Norwegian prog rock crew Ungdomskulen have led a long and storied career, changing their band name more than once and releasing a handful of well-received records since the early 2000s. Now they are back with their fourth full length album “Gold Rush”. Check out this excellent new release from one one of the most thrilling and energetic bands around!

Gold Rush is beautiful beast of a rock album, curious, diverse and catchy. Yet again the Norwegian band are challenging the concept of what a power trio can sound like, and man they are doing so with great bravour.

The album starts off sounding like a Blaxploitation soundtrack, with a lonely guitar with a wah-wah effect delivering some dramatic musical backdrop
the music builds slowly until the band comes in with full force on the driving and vibrant rock-juggernaut “In It 2 Win It”.

There´s a cinematic undertone that lingers through-out the whole album and the album have many musical layers.

The lyrics are poetic, witty and original, like on “Police Woman” that´s about a man worrying about his girlfriend while she is on patrol, paranoia and insanity in “Losing my mind” and the Thelma and Louise- inspired track “Lovers on the run”.

When the album ends with the dramatic and lonely “big city”- saxophone (played by Kjetil Møster) on the last track Cassandra, it feels like the band have gone full circle. And what an adventure it´s been.

“Gold Rush” is set to be released through Norwegian label Apollon Records on March 2nd 2018.

Track list:
In It 2 Win It
Touch Down
Losing My Mind
Police Woman
Lovers on the Run
Persisk Teppe
Bad Girl
Cassandra

Line-up:
Kristian Stockhaus – guitar, vocal
Frode Kvinge Flatland – bass/baritone guitar
Øyvind Solheim – percussion, drums

Discography:
Cry Baby(2007)
Bisexual (2009)
Gimme Ten EP (2011)
Secrecy (2012)
Gold Rush (2018)

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/ungdomskulenband/
https://www.apollonrecords.no/