Vida Blue, by Mamaleek

Vida Blue

by Mamaleek

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Kevin Haynes You were right about them all along Colin. I should have listened to you sooner... Favorite track: Ancient Souls, No Longer Sorrowful.

TheEliteExtremophile The music on this album is dark and mournful, and the emotional weight of everything is conveyed very effectively. Psychedelia, blues, doom, and more don’t so much weave together, but rather they chaotically slam into one another, somehow resolving into powerful musical statements.

Full review here: theeliteextremophile.com/2024/10/07/odds-ends-october-7-2024/

Bart Gloriously weird, heavy, caustic yet beautiful. If you demand your music challenge you...this is one for ya. It reminds me if Tom Waits decided to make a metal album. Favorite track: Tegucigalpa.

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1.	Tegucigalpa 05:00	buy track
2.	Vileness Slim 06:41	buy track
3.	Vida Blue 06:01	buy track
4.	Ancient Souls, No Longer Sorrowful 07:47	buy track
5.	Momentary Laughter Concealed From My Eyes 02:18	buy track
6.	Black Pudding Served at the Horn of the Altar 04:16	buy track
7.	Hatful of Rain 06:12	buy track
8.	Legion of Bottom Deck Dealers 10:13	buy track
9.	Hidden Exit on a Greyhound 03:57	buy track

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Time is a slippery fish. Loss has inspired Mamaleek's latest full-length album, titled Vida Blue. This marks the San Francisco Bay Area metal deconstructionists' eighth album and their third as a full lineup.

Tragedy struck in March of 2023 when the band lost a longtime friend and member, keyboardist Eric Livingston, leaving the group, which began as a duo of two brothers and later expanded to a five-piece, now with only four members. Despite this profound loss, Mamaleek persevered, performing as a quartet at various festivals, including the 2023 edition of the Roadburn festival.

Mamaleek returned to the studio to create new material that appropriately reflects their journey through loss and honors their fallen comrade. The resulting album draws inspiration from the legacy of Oakland A's baseball legend Vida Blue, whose former team coincidentally announced its relocation to Las Vegas that same year. The band members themselves describe this poignant chapter in their own words:

“Time is a slippery fish. Maybe only someone like Vida could grasp it. Although he’s left time behind, his image and that lefty heat remain in the memories of many. Eventually they’ll be forgotten, and hopefully replaced with even more exultant ones. This musical recording is a reflection on loss and its acceptance. We explore several examples for each song, including the loss of pride, of money, of glory, of country, of sanity, of a favorite sports team, of significant others, and, every day, one’s self. It also explores various associated moods–fear, panic, reverence, stoicism, and steadfastness–to arrive at a resolution: Loss is only a test, the glue that holds and erodes each memory, the connection that binds and loosens us all, pitch by pitch, inning by inning. “This is your celebration.”

Vida Blue is a person, moment, and memory, together the crystallization of apocalypse: "unveiling," "disclosure."

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released August 9, 2024

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jack Shirley.

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Two anonymous brothers recording in San Francisco and Beirut. Mamaleek repeatedly creates some of the most intriguing, aesthetically-realized Black Metal anywhere.

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