with no rules to the game and an extensive approach to what rhythm and harmonies can do with a club floor.