SOLO ANSAMBLIS - "Baloje"

SOLO ANSAMBLIS: Lithuanian "sad dance" innovators release anthemic "Baloje" single from upcoming Artoffact Records album "Olos"

Ahead of Artoffact Records' February 21st release of its new album Olos, Lithuania's Solo Ansamblis has released new single, "Baloje."

Stream "Baloje," here
https://open.spotify.com/album/5YSPlvcsHDiMOsxevww3Ou

From Vilnius, Lithuania, Solo Ansamblis describes its sound with the understated tag of "sad dance" – in fact, it is a unique and intense mix of styles, falling somewhere between stadium-sized EDM and moody post-punk. Using a combination of live instruments and electronic elements, the quartet conjures thumping energy and monotone melancholy, masterfully playing with the tension between these two extremes. Anthemic one minute, mournful the next, Solo Ansamblis' music references Kraftwerk, Joy Division, Underworld, and much more, and might resonate with fans of present-day greats like The Soft Moon and Preoccupations.

New single "Baloje" is a driving electro tune, whose electrifying pulse is balanced by robotic vocals, sung (like all of Solo Ansamblis' lyrics) in the band's native Lithuanian. The band gives this statement about the song: “Usually changes are possible after collapse of inner order. Improvements come after learning from mistakes. In our song 'Baloje,' we talk about reaching the bottom, but in this case it is the only solid foundation from which we lean against and start building a new 'me'."

Solo Ansamblis is a strong new representative for an emerging Lithuanian scene which the band describes as "vibrant and alive." Olos is this unique quartet's second full-length album, and first for Artoffact Records, a label whose roster is rapidly expanding to include some of today's most crucial bands from around the globe and across genres – from Icelandic post-punks Kælan Mikla, to Italian noise-rock radicals OvO, to American grinders Cloud Rat.

Feb 5 - Ljubljana, Slovenia @ MENT
Mar 20 - Vilnius, Lithuania @ Kablys + Kultūra
Apr 17 - Kaunas, Lithuania @ Sakramentas
May 15 - Klaipeda, Lithuania @ Švyturys BHouse

More info:
http://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2019/12/solo-ansamblis-olos.html

Band photo by Laura Vanseviciene