Might as well bump this to build anticipation for
Bilo IV, and since David just won me a roulette round. The release date is November 25, after having been delayed from the original August and then September release dates. And it's been a long time in the making of course, I think in '16 he'd thought it was half-done, but probably not in retrospect.
First single, sounds like it could have been on
Who Bit the Moon?.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wC4Bv348tESample from another song and a bit on the writing process for the album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lbKPBJEnwsSample from a third? song, sounds like the one Aleksandra will be on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iOVzcDEAFsSpeaking of her, the "lesser" tracks on the Sordid Pink s/t have really been growing on me of late. The middle section of "Rust" is becoming possibly my favorite part on the album. I've started it around 2:22 and let it run to about 4:21 and rewound that section many times in the last couple weeks. "I Told You" has become really addicting as well.
I had a mild epiphany about the relation of the album to the other three they've both been involved with. On one end, we have
Bilo III, which is mostly David's ideas, with various guests, including Alekandra on "Smile". It's quite experimental, with ideas all over the place that probably shouldn't work if anyone else tried them, but David has the Midas touch. On the other end is Aleksandra's
Crossroads EP, which is more of an atmospheric pop-rock album, with her doing most of the writing, and David mainly doing some guitars, programming, and production/engineering. Not really that weird, just infectious songcraft.
Then we have the in-between albums. Destiny Potato's
Lun, which is primarily written by David, is a condensation of his quirky ideas into a more accessible djenty pop-metal context, but is still pretty experimental at times. Then we have the Sordid Pink s/t again, where David and Aleksandra shared the writing much more than on
Lun. I think this is the reason a lot of chunks of it don't feel as much like Destiny Potato and David's solo material. There's less instrumental insanity on it and more traditional songwriting. I almost wonder if it would have been even better received as a Djelmash solo or even just a collaboration album, which would have set different expectations for it, since I think I'm unusual in being into the band as much if not more for her vocals, whereas the bulk of fans seem to be more into David's writing and/or playing.
Anyway, here's hoping that
Bilo IV has a chance at being album of the year. We have three long weeks to wait now.