#sweet unknown

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Just a little drawing I made in grayscale!

Erika Wennerstrom, hauptberuflich Sängerin und Gitarristin der US-Garagenrockband Heartless Bastards, hatt am 23.03. auf Partisan Records ihr Debütalbum “Sweet Unknown” veröffentlicht. Mit “Extraordinary Love” könnt Ihr Euch einen Eindruck verschaffen.

Nachdem Erika Wennerstromim März eine erste Solo-Show im Berliner Lidolino gespielt hat, kommt sie am 24.09. mit Band in die Berghain Kantine! Save the date!!

Listen to Sweet Unknown by Erika Wennerstrom

I heard about this album while listening to today’s episode of All Songs Considered. Apparently, the album was inspired by Erika’s experience with Ayahuasca. Check out this blurb from her website:

Wennerstrom attributes her deep emotional journey, in part, to two pivotal trips in the past year, which resulted in 400 voice notes on her phone with various lyric and melody ideas. "I went down to the Amazon jungle in 2015 right before the last Heartless Bastards record, Restless Ones, was released. I was at a point where I was deeply unhappy, and on a whim, I decided to do an Ayahuasca [pronounced eye-uh-wah-ska] retreat. Despite the idea frightening me, I felt I needed something to change with in me so bad that I had nothing to lose. It really opened the door and started me on a path to many self realizations," she says.

Ayahuasca (an Amazonian hallucinagenic plant used in Shamanic healing ceremonies) is often used to help people break through emotional and creative barriers. For Wennerstrom, the experience helped her let go of the push-and-pull of ego and self- doubt. "It helped me be free to be honest with myself and put out what I think is my most honest record ever. It used to take me a while to get to that vulnerable place in my writing, but I got there faster this time. It just felt easier, more natural, and not as much second-guessing," she says.

Awesome.

Enjoy!

Peace,