In the three years since the release of their first album, 52 Hertz Whale have confirmed their reputation as one of the most riveting live acts in the region. Whether they’re playing on an open stage or in a club, the group of five plays with an intensity of their own – the audience isn’t as much drawn-in as it’s engulfed. Their music is orderly, but also wholly unrepressed, and it doesn’t struggle to connect.
Present Sense Impression takes everything that makes 52 Hertz Whale a captivating band of this rank and turns it more private. These guys were always distinctly emotional, but they have never been this disarming or // for that matter // as open to the sounds and structures of popular music. The result is more approachable and more intimate at the same time, making for a rare record that balances between openness and utter disregard for compromises.
Published in partnership with Full Moon Forum, Present Sense Impression is the 27th release by the romantic label Weltschmerzen.
credits
released August 26, 2022
52 Hertz Whale are Dominik Prok, Dominik Fabian, Patrik Nagy, Tomáš Tabiš & Adrián Krišák.
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all songs and lyrics written by 52 Hertz Whale.
recorded and mixed by Jakub Hríbik at Pulp Studio. assistant engineer Jakub Spišák.
produced by Lazer Viking (1,3,4,5,6) and Jakub Hríbik (2,7).
mastered by Alexander Vatagin.
artwork by Martin Mesaroš.
cimbalom in “Argentina” performed by Marcel Comendant
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Thank you to our friends, our family and those we hold close.
Released on Fullmoon Forum in collaboration with Weltschmerzen label.
Fullmoon Forum project was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.
the creation and release of this album has been supported using public funding by the Slovak Arts Council and SOZA.
apart // together // always. weltschmerzen.
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